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Audit Committee Financial Reporting and Controls Strengthening the CFO–Audit Committee Relationship

In our discussions with audit committee members and CFOs about the keys to maintaining a strong working relationship, including what they need and can learn from each other to be most effective in their roles, the KPMG Board...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

On the 2025 audit committee agenda

Drawing on insights from our interactions with audit committees and business leaders, the KPMG Board Leadership Center highlights nine issues for the audit committee to consider for the year ahead....more

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PCAOB Releases New Audit Committee Resource

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The PCAOB recently released a new Audit Committee Resource, which sets forth questions that audit committee members may want to consider incorporating into their ongoing engagement with auditors. The categories of questions...more

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SEC OCA Waves Big Red Flag About “Little R” Restatements

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SEC Acting Chief Accountant Paul Munter released a statement last week, Assessing Materiality: Focusing on the Reasonable Investor When Evaluating Errors (the “Statement”), that is sure to become required reading for any...more

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The Government is Launching a Consultation on Reforming the UK’s Audit and Corporate Governance Regime

On 18 March 2021, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy launched a consultation on its proposals for wide-ranging reforms to modernise the UK’s audit and corporate governance regime. The reforms proposed...more

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PCAOB Releases Preview of 2018 Inspection Observations

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Division of Registration and Inspections has recently released a Staff Preview of 2018 Inspection Observations (Preview), based on the PCAOB staff’s inspection of over 160 audit...more

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CAQ Expands CECL and ICFR Resources

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Last week, the Center for Audit Quality released two new resources—an updated Guide to Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR Guide) and a new Tool for Audit Committees: Preparing for the New Credit Losses Standard...more

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Financial Reporting and Related Guidance from AICPA Conference

Representatives from the Office of Chief Accountant discussed new accounting standards. The Staff commented on the implementation of the new revenue recognition standard, which requires companies to provide a comprehensive...more

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Regulators Focus on Audit Quality, New Accounting Standards and Other Developments at 2017 AICPA Conference

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Always a fertile source of guidance, this year’s American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments, held on December 4-6, was no exception. Discussions during this year’s...more

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PCAOB Launches Audit Committee “Dialogue”

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As part of its audit committee outreach efforts, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has established a webpage called "Audit Committee Dialogue" focusing on recurrent areas of concern identified by the PCAOB over...more

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Blog: PCAOB Publishes New “Audit Committee Dialogue”

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The PCAOB has announced the publication of a new paper designed to address audit committees. The paper, Audit Committee Dialogue, provides insights from inspections of public company auditors that should assist audit...more

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