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The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) are seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards).

Among companies that reported an increase in their SOX compliance hours, 59 percent reported the number of hours went up by more than 10 percent over the prior year.

This suite of auditor reporting standards includes a new AU-C section 701, Communicating Key Audit Matters in the Independent Auditor’s Report, and replaces the following AU-C sections in AICPA Professional ...

The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) have made four new awards under the Access to Audit Personnel Program. Now in its seventh year, the program connects academics with audit ...

As the end of the academic calendar year approaches for charter schools, so too does audit season. If you’re a member of the finance or operations teams for a charter school, you already know what’s in store, and that gearing up for audit season is a ...

A total of 255 IPOs took place in U.S. capital markets in 2018, of which 156 were audited by the Big Four. Marcum represented 25% of the remaining 99 transactions, or 1 in 4 of all IPOs where a non-Big Four auditor was selected to represent the company.

Marcum LLP led the accounting industry with more net new SEC clients in 2018 than any other U.S. accounting firm, according to Audit Analytics. Marcum finished the year with a net gain of 31 SEC registrants, outperforming all Big 4 accounting firms, ...

In her new role with the AICPA, King will work with the advocacy team in the Washington, D.C. office promoting and defending the public and management accounting profession’s global public policy agenda.