The firm, which had audited the property development giant’s accounts for six decades, had previously said the allegations ...

Roughly 100 partners are exiting the Big Four accounting firm, some of whom volunteered to retire early, people familiar said.

To expand the range of services they provide to clients, professional accounting firms have hired partner-level consultants in areas such as human resources and information technology. However, these ...

The company said the move is intended to match partner numbers to its current audit workload.

Audit partners’ professional skepticism varies from high to low as the relationship between the partner and the audit client continues year after year, according to a study available at ssrn.com.

Companies whose audit committees disclose involvement in the selection of the audit partner experience higher levels of audit and financial reporting quality. Companies whose audit committees disclose ...

Economic pessimism is on the wane among audit partners, though they're not feeling as confident as they were last year, according to a new survey Tuesday from the Center for Audit Quality. Processing ...

Auditing firm partners are feeling pessimistic about the outlook for the U.S. economy, according to a survey released Friday by the Center for Audit Quality, as businesses confront issues like ...

Rule 2-02(b)(1) of Reg. S-X requires each auditor’s report on a public issuer’s financial statements to say “whether the audit was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards” (“GAAS ...

Studies of former partners of audit firms that have assumed management positions at audit clients have raised concerns, at least pre-SOX, about potentially lower audit quality, perhaps reflecting ...