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More PCAOB Comment Letters Need to Complain About the Issuer-pay Model
If you're like us, you've been anxiously awaiting comment letters on the PCAOB's auditor reporting […]
Just in Time for the Holidays: A PCAOB Auditor ID Proposal
Auditors are traditionally quiet participants in a company’s final annual report, signing their firm’s name […]
PwC and KPMG Inspection Reports Make Us Wonder: Are Shoddy Big 4 Audits Here to Stay?
Have we mentioned how much we enjoy the PCAOB releasing inspection reports and/or making big […]
Ernst & Young’s PCAOB Inspection Results Look Even Worse in Chart Form
Last week, we discussed just how bad EY's auditing had gotten from a PCAOB inspection […]
Here’s What You Need to Know About the PCAOB’s Proposed Makeover to the Auditor’s Report
This morning the PCAOB held their open meeting to discuss "Proposed Auditing Standards Regarding the […]
The Auditors’ Auditors Got a Clean Audit Opinion From Their Auditors
The PCAOB posted their 2012 annual report to its website today and it's filled with […]
Ernst & Young’s PCAOB Inspection Report Results Managed to Get Much Worse
Just yesterday we ran down the 2011 performance of the eight largest public accounting firms […]
Here’s How the Top Eight Audit Firms Ranked in PCAOB Inspection Error Rate
This got by us for some reason, but Compliance Week noted Crowe Horwath's atrocious error rate in […]
The Ideas in This Revamped Auditor’s Report Are Great Because Audit Firms Will Hate Most (if Not All) of Them
Michael Rapoport at the Wall Street Journal has a great article today that gives us a […]
The Big 4’s Stranglehold on the Audit Market Is Worse Than You Thought
In a speech entitled "Accountability: Protecting Investors, the Public Interest and Prosperity," PCAOB member Jeanette […]
China Ready to Turn Over Audit Workpapers for Some Company at Some Point
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been struggling to obtain papers from China to […]