The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) mandates that audit committees be directly responsible for the oversight of the engagement of the company's independent auditor, and the Securities and Exchange ...

What is audit quality? This is not meant as a philosophical question, but rather as one that can be answered through ...

The quality of audit services suffers when an audit firm has clients from many different industries, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. If an audit office has a diversified ...

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 ...

As turnover of auditors increases, an accounting firm’s ability to deliver timely, accurate and effective audits declines — and so does overall client service — according to new research from the ...

Nasty behavior by individuals at client companies toward auditors is widespread and can negatively affect audit quality and auditor judgment, according to a recent academic study. Processing Content ...

Big Four firm KPMG is eliminating approximately 100 partners in its U.S. audit and assurance practice, after not enough of ...

Auditors’ assessments and responses to risks of financial statement misstatement and fraud are critical to audit quality. Risk assessments in the current environment are unlike any others, as clients ...

SAN RAMON, Calif., February 24, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Armanino, one of the 20 largest accounting and consulting firms in the U.S., announced today that it has selected Inflo as a strategic technology ...

Caseware, a global leader in AI-powered audit and financial reporting software, today announced that Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI), one of the largest accounting firms in the United States, will adopt ...