CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Key Highlights: BDO has formed an Audit Quality Advisory Council and restructured its Assurance practice to strengthen the firm’s governance in fulfilling its public interest ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board approved two new standards Monday on a firm's system of quality control and the general responsibilities of the auditor in conducting an audit, albeit ...

Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 53, No. 3/4 (2015), pp. 39-65, 67-78 (39 pages) This paper examines the audit quality of first, second and third tier auditors and additionally ...

The UK accountancy regulator has launched a coaching programme for small firms in a bid to break the stranglehold of the Big Four auditing listed companies.

Businesses today operate in a dynamic, fast-moving, digitally enabled, and fiercely competitive global economy. To respond, organizations must constantly adapt – and so must their auditors, by ...

The global pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to public company auditors as well as the clients and the public they serve. “Audit teams have risen to the challenge and evolved,” Kelly Grier, ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers has released a report on the firm’s efforts to improve audit quality. The report, “ Our focus on audit quality,” highlights the factors that could have an impact on audit ...

Quality assurance is the business discipline concerned with improving product and service quality over time and ensuring that quality standards are consistently met in all areas of a business. Quality ...

Audit firms are increasingly performing audits using data and analytics tools and techniques and have invested substantial resources in recent years into new technologies. However, auditors have ...

A product audit -- often referred to as a quality audit -- is an inspection of a final product before delivering it to a supplier or a customer. Any company, including small businesses, should conduct ...

A power quality audit is an organized, straightforward process that allows you to assess and monitor the electrical health of your facility. While it might seem complex at first, the audit process can ...