For the ninth year in a row, the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has released the Audit Committee Transparency Barometer. This report has provided investors with insights into the disclosures made by audit committees in proxy statements each year since … Continue reading
Category Archives: Audit + Compliance
Going Concerns: A 22-Year Review
In our latest report, Going Concerns: A Twenty-Two Year Review, we examine the trends and statistics of going concerns (opinions qualified by an uncertainty regarding the going concern assumption) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2000. Using data from … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: Q3 2022
Marcum led the way this quarter in new SEC audit clients with a net of 19 new engagements in Q3 2022. Marcum gained 34 clients this quarter, 29 of which came from firm mergers. As mentioned in Accounting Today, 25 … Continue reading
Audit and Non-Audit Fees of the S&P 500
This post is part 2 of Audit Analytics’ comprehensive overview of Audit & Total Fee Trends of the S&P 500. An audit is unique to each individual company, whether they are a large-accelerated company or a small-reporting company. There are … Continue reading
Audit & Total Fee Trends of the S&P 500
How much should an audit cost? The answer is not as simple as just charging an hourly rate. Many factors affect the overall cost of an audit: the amount of time and labor needed to perform the audit, the complexity … Continue reading
Twenty Year Review of Audit & Non-Audit Fee Trends Report
Audit Analytics recently released its latest report, Twenty Year Review of Audit and Non-Audit Fee Trends. Using data from our SEC Audit Fees database, this report provides a detailed analysis and comparison of trends in audit and non-audit fees disclosed … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: Q2 2022
FORVIS led the way this quarter in new SEC audit clients with a net of 26 new engagements in Q2 2022. FORVIS comes from the merger of BKD and DHG. The two firms agreed to a merger of equals in … Continue reading