Thursday, December 20, 2007
PCAOB Chief Tells Audit Firms to be Tough on Fraud
The chief auditor of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) told audit firms they need to do a better job of keeping their clients on the straight and narrow and should push for potentially more expensive, forensic-like approaches to annual reviews of financial statements, Financial Week reports.
PCAOB Chief Auditor Thomas Ray, speaking last week, before a meeting of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, said he expects audit firms to do more to find potential fraud on corporate financial statements.
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