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Here’s the 3rd annual “Audit Committee Transparency Barometer,” jointly issued by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and Audit Analytics. As noted in this Audit Analytics blog, among the highlights are:

– 31% of S&P 500 companies’ proxy statements present enhanced discussion of the audit committee’s considerations in recommending the appointment of the audit firm, up from 13% in 2014. 21% of MidCap companies show enhanced discussion (up from 10% in 2014) compared to 17% of SmallCap companies (up from 8% in 2014).
– 17% of S&P 500 companies’ explicitly stated the role audit committees play in negotiating audit fees, more than doubling from 8% in 2014.
– 34% of S&P 500 companies disclose the evaluation or supervision of the audit firm, more than quadrupling from just 8% in 2014.

Transcript: “Audit Committees in Action – The Latest Developments”

We have posted the transcript for our recent webcast: “Audit Committees in Action – The Latest Developments.”

Study: 14 Years of Audit Fees (& Non-Audit Fees)

As noted in this blog from Audit Analytics, audit fees have increased by 9% over the past year. The ratio of audit fees over revenue (including audit related fees for tasks such as due diligence, accounting consultations, and internal control reviews) increased to a 2015 value of $599 per $1 million of revenue…

FASB’s New Cash Flow Guidance

Recently, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)…

– Broc Romanek