Category Archives: Publications

NASBA Responds to IAASB Paper

SHARE: The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s suggestion that auditors maintain a “suspicious mindset” was not supported in NASBA’s response to the IAASB’s discussion paper on “Fraud and Going Concern in an Audit of Financial Statements.” Auditors need to have “professional skepticism,” but the new term would not enhance their planning for fraud identification,…

CPA Overseas Testing Praised by USTR

SHARE: A December 9, 2020 webinar for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Group on Services, organized by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), spotlighted the CPA’s international testing centers as an example of “next generation” regulation. NASBA Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Colleen Conrad described the overseas testing for the international…

COVID Colors Baruch/CPT Conference

SHARE: The 15th Annual Audit Conference on Ensuring Integrity, jointly sponsored by Baruch College and the NASBA Center for the Public Trust, was held on December 1-2, and every session took some note of how COVID-19 has been impacting the profession. As in other years, the conference took place on the same day as the…

Stirred, Not Shaken

SHARE: On Christmas morning people in the Nashville area were rocked awake by an explosion on Second Avenue that destroyed several historic buildings. NASBA’s headquarters building is a little more than a block away from where the blast went off, but it appears no significant damage was sustained to the building or NASBA’s offices. Fortunately,…

Call for Research

SHARE: NASBA is once again calling for faculty and post-doctoral researchers in US academic institutions to submit proposals to NASBA ‘s Accounting Education Research Grants Program. Established in 2011, the program seeks to promote research focused on areas that can assist NASBA and the State Boards in protecting the public and provide useful information to…

Response to IAASB Discussion Paper: Fraud and Going Concern in an Audit of Financial Statements 1/19/21

Ethics Matters: Q4 2020

Ethics Matters: Q3 2020

Ethics Matters: Q2 2020

Ethics Matters: Q1 2020