The Deeper Trends in the Rise in PCAOB Audit Deficiency Rates
The increase in Part I.A findings by the PCAOB over the past several years has been widely reported with in the audit industry. While firms are quick to defend their individual practices, we have dove into the data to examine where and how this trend is playing out within the different subpopulations of firms inspected by the PCAOB. We found, among other intersting insights, that even the largest firms are experiencing rates of findings at or above the widely published averages.