Trump Wins. PCAOB Loses?

The AICPA’s new System of Quality Management Standards (SQMS) No. 1 is poised to significantly reshape the landscape for CPA firms with an audit and assurance practice. With a compliance deadline of December 15, 2025, and ongoing evaluation requirements, it’s vital for firms to grasp what these changes entail. Here are five key points about...

What does it take to build an audit firm that can keep improving as expectations change? Drew Carrick and Chris Vanover are joined by Brendan Whalen, an audit partner at S.R. Snodgrass and a member of the PCAOB’s Inspections Modernization Council. Brendan talks about how firm culture shows up in everyday decisions, why developing the...

What will it take to kill the billable hour? Chris Vanover, founder of CPAClub, believes it’s not only “outdated and archaic,” but that today’s age of AI and automation “is a recipe for the death of the billable hour.” CPAClub operates under a different model. As Vanover explained, CPAClub operates as a subscription service, where passholders have access on a monthly or annual basis to...