The Evolution of the Audit Industry, and What’s Next

It is a shared responsibility, said Cindy Fornelli, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality—the advocacy group stood up in the years after the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The law regulated the audit profession and was intended to restore trust in financial statements after the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals. Fornelli will retire this month after 12 years of working to build consensus among audit committees, regulators and auditors and preaching best practices. She spoke with reporter Amanda Iacone about the evolution of the profession. Listen and subscribe to Talking Tax from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via Stitcher | Via Overcast