Auditing audit firms' financial statements.

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Privately held audit firms could be reporting annual financial results under GAAP--and releasing those financial statements to the public--if recommendations by the U.S. Treasury's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession are accepted

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The report's more than 30 recommendations to improve the sustainability of the public company auditing profession focus on three areas: improving accounting education and strengthening human...