CAQ Looks to Fund New Audit, Accounting Research Projects.

The Center for Audit Quality has issued its annual request for proposals to fund independent academic research on projects of interest to the auditing profession,

Proposals need to include a description of the research question, how the research fits into the existing literature, specific predictions and details of the proposed methodology, as well as the resources necessary to complete the study, a timeline and an itemized budget.

The request for proposals targets the following topics for 2020:

* Corporate disclosures over non-financial information;

* Non-GAAP measures;

* Critical audit matters;

* Innovative technologies used in audits;

* Materiality;

* Professional skepticism;

* Auditing accounting estimates and...