In response to requests for additional time to present views, the SEC has added an additional day of testimony to its Day Three schedule of auditor independence hearings. The final day of testimony will be Thursday, September 21, in Washington, D.C.The following people are scheduled to testify:8:30 am: Panel 1 Robert K. Elliott, ChairmanBarry Melancon, President and Chief Executive OfficerHarold L.

Members of the accounting and financial communities and others are invited to attend an Open Forum, Tuesday September 19, 2000 at 11:00 Eastern Time at the AccountingWEB workshop room, http://www.accountingweb.com/workshop.Leading the forum will be Gary Shamis, Chairman of the PCPS Management of an Accounting Practice Committee, representing the AICPA. Mr.

After two days of public hearings, listening to members of the accounting profession voice their concerns about the proposed auditor independence guidelines which would limit the scope of services that can be performed by auditing firms, Levitt seems undaunted in his mission to change the face of public accounting.According to Levitt, the leadership of the Big Five has been "more concerned with expandi

Are you still confused about all the news of the SEC proposed changes to the auditor independence requirements?

KPMG Chairman and CEO Stephen G. Butler was scheduled to testify at the crucial SEC auditor independence hearings today, but was irritated at the skimpy amount of time that was allotted to him (30 minutes, to be shared with five other speakers), and distressed that he was not given a requested morning time slot.Mr. Butler's testimony was delivered in printed form to the SEC, and KPMG provided AccountingWEB with a copy of that testimony.As an auditor with KPMG for more than 30 years, and now as the Chairman and CEO of the company, Mr.

SEC Issues Final Rules on Auditor IndependenceThe SEC voted unanimously to approve new guidelines for auditors. Four of the Big Five firms acquiesced in accepting the rules, KPMG being the hold out firm that still feels the rules are unnecessary.

Graham Ward, the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, is scheduled to appear before the Securities and Exchange Commission's hearings on auditor independence in New York at 4.30pm today.

Members of CPA firms, representatives of the AICPA and England’s Institute of Chartered Accountants, lawyers, advisers, members of accountancy boards and CPA societies, and corporate accounting officials are gathering in New York today to present testimony before the SEC regarding the proposed limitations on auditor independence.Forty speakers representing both sides of this issue will take the podium, briefly presenting their views in hopes of supporting or swaying the opinion of Arthur Levitt, Chairman of the Securities & Exc

The newly formed Verizon Communications has chosen Ernst & Young as its accounting firm.EY beat out Big 5 rivals PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen, both of whom had relationships with Bell Atlantic and GTE.According to the SEC, however, Both PwC and Andersen will maintain independent accountant relationships with certain subsidiaries or investments of Verizon, providing audit and some non-audit services.