Enhancing Audit Quality (EAQ) Annual Highlights and Progress Reports

As business and regulatory environments evolve and become increasingly complex, the CPA profession’s commitment to performing quality audits becomes more essential than ever. The Enhancing Audit Quality Highlights and Progress Reports, released annually, detail how the AICPA supports this commitment through its Enhancing Audit Quality (EAQ) initiative.

Enhancing Audit Quality:
2020 Highlights and Progress

View the EAQ initiative’s 2020 progress in the areas of COVID-19 audit implications, auditing revenue recognition, risk assessment and response, and SOC engagements.

Enhancing Audit Quality:
2019 Highlights and Progress

View the EAQ initiative’s 2019 progress in the areas of Peer Review, risk assessment, internal control, auditing revenue recognition, documentation and SOC engagements.

Enhancing Audit Quality:
2018 Highlights and Progress

View the EAQ initiative’s 2018 progress in the areas of Peer Review, risk assessment, audit documentation, single audits, and Auditing in the Future. Access the long form report or the infographic.

Enhancing Audit Quality:
2018 Mid-Year Progress Report

View additional updates and progress from the EAQ initiative in the areas of Peer Review, audit documentation, single audits, employee benefit plan audits, quality control and Auditing in the Future, and learn about what’s next for EAQ.

Enhancing Audit Quality:
2017 Highlights and Progress

View the EAQ initiative’s 2017 progress in the areas of Peer Review, audit documentation, single audits, employee benefit plan audits, quality control and Auditing in the Future.

Enhancing Audit Quality:
2016 Highlights and Progress

View the EAQ initiative’s 2016 progress in the areas of pre-licensure, standards and ethics, CPA learning and support, Peer Review, Practice Monitoring of the Future and enforcement.