The Foundation for Auditing Research is a unique collaboration between science and practice, conducting relevant and rigorous academic research into the drivers of audit quality to strengthen the audit industry’s learning curve, based on empirical data of the affiliated audit firms.

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Next FAR Masterclass on the “The Loss of Talent” on 16 May 2018

We cordially invite you to the FAR Masterclass about “What do we already know about…? The Loss of Talent - a Threat to Audit Quality” on Wednesday 16 May 2018 at Nyenrode Business Universiteit in Breukelen, the Netherlands (welcome at 13:30 and closing drinks at...

FAR Masterclass

3rd International FAR Conference 2018 (5 and 6 June)

We cordially invite you to join us for the 3rd International Conference of the Foundation for Auditing Research on Tuesday 5 June and Wednesday 6 June 2018. The theme of this year's conference is “Moving the Audit Profession Forward - New Research and Best Practices"....

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Flynth joins the group of FAR-affiliated firms

We are proud to announce that Flynth joined FAR as affiliated firm as of 1 January 2018. Flynth is one of the largest accountancy and advisory firms in the Netherlands, and with over 1,400 employees, provides services to medium- and small-sized companies. Marcel...

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FAR Research Projects

FAR will grant researchers conditional access to proprietary data and research subjects in audit firms in the Netherlands, allowing researchers the opportunity to establish an informed frame of reference of the inner workings of audit firms. Research papers as the result of research projects will be shared to disseminate new audit quality knowledge to practitioners and standard setters, regulators, and other stakeholders internationally for practical development and improvement.

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