In this newsletter: 'The impact of auditor interactions on audit quality' - FAR Masterclass by Eddy Cardinaels and Kristof Stouthuysen - 2 April 2020. Literature review and practice note also available! Addendum to the FAR Call for Research Project Proposals 2020 'Going Concern Opinions (GCO's) in Theory and Practice' - FAR Masterclass report 9 December 2019 - Masterclass by Marshall Geiger, Anna Gold and Philip Wallage Save the date! 5th International FAR Conference on 22 and 23 June 2020 - 'Reaping the benefits of FAR audit research' 2019 FAR International Conference Report FAR vacancy: Research Program Manager

On 9 December 2019, Marshall Geiger, Anna Gold and Philip Wallage presented a masterclass on Going Concern Opinions (GCOs). In this report, a summary of the masterclass is presented. The main purpose of the session was to communicate the main results of their literature synthesis (see Part I below) and to extend and corroborate the findings of the focus group meeting that was part of the research project, by means of an in-depth discussion concerning eight broad GCO topics (see Part II below).

In this newsletter: FAR Call for Research Project Proposals 2020 Save the Date: 5th International FAR Conference

The NBA magazine Accountant recently published an interview with the FAR Research Chair Jere Francis.

FAR is looking for a Program Manager for Research Projects, to perform a crucial role in the unique research collaboration between the 10 largest accountancy firms in the Netherlands and around 25 leading international scientific research teams.

In this newsletter: FAR Masterclass by Eddy Cardinaels and Kristof Stouthuysen on 2 April 2020, FAR awards Accon avm for successful archival data delivery, FAR Masterclass report, FAR Vlog with researchers Sanne Jansen, Ann Vanstraelen and Kris Hardies, FAR Podcast with Philip Wallage about ‘Going Concern Opinions (GCOs) in Theory & Practice’.