In this paper we discuss regulation of the statutory auditor in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Previous research has addressed regulation of statutory auditors with respect to regulatory harmonization and the reduction of barriers to intra-European trade in professional services. While...

This paper presents a comparative study of respective positions of the British and French public accounting professions on whether independence of the statutory auditor is at material risk of compromise from supply of nonaudit services by audit firms to audit clients. For the purpose of the...