Audit Fees Stable, But One-Third of Finance Leaders Are Questioning the Value, FERF Reports

The Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF), the independent nonprofit research affiliate of Financial Executives International (FEI), today released its 16th Annual Audit Fee Survey and Insights Report, based on 95 finance and accounting professionals and a new benchmark analysis of FY2024 audit fee disclosures for approximately 470 S&P 500 companies. Audits were broadly stable in 2024 — yet a third of organizations are reconsidering their audit firm relationships, AI is reshaping audi