CPA Practice

MAY 10, 2023

The head of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said today that its inspectors found significant deficiencies in the audits of U.S.-listed listed Chinese companies conducted by KPMG’s affiliate in mainland China and PwC’s member firm in Hong Kong. Today’s reports are a powerful first step toward accountability.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Audit Private Equity’s Ties to Companies’ Auditors Have Never Been Closer. accounting firms will have either sold an ownership stake or part of their business to private-equity investors, up from zero in 2020, said Allan Koltin, chief executive at advisory firm Koltin Consulting Group. That Worries Some Regulators.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). million accountants and auditors in the U.S. There were about 1.65

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has not been in a jovial mood lately. Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 9, 2024

With that in mind, Accounting Today recently conducted its inaugural salary survey to create a snapshot of compensation levels across the country. The university said it would post a corrected version of the audit “as soon as possible.” Bet it’s super disruptive and unique and truly speaks to the spirit of this firm.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We are here to talk about how Hindenburg sniffed out Adani’s audit firm and what it found. From the report: The independent auditor for Adani Enterprises and Adani Total Gas is a tiny firm called Shah Dhandharia. The only other listed entity we found that it audits has a market capitalization of about INR 640 million (U.S.

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audit auditor accounting firms Government 124

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Some time last year PCAOB inspectors visited China and while details of their visit were kept somewhat quiet from both sides, we were told that the inspectors gained unprecedented access to Chinese audit work.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

However, as tax regulations become more intricate and audit scrutiny intensifies, the demand for accurate tax preparation continues to grow, adding pressure to tax practitioners. Over the past two years, more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left their positions, marking a 17% decline from the peak of the profession a few years ago.

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Technology accounting firms Account accounted 105

Going Concern

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A gent who spent nine months as an audit associate at Grant Thornton’s Manchester office got a letter from them a year after leaving that apologized for inadvertently paying him less than minimum wage. Yavinka Mendis, a University of Manchester economics graduate, joined KPMG’s Manchester office as an audit associate in 2019.

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Going Concern

JULY 26, 2022

In fact, the 46 IPOs in Q2 was the fewest since the first quarter of 2020 (38), and the $5.3 billion), according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. Even though SPACs are going through a rough patch, public accounting firms that are SPAC auditing machines were kept the busiest in Q2.

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audit auditor public accounting accounting firms 97

Going Concern

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Cheaters What went wrong at PwC Canada: Accounting firm agrees to pay $1.45-million million to settle exam cheating scandal [ Canadian Accountant ] The Canadian member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International has agreed to pay the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario $1.45

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audit Technology accounting and finance accounting firms 111

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

First things first: The PCAOB found that Warren Averett violated independence requirements during its 2019 and 2020 audits of an issuer, because the firm audited valuations performed for the issuer by another accounting firm that sponsored an alliance of which Warren Averett was a member. Nice to see.

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audit auditor accounting firms financial statements 98

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

TL;DR Two guys and their accounting firm are accused of filing false tax returns and a touch of COVID relief fraud. 1 charging two Utah County men and an accounting firm with claiming an excess of $11 million in tax credits through a COVID-related fraud scheme. Read: A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Feb.

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Utah accounting firms tax return Account 105

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The Big Four accounting firms are even reaching out to high school students to share that message and creating more flexible work environments, Lansford says. Behemoth’ big four consulting firms keep getting bigger [ Australian Financial Review ]. Income at the big four consulting firms jumped 17 per cent to hit $9.91

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

The auditor in question was Deloitte, the behemoth Big Four accounting firm with annual revenue of $65 billion through a global network that stretches from Amsterdam to Zhengzhou. million in audit fees in 2022.) Audit Do former regulators improve the quality of audits? Tingo paid $1.6 in 2021/22.

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audit auditor Illinois CPA 111

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Miller was appointed vice president for finance in April 2020 and also serves as the university treasurer. Former employee of Chattanooga accounting firm speaks out [ Local 3 ] A former employee of Croft and Frost is speaking out following the accounting firm’s shutdown that cost him and his coworkers their jobs.

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audit accounting and finance Virginia auditor 109

Going Concern

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The tax and audit practice, through affiliate BSR & Co, will be excluded from the merged entity and could be made into a separate entity, though that is still under discussion, the people said requesting anonymity. In 2018, Veritas Capital, which invests in businesses at the intersection of government and technology, acquired the U.S.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 15, 2023

One of the Big Four accounting giants in the U.S., EY was considering splitting up its audit and consulting units to avoid suggestions of a conflict of interest between the two practices. leader Julie Boland would have overseen the audit business. Today’s Big Four accounting firms, ranked by 2022 revenue Deloitte: $59.3

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audit auditor accounting firms Account 92

CPA Practice

JUNE 21, 2023

The PCAOB said on Wednesday that the $3 million penalty it gave Marcum is the largest doled out to a “non-affiliate firm,” meaning an audit firm that isn’t a member of a global network. Marcum agreed to pay a $10 million penalty to settle the charges, according to the SEC.

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audit Non-Profits auditor accounting firms 96

Going Concern

JULY 2, 2024

The other day, BDO USA released a press release entitled “BDO Strengthens Audit Quality Commitment with Addition of Second Independent Member on Audit Quality Advisory Council ,”the content of which strongly suggests that their next Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspection is going to be hot garbage.

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audit auditor financial statements Construction 116

Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

.” From today’s news release : The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alfonse Gregory Giugliano, CPA, the former National Assurance Services Leader at Marcum LLP, a public accounting firm, with failing to sufficiently address and remediate numerous deficiencies in Marcum’s quality control system.

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audit public accounting Management Consulting auditor 116

CPA Practice

APRIL 12, 2023

A talent shortage is affecting accounting firms across the demographic spectrum. Each year fewer accountants enter the profession while more CPAs near retirement. According to the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the number of U.S. Audit directors and managers work 295.

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KROST

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In 2020, the Restaurant Industry was projected to do $899 billion in sales. Part of adapting to the circumstances of 2020 required the acceptance of reactionary management. The post Restaurant Site Audit – Post-COVID Operations appeared first on KROST.

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audit Education Sales Technology 91

Going Concern

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Welcome to the era of US accounting firms practicing law. audit, tax, and advisory firm, launched KPMG Law US, a subsidiary of KPMG LLP, marking a milestone as the first law firm owned by a Big Four firm to serve the US market. You’ve got to admire the gumption here.

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Arizona Legal accounting firms audit 59

Going Concern

MARCH 19, 2025

The Times reported earlier this week that such an offering, if it goes down the way partners want it to, would be a “windfall” for the firm’s handful of current and retired partners. MHA says business is booming, having gone from 90 million in revenue in 2020 to 154 million in 2024. MHA newbie class of 2024.

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audit Construction accounting firms accounted 52

Accounting Insight

JANUARY 22, 2025

Caseware , a global leader in cloud-enabled audit, financial reporting and data analytics solutions, today announced the acquisition of Extractly.ai , the provider of intelligent document processing solutions that streamline the audit process for accounting and finance teams. Founded in 2021, Extractly.ai

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Technology audit financial statements accounting and finance 52

CPA Practice

APRIL 15, 2024

It’s also the day career website Vault.com typically releases its latest ranking of the 25 best accounting firms to work for. Vault’s ranking for 2025 came out Monday morning, and for the 12th straight year, PwC was named the top accounting firm in the U.S. in 2020 , 3.6% in 2020 , 3.6% in 2021 , and 9.3%

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Going Concern

APRIL 30, 2024

It’s been almost six years since the Canadian government legalized recreational cannabis and ever since, a microcosm of financial reporting and auditing has been growing (no pun) beside it. The accounting firm confirmed the move in a statement to MJBizDaily , citing “elevated risk” in Canada’s adult-use cannabis industry.

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auditor audit Legal financial statements 111

CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

million earlier this week for breaking various Public Company Accounting Oversight Board auditing rules. Grant Thornton’s India arm and an Australian audit firm also received penalties from the PCAOB. The biggest fine was given to top 25 accounting firm Withum, which was docked $2 million on Feb.

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audit auditor accounting firms Tax 69

Going Concern

MARCH 1, 2023

As a reminder, here’s what happened in December : Armanino is ending its crypto audit practice and dropping clients, two sources familiar with the matter say. after performing the exchange’s audit last year. Armanino has said it stands by its 2020 and 2021 audits of FTX US.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 27, 2023

saw their share of profits drop for the first time in three years as the Big Four audit firms face economic uncertainty. Partners at the accounting firm’s U.K. The firm also cut its pay rise and bonus pool by about 30% to £155 million. The firm, which now has more than 21,000 staff in the U.K.,

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Across the pond, EY is earning headlines for its abandoning the Wokingham Borough Council, a government locale in the southeast of England with a population of 177,500, after barely completing an audit for 2020/21. But after long delays, EY announced in February that it will leave two years’ audit reports incomplete.

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audit accounting and finance Government accounting firms 59

Going Concern

JULY 26, 2024

In the Workplace Meet your Gen Z mentor: Why EY is tapping younger workers to bridge the generational skills divide [ Fortune ] Professional services firm EY has an informal program called “reverse mentoring,” when two employees of different generations are paired together to share wisdom—with millennials and Gen Z at the helm.

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ThomsonReuters

OCTOBER 29, 2020

However, the last quarter of 2020 presents a unique opportunity for accounting firms to engage in preliminary strategic conversations with clients and help them assess the impact of the pandemic and the economic downturn, identify challenges, and lay out goals ahead of 2021. Here’s how. Set the stage for advisory services.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 9, 2022

Late last year KPMG UK decided to stop bidding for government contracts for a bit while they worked out some scandals, p**s poor audit quality, and client collapses. These contracts were a good chunk of change for the firm, pulling in £244m (USD$295m) from March 2020 to March 2021. Despite getting fined £14.4

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Government audit accounting firms accounted 98

Going Concern

JULY 31, 2023

Currently KPMG, Deloitte and EY provide both consulting and audit to both the public and private sector. Mr Fels, who has provided evidence to the committee looking into the ethical behaviour the major consultancy firms, said conflict-of-interest concerns about the big four were “a problem of their own making”.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They opened up testing centers all around India in 2020 and Philippines in 2024 and allowing people there without any US college credits to sit for exams. AICPA is not looking out for accountants here in USA and their actions show they are in beds with US firms to get cheap labor.

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