Accounting Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Seventeen percent of comment forms in 2021 and 2022 contained auditor evaluation deficiencies, according to the PCAOB.

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

The hardworking human beings at Audit Analytics have released their analysis of initial public offering trends and IPO auditor market share for the first quarter of this year , a period in which the number of companies going public was minuscule compared to Q1 of 2021. Marcum and Withum combined audited 49.3%

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CPA Practice

MAY 15, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division cracked down on accounting and auditing rules violators in fiscal year 2022, as actions within that sector made up 15% of the 462 new or stand-alone cases initiated by the regulator last year, according to a new report from Cornerstone Research.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

billion—that was the total audit fees paid by the S&P 500 companies in fiscal year 2022, a record-high amount, according to a recent analysis from Ideagen Audit Analytics. However, the nearly 4% increase in audit fees over FY 2021 was less than the year-over-year inflation rate in 2022 of 6.5% in the U.S.,

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Going Concern

JULY 26, 2022

After a slow first quarter of 2022 , initial public offerings didn ’t take off in the second quarter either. 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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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. in 2022, up 1.3%

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Going Concern

APRIL 11, 2024

Keeping with a yearly tradition more reliable than the arrival of Santa in the early hours of December 24, Ideagen Audit Analytics has released their annual market share analysis of auditor engagements for public companies. TLDR: EY audits the most biggies…again. This is a 4.9

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) revoked the registration of a Chinese audit firm on Nov. auditing rules and for failing to cooperate with an investigation into those violations. In 2022, the PCAOB finally gained access to inspect and investigate firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong.

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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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Going Concern

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The PCAOB has made it painfully clear that they are done pussyfooting around and sick of auditors not doing their jobs. Chair Erica Williams said in September the Board plans to use every tool at their disposal to bring the hammer down on naughty auditors and it seems that’s exactly what they’re doing.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Assuming no one but select audit partners actually read this crap, let’s take a look at how auditors should expect increased vigilance in 2024 so everyone can be better informed and stock up on KY. These include prior inspection results and the emerging risks pertaining to a particular audit firm or industry.

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Going Concern

JULY 7, 2022

EY has had a few firsts in recent years: first Big 4 firm with unlimited PTO , first audit firm to get a $100 million fine from the SEC , first Big 4 firm to compare men and women with waffles and pancakes , and first place among the Big 4 in public company audit clients for the past seven years. Together, these 10 firms audit 68.8%

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CPA Practice

MAY 2, 2023

There is a brand-new section that debuted today in PCAOB inspection reports of audit firms, and it is devoted to auditor independence. “We The auditor independence section will appear in reports for PCAOB inspections completed in 2022, beginning with eight reports that were released on Tuesday.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 23, 2023

With markets changing and capital becoming more constrained by the day, there is a rapidly heightened awareness of the role that due diligence and audits play. These manual verification procedures are painstaking — and most often relegated to the audit professionals early in their career. By Tod McDonald.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The PCAOB should be dropping the first batch of 2021 inspection reports soon, and as an appetizer before the main course, the audit cops issued a report Dec. 8 on how the 141 annually and triennially inspected firms did overall during the most recent inspection cycle, in which portions of 690 audits were reviewed. In Part I.B

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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. Shah Dhandharia hardly seems capable of complex audit work. Shah Dhandharia seems to have no current website.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 12, 2024

Long Reads How Auditor Deloitte Missed A Nigerian Company’s Massive Fraud [ Forbes ] Hindenburg Research, known for sniffing out corporate scams, took aim in June at an obscure Nigeria-based outfit named Tingo Group. These issues were apparently not glaring enough for the company’s auditor, however.” million in audit fees in 2022.)

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Jump to: Firms and clients are embracing remote auditing Remote auditing poses challenges, but there are solutions Leveraging technology is key to remote audit success Firms that have been introducing and experimenting with remote audits are finding it easier to embrace and collaborate with clients through cloud audit tools.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 25, 2024

auditing reporting requirements. According to PCAOB Rule 2200, Annual Reports , PCAOB-registered firms are required to file annual reports on Form 2 that disclose, among other things, each issuer for which a firm issued any audit reports during a reporting period.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 15, 2023

How is the growing focus on ESG affecting the audit profession? Auditors are having to expand the scope of their work as ESG is increasingly under the scrutiny of stakeholders and investors. As an area that is still developing, and – from an audit and accounting standpoint – still in its infancy, it can feel a bit like the Wild West.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 2, 2023

Audit Analytics has released “ A Twenty-Year Review of Audit Fees ,” an in-depth look at audit fee trends from 2002 to 2022 and there are some fun charts inside. Mainly we care about this one: In FY2003, average audit fees were $681,000; in FY2022, this number was $2,243,000. God bless Audit Analytics.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 4, 2023

4 provided guidance to taxpayers on the requirements for home energy audits in order to claim the energy efficient home improvement tax credit. Notice 2023-59 , which was issued by the IRS on Friday, provides specific requirements to claim the tax credit and the process for conducting the home energy audit. The IRS on Aug.

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Going Concern

JULY 19, 2023

Hong Kong is suffering from “a serious talent shortage” according to an article today in South China Morning Post and The Hong Kong Association of Registered Public Interest Entity Auditors (PIEAA) says accounting firms should start looking overseas.

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Going Concern

APRIL 7, 2023

Financial Times has reported that Financial Reporting Council head Sir Jon Thompson — who last year told firms complaining about audit fines to get gud (paraphrased) — has no sympathy for audit partners across the pond who can afford Ferraris but can’t afford the staff and training necessary to perform acceptable audit work.

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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 auditors to inspect the records of U.S.-listed She said this is common practice for inspections of PCAOB-registered audit firms around the world. listed Chinese companies.

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Cherry Bekaert

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) recently released its Fiscal Year 2022 Report to Congress. Contact Us The post Insights Into DCAA’s Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022 appeared first on Cherry Bekaert. By law, the DCAA is required to submit an annual report detailing the DCAA’s activities for the previous year.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The Black and Yellow had been slowly but surely not screwing up as many audits in recent years. After having a not-great audit deficient rate of 31% in its 2017 inspection report , EY’s error rate had dropped to 26% in its 2018 report , 18% in 2019 , and 15.4% For each issuer audit selected, we reviewed a portion of the audit.

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Snyder

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Many small business owners often feel like they might be a heartbeat away from the IRS tax audit. In fact, according to the IRS data , only about 1 percent of taxpayers are facing an audit. percent of small businesses are getting tax audited. What is a tax audit? Meeting a tax auditor is as frightening as meeting a ghost.

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Going Concern

MARCH 31, 2023

auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. EY executives, have emerged as key opponents to the firm’s plan for a worldwide split of its auditing and consulting arms, according to people familiar with the matter. John King and Frank Mahoney, senior U.S. He previously held various tax roles at KPMG.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Fresh off the PCAOB’s published naughty list, BDO USA and partners Kevin Olvera and Michael Musick got sent to the punishment corner for violations of PCAOB rules and audit standards in connection with the audit of AAC Holdings, Inc. (“AAC”) and Two of Its Partners for Violations of PCAOB Rules and Audit Standards [ PCAOB ].

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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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Going Concern

JANUARY 31, 2024

In an audit quality report released last week [ PDF ], the once flawless PwC admits its next PCAOB inspection report will be twice as bad as the last one. deficiency rate with just one mistake found in 52 audits inspected. deficiency rate with just one mistake found in 52 audits inspected. According to PwC, Part I.C

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

with the PCAOB, the Financial Reporting Council across the pond has been busy at work inspecting audit firms with a fine-toothed comb and handing out fines like beads at Mardi Gras (Financial Times calls it “swift with the stick”). This sudden heavy hand on the part of audit regulators couldn’t possibly be more ill-timed.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 15, 2023

EY was considering splitting up its audit and consulting units to avoid suggestions of a conflict of interest between the two practices. Following a split, EY would have been able to advise companies for which it also acted as auditor. leader Julie Boland would have overseen the audit business. billion PwC: $50.3

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ideagen Audit Analytics released a nifty new report on the European audit market — the first of its kind from them, actually — and PwC is the winner of most fees and clients by a…what’s a good European thing one can measure by? Look at you coming in third, KPMG. Good for you. pissing contests reports

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Big Four Audit Giants Shut Down Legal Operations in China Following ‘Regulatory Raids’ [ Law.com ]. The Big Four auditing giants have quietly shut down their legal affiliations in China following intense regulatory scrutiny, according to an investigation by Law.com International, in a major development for Asia’s legal industry.

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CPA Practice

MAY 22, 2023

Audit partners are pessimistic about the outlook for the U.S. businesses continue to face inflation, cybersecurity risks, and increased regulation, according to the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ’s), Audit Partner Pulse Survey , a biannual survey of US public company audit partners. economy as U.S. Rather, U.S.

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