TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bad luck for one, or a customer of yours undergoing their own audit might produce one of your invoices, resulting in the auditor possibly contacting you for an exemption certificate or other documents. An audit of one of your suppliers could turn up one of your exemption certificates for a transaction that the auditor may think is taxable.

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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. They fell from sixth to ninth between 2022 and 2023 and dropped to tenth for 2024.

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RogerRossmeisl

JULY 17, 2022

These tools have become more prevalent in recent years, according to “Occupational Fraud 2022: A Report to the Nations” published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Fraud risk assessments have been shown to prevent occupational fraud and limit losses for victimized organizations. When and why?

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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. This isn’t surprising, as Marcum is the largest auditor of SPACs.

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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. You’ve been warned, auditors. ” And God forbid you people not file a Form 3 in a timely manner or YOU WILL BE PUNISHED.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The FERF 2022 Public Company Audit Fee Study Report examines audit fees companies paid to external auditors for auditing and related services for the period between June 2022 and May 2023. percent from 2021 to 2022 Of more than 6,200 clients, the average audit fee works out to $2.4 Here’s what you need to know.

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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., PwC brought in $1.9

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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. Marcum, the top IPO auditor in Q1 of 2022, had the most total IPO audit clients in Q2 with 10, six of which were SPACs. Q2 2022 Initial Public Offering Trends: 2022 Slowdown Continues [ Audit Analytics ].

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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

Auditors who think robust regulation of their sector is disproportionate deserve “the world’s smallest violin”, the head of the UK accounting watchdog has said. Thompson said that if auditors did not want to face such pressure, they should do a better job, these people added. Yeah, that checks out. million (USD$58.7

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 20, 2023

.” See below: Mandatory auditor rotation is in effect in Europe but handled differently by the 30 countries subject to it, see this helpful PDF. The post PwC Is the Winner of the 2022 Auditor Rankings, European Edition appeared first on Going Concern. You can snag the report from them here. pissing contests reports

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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

MARCH 31, 2023

auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. accountants and auditors last year climbed at their quickest pace in recent years, but industry observers say increasing pay alone may not be enough to remedy a national shortage of accountants. John King and Frank Mahoney, senior U.S.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 12, 2022

Hold Auditors Accountable for Complicity in Corporate Fraud [ Bloomberg Tax ] Unfortunately, since the fall of Arthur Anderson in the wake of the Enron scandal, the SEC and PCAOB have often failed to go after auditors playing fast and loose with the rules. Cordes, EA (@cordes_tax) August 11, 2022. Notice the fee levels.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Clark Nuber PS, a Top 100 accounting and consulting firm, announced Tom Sulewski as its new chief executive officer, effective October 1, 2022. A longer, meatier report from auditors was introduced over the past decade in both the US and Europe. The Auditor’s Responsibility for Fraud Detection [ SEC ].

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

From the report: The independent auditor for Adani Enterprises and Adani Total Gas is a tiny firm called Shah Dhandharia. Further, Adani’s 7 key listed entities collectively have 578 subsidiaries and have engaged in a total of 6,025 separate related-party transactions in fiscal year 2022 alone, per BSE disclosures.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For example, according to data from the BLS, the unemployment rate for accountants and auditors is 0.9%, and for financial clerks, it’s just 0.3%. Prior to this, BLS projected 10 percent growth (faster than average) for accountants and auditors for the period from 2016-2026.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 31, 2022

With just seconds left in 2022 (this is scheduled to publish on 11:59 PM on December 31st), let’s take a quick look back on the ten stories that seemed to have the most buzz this past year. Here’s Everything We Know So Far About 2022 Accounting Salary Projections. 22.4% (2022). 11.6% (2022). Many, many years.

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Going Concern

APRIL 6, 2022

As of February 2022, inflation in the United States has hit a 40-year high at 7.9%; the last time inflation was this bad, many of you weren’t even alive so yay, think of this like Halley’s Comet, some day in the distant future you’ll get to say “I was there!” Senior auditor: 1.6%. Manager: 1.4%.

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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

JUNE 13, 2024

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on June 12 updated a nearly 20-year-old rule on auditor conduct, making it easier for the audit regulator to hold associated persons of an accounting firm accountable when their negligence “directly and substantially” causes the firm to violate auditing standards.

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Going Concern

JULY 7, 2022

Audit Analytics recently released its annual market share analysis of auditor engagements at public companies , and the top 10 firms by registrant counts in 2022 are unchanged from last year: EY, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, Marcum, Withum, Grant Thornton, BDO, BF Borgers, and RSM. Make that eight straight years now. of market share).

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

First, on multiple occasions, the accounting firm failed to timely report the participants in its issuer audits on PCAOB Form AP, in violation of PCAOB Rule 3211, Auditor Reporting of Certain Audit Participants. 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

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. billion in FY 2022, increasing 0.6% Increases in audit complexity resulted in additional effort from external auditors. Total audit fees reached nearly $16.8

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Going Concern

JULY 2, 2024

These initiatives, building on the strategic foundation set in 2022, are multifaceted and interdependent. The news release also mentioned the firm has added PCAOB alum John Fiebig as the second independent member to BDO’s Audit Quality Advisory Council (AQAC), established in 2022. There’s more!

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Going Concern

JANUARY 31, 2024

That’s not so terrible though, PwC has proven in recent years they are superior to all other auditors when it comes to avoiding deficiencies from the PCAOB — in 2020, PwC had a record-low 1.9% New to 2022 inspection reports is the Part I.C deficiency rate with just one mistake found in 52 audits inspected.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 4, 2023

The home energy auditor must provide a written audit report to the taxpayer. Starting in 2024, taxpayers will need to substantiate that a qualified auditor conducted their home audit. of this notice. of this notice, at the time of the home energy audit. of this notice, at the time of the home energy audit.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The SEC Division of Enforcement cracked a lot of skulls in fiscal 2022, as it brought in a record $6.439 billion in penalties and disgorgement , up from $3.852 billion in fiscal year 2021. Related articles: EY Auditors Cheated on Ethics Exams and Tried to Cover It Up, Will Pay a Record Fine for Naughtiness. We expect compliance.”.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Those observations prompted this response from PCAOB Chair Erica Williams: “Higher deficiency rates in 2021, coupled with the fact that the PCAOB is also seeing an increase in comment forms for 2022, are a warning signal that the audit profession needs to sharpen its focus on improving audit quality and protecting investors.

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Withum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Tonight I will conduct my second Auditing class session of this semester at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and I will be teaching what the auditor’s opinion means and what auditors do to arrive at their opinion. By way of illustration, you can pick any Company’s annual report and follow along with its Auditor’s Report.

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Going Concern

JULY 26, 2023

Williams does not have severe audit firm-induced trichotillomania (to our knowledge) because here she is again warning auditors that the PCAOB is tired of them being so terrible at auditing. of an inspection report is higher in 2022, in nearly all firm categories, than in 2021. capital markets and the protection of investors.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

During its inspections of public accounting firms’ audits of issuers from 2021 to 2023, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) saw a year-over-year increase in the number of comment forms related to auditor independence problems, the audit regulator said in a staff report released on Sept.

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Going Concern

JULY 25, 2024

Overall, the revenues of the Big Four have increased from $28 billion (2000) to $79 billion (2022); this represents a 183% increase over 23 years. This sharply contrasts with 2022, when advisory service revenues were 51%, and assurance and tax service revenues were 27% and 22%, respectively.

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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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CPA Practice

MARCH 8, 2024

The Institute of Internal Auditors is currently reviewing the U.S. Following publication of the SEC’s draft rule in March 2022, The IIA submitted a comment letter, in which it highlighted the need for effective governance over climate disclosures. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s newly-issued Climate Change Disclosure Rule.

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