CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

What is the fastest-growing challenge facing accounting firms and internal audit departments today? More than 90% point to hiring and retaining skilled accountants and auditors. Responses were gathered from more than 4,100 accountants and 2,300 auditors. Some are even turning away business due to a shortage of staff.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 22, 2024

A top midtier accounting firm ended 2023 by having the most new initial public offering (IPO) audit clients in the fourth quarter, as the number of companies going public dropped compared to the previous quarter, according to an analysis by Ideagen Audit Analytics. Overall, 2023 had 164 IPOs with nearly $24 billion raised.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss Audit Sight , a technology platform that eliminates manual work for auditors, diligence and private equity providers by automating financial transaction verification. My co host and I are so pleased to be with you today as we discuss a new audit platform called Audit Site.

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Going Concern

MARCH 15, 2023

While the general investing public is asking “where were the auditors?” To any members of the general investing public reading this: “due professional care” means the independent auditor planned and performed the work required of them according to audit standards. Back to the auditors.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF) has released the findings of its 14th Annual Public Company Audit Fee Study , sponsored by Center for Audit Quality. The report is based on responses from 54 financial executives at public companies and an additional survey of 116 audit engagement partners.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The barely anticipated year-end phoning in of content look back on what news was important to Going Concern readers and Google visitors in 2023. With Project Everest on Pause, Let’s Pause a Sec to Shed a Tear For EY’s Reputation As Transaction Advisors published March 16, 2023 #9. It’s here! Happy New Year, everyone!

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Withum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Adhering to regulatory requirements and ensuring compliance to avoid potential penalties are priorities for plan sponsors with employee benefit plan audits. Here are key insights and reminders to help you navigate the complexities of employee benefit plan compliance for the 2023 filing year.

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CPA Practice

JULY 9, 2023

the developer of the award-winning cloud-based audit automation platform, has announced aquired Advantage Audit from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Advantage Audit is an audit planning aid and audit program series designed to help auditors comply with risk-based professional standards in a straightforward and efficient manner.

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Cherry Bekaert

AUGUST 18, 2023

Contact Us The post The Auditor of Public Accounts Oversight of Virginia Local Governments: Key Takeaways Impacting Your 2023 Audit and Financial Reporting appeared first on Cherry Bekaert. Discover our State & Local Government Services.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 19, 2024

According to a new report from The Brattle Group, total Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement activity against auditors in the first half of 2024 is significantly outpacing the number of enforcement actions brought by the regulators in recent years.

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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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CPA Practice

APRIL 26, 2023

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspectors outlined their priorities for 2023 inspections in a new PCAOB staff report released on April 17. By staying ahead of new and emerging risks, our inspections plan will hold firms accountable and drive improvements in audit quality for investors.”

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) – the internal audit profession’s leader in standards, certifications, education, research, and technical guidance worldwide – has approved Malta and Somalia as new affiliates to its global federation, further extending The IIA’s extensive international reach.

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TaxConnex

APRIL 11, 2023

If you are a business that must collect and remit sales tax, an audit is probably one of your biggest fears. In fact, our annual survey of financial professionals on sales tax trends has ranked sales tax audits as a top worry for the third year in a row. If the number of audits has remained the same, why is it a top worry?

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CPA Practice

MAY 15, 2024

KPMG audited the most newly listed companies in the first quarter of 2024, which saw 46 initial public offerings that raised a combined total of $8.9 billion, according to a new analysis from Ideagen Audit Analytics. Data courtesy of Ideagen Audit Analytics. The other unicorn in Q1, Kaspi.kz Joint Stock Co., Joint Stock Co.,

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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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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

As the scale of emerging technology risks facing companies continue to multiply, IT auditors play a key role in identifying these threats and helping their organizations to navigate them. A new survey conducted by Protiviti and The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) reveals which risks are keeping IT auditors up at night.

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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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Accounting Today

MARCH 5, 2024

The auditing giant KPMG audited the three regional banks that failed last year. New York Community's recent disclosures that it had financial reporting weaknesses in 2023 raises new questions over the auditors' role.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 22, 2024

The 10 accounting firms that had the most public company audit clients in 2023 are the same 10 firms atop the table in auditor market share so far in 2024, with EY leading the way as of Jan. But the Big Four firm’s roster of public company audit clients has shrunk from 1,004 last year. EY: 971 (14.7%) 2.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has doled out a record $20 million in total fines to audit firms and individual auditors so far in 2023, almost doubling the previous high mark of $11 million set last year. This egregious audit failure is unacceptable. issuer and registered broker-dealer audits.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

million to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday to settle charges that it bungled audits of failed crypto asset trading platform FTX. Prager Metis also settled separate charges that it violated SEC auditor independence rules. Top 60 accounting firm Prager Metis agreed to pay $1.95

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Going Concern

MARCH 24, 2023

Accounting Firm, Sees 15% Growth On Way to $2 Billion [ GlobeNewswire ] *makes jerkoff motion* Accounting Today recently named CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP) to its 2023 Top 100 Firms List. Auditors have done so too. Auditors Are Demanding Concessions in Split [ Wall Street Journal ] Ernst & Young’s renegade U.S.

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ThomsonReuters

MARCH 20, 2024

When it comes to Single Audits of local governments, nonprofits, school districts, and HUD engagements, auditors must navigate through a complex set of rules that are constantly changing. These challenges compound quickly as the volume of audits increases. However, there is an answer: audit automation.

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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. And the rules are tightening.

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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. Note that many companies switched auditors so not all fees listed went to the current auditor.) billion USD) business in 2023, up 12.2

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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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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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Accounting Insight

AUGUST 3, 2023

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), the Chamber of Auditors for Uzbekistan (COA) and the National Association of Accountants and Auditors of Uzbekistan (NAAAU) have signed a deal to work together. The MOU – which initially runs for three years – will promote international standards in accounting and auditing.

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Going Concern

JULY 31, 2023

Currently KPMG, Deloitte and EY provide both consulting and audit to both the public and private sector. Originally they were just audit firms,” he said. Then the audit firms decided to create this problem by going off and doing their own consulting and the whole thing’s got out of hand.”

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Going Concern

AUGUST 15, 2023

EY continues to redefine the meaning of “better working world,” this time by way of salaries for audit staff in financial services. The firm has told clients the cost of salaries in its audit division is up 11.1 per cent for 2023. Clients were told EY’s audit salaries increased by 11.1

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Cherry Bekaert

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the latest episode of our Risk & Accounting Advisory podcast, Neal Beggan , Risk Advisory Leader, and key leaders from Cherry Bekaert’s Risk Advisory SOX practice, Yani Diaz and Peyton Black , discuss SOX “hot buttons” to look out for as 2023 comes to an end.

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CPA Practice

DECEMBER 2, 2023

an award-winning provider of cloud-based audit solutions, has added three new modules to its flagship product, Advantage Audit AI. Advantage Audit AI leverages a patented artificial intelligence engine to optimize and automate the auditing process. AuditFile, Inc., Founded by CPAs in 2011, AuditFile, Inc.

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CPA Practice

MAY 15, 2023

during the first quarter of 2023, Marcum audited seven of them—the most of any audit firm, according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. In addition, Q1 2023 saw a substantial decrease in the total amount raised compared to offerings completed in the first quarter in each of the last five years.

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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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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nearly three weeks after approving a batch of new Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) auditing standards , the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 9 OK’d another new rule from the audit regulator, this time on quality control. Does the answer differ depending on whether the person is an auditor?

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

EY Survey: 86% GCCs cite service expansion as their top business priority [ EY ] Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India are expanding their services with a focus on transformation, innovation, and knowledge-based capabilities, as per EY India’s GCC Pulse Survey 2023. It’s free and provides CPE; advance registration is required.

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