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Big 4 Firms Fight Against Metrics That Would Reveal the Workloads Behind the Curtain

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Restatements of financial statements and management reports on internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) that were audited by the firm over the past three years. This business model is a complete mismatch for the complexity auditors need to master in todays environment to achieve suitable levels of audit quality.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Feds Raid PwC; Big 4 Wants to Be Like Grant Thornton!? | 11.4.24

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Given the demands CPAs face — often, they serve on understaffed teams due to a shortage of accounting talent, while also needing to obtain continuing professional education credits in order to maintain their certified public accounting licenses — some experts were not surprised to hear about the multi-tasking practice. “If

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How Exactly Did EY Auditors Cheat on CPE Exams? Details From the SEC Order

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With the EY cheating scandal making headlines even outside of our precious little accountosphere we decided to take a look at the full SEC order to answer the question — how and why were EY auditors cheating on CPE exams? The long and short of it is, EY auditors trying to shortcut CPE took advantage of a software exploit.

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Decisions 2024: The Opportunities for Accounting Firms Have Never Been Greater

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DataSnipper : The Intelligence Automation Platform and Advanced Extraction Suite have provided functional automation to auditors for some time. AuditBoard : Offers robust risk management and audit automation features. Diligent One Platform : Integrates GRC and board management while anticipating risks to stay ahead of evolving regulations.

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | November 27, 2024

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Are you having trouble finding remote accountants, CAS experts, auditors, or tax professionals for your firm or internal team? Accountingfly can assist you! With our Always-On Recruiting service, you can access a pool of top remote accounting candidates without any upfront costs.

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Audits Are a Joke and Here’s Why According to a Salty Old Industry Veteran

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Those of us who’ve worked or even simply seen behind the curtain of audit know the things he points out to be true — assurance is reasonable not absolute , financial statements are the responsibility of management not auditors, “finding fraud” is not the ultimate goal of audits — but do investors?

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EY Auditors Cheated on Ethics Exams and Tried to Cover It Up, Will Pay a Record Fine for Naughtiness

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The SEC has fined EY a record $100 million after an investigation revealed auditors at EY were cheating on ethics exams (open book ethics exams we presume) and CPE; worse than cheating alone, they actively tried to cover it up and hide the cheating from the SEC. Well this is bad.

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