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Turns Out Cohen & Company Auditors Are Human After All

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But Cohen & Company had perfect auditing report cards from the PCAOB for 2018, 2019 , and 2020. The firm messed up on one of its nine audits inspected, and it pertained to the financial statement audit only. No integrated audits of financial statements and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) were reviewed.

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Once Leaders in the Cannabis Space, Canuck KPMG Decides to Ditch All Its Weed Clients

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Here’s a snapshot from 2019 that shows how much cannabis companies were paying to which auditors: A look at 40 Canadian cannabis companies and what they paid to their auditors over their past fiscal year. Note that many companies switched auditors so not all fees listed went to the current auditor.)

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ‘Auditors Are Not Lawyers’; Big 4 Break Up? | 7.31.23

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The PCAOB’s new rules would widen auditors’ responsibility to scrutinise whether a company is complying with laws and regulations, and to communicate more of their concerns to a company’s board of directors. Such suggestions are false. In response, commissioner Hester Peirce tweeted (X’d?) and Congressman Jason Smith, R-Mo.,

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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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Are Auditors Becoming as Hard to Find as a PS5?

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On top of the overall pipeline issue, we’ve heard grumblings of auditor shortages for years. Bloomberg Tax wrote about the issue earlier this year citing the Great Resignation and a turnover rate double what it usually is as risks to financial statements themselves. The post Are Auditors Becoming as Hard to Find as a PS5?

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The SEC Did Not Appreciate Crowe UK Putting Total Noobs on the Audit of a Shady Company

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LLP, its CEO Nigel Bostock, and senior auditor Matthew Stallabrass for the firm’s deficient audit of music streaming company Akazoo Limited. million back in 2021 “for allegedly defrauding investors out of tens of millions of dollars in connection with a 2019 special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) business combination.”

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Wirecard Delays Annual Report After Auditors Can’t Confirm $2.1B In Cash Exists

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Wirecard has postponed publication of its 2019 annual report after disclosing that its auditor can’t confirm the existence $2.1 Wirecard said in its statement that it will announce another date for its 2019 report’s release in the future. billion in trust accounts — or about a quarter of the value on the company’s books.

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