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Friday Footnotes: Firms Get a Jump on Hiring; RTO Firms Outsourcing ?; BDO Settles 401(k) Suit | 12.22.23

Going Concern

Check out these excellent candidates from Accountingfly ready to get to work ASAP Top Remote Accounting Candidates: December 21, 2023 News Wirecard investor lawsuit against EY filed in Munich [ Reuters ] A new investor lawsuit is claiming more than 700 million euros ($771.40 Burned Investors Ask ‘Where Were the Auditors?’

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Accounting Fraud: 55 red flags

Accounting Insight

Internal auditors discover 16% and external auditing 4% of cases. On the other hand, in many of the most relevant accounting and financial scandals, it can be seen that the existing signals were ignored. This is what happened with the Madoff case in 2008 or the Wirecard scandal in 2020. Inadequate auditors 20.

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Friday Footnotes: XOXO, Accountants; PwC Wants Tax Cuts; KPMG Stacks Partners | 7.1.22

Going Concern

Marking a Half-Century of Capital Markets Integrity [ Barron’s ] Former chair of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and trustee and chair of the Financial Accounting Foundation John J. GAAP, or generally accepted accounting principles. Brennan writes: The bedrock of that reporting regime is U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22

Going Concern

Many firms turn to third-party service providers to send and receive electronic audit confirmations to and from “confirming parties,” including banks, financial institutions, investment and brokerage firms, and law firms. In some cases, auditing firms may be relying too heavily on such outside companies. PCAOB Spotlight PDF here.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities | 4.21.23

Going Concern

. “silent layoffs”) are on the menu B4 Layoffs – USA by u/additional_cats in Big4 KPMG is diversifying its partner rank through sponsorships and succession planning [ Fortune ] Partners are among the most senior-level roles at accounting firms and some of the highest paid. 2023 KPMG U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Doesn’t Regret a Return to Office; Consulting Cut Backs; AI Will Not Replace Accountants | 8.11.23

Going Concern

Sayers was PWC Australia CEO from 2012 until May 2020, and so boss of the company for the entire period it was illegally sharing and selling Federal Government tax policy secrets, in one of the biggest corporate scandals in Australian history. Auditors today disclose critical audit matters. 15 from Aug.

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Small Businesses’ Biggest Lease Accounting Pitfalls

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New lease accounting standards are in effect for publicly traded companies in the U.S. after the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) introduced changes to the way businesses account for their outstanding leases. ” Unanticipated Consequences.

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