Going Concern

JANUARY 6, 2023

Fat Joe’s favorite audit firm once again had a spectacularly horrible PCAOB inspection report. In the 2021 inspection of BDO USA, LLP, the PCAOB assessed the firm’s compliance with laws, rules, and professional standards applicable to the audits of public companies. For each issuer audit selected, we reviewed a portion of the audit.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 18, 2023

14 over various mistakes the firm made during its 2018 audit of music streaming company Akazoo. issued a clean audit report of Akazoo’s 2018 financial statements. made false statements in its audit report when it claimed that Akazoo fairly presented its financial statements in all material respects for 2018.

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Going Concern

MAY 24, 2024

[link] pic.twitter.com/yegGRtXHFN — Going Concern (@going_concern) May 23, 2024 News PwC faces crisis in China over audit of failed property giant Evergrande [ Financial Times ] The Ls just don’t stop for PwC. However, it was announced to partners at a meeting on Tuesday that Shaw had triumphed in a five-candidate race.

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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. Marcum and Withum combined audited 49.3%

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A new report released on Wednesday reveals that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) increased accounting and auditing enforcement actions by 22% last year, but monetary settlements dropped for a second straight year. Despite the SEC reporting $4.9 Chart courtesy of Cornerstone Research.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 26, 2023

A new PCAOB staff report sheds light on an area where PCAOB inspectors have observed relatively high rates of audit deficiencies: special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). From 2021 to 2022, PCAOB inspectors reviewed more than 100 audits of companies that were either considered SPACs or that were formed through a de-SPAC transaction.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

First things first: The PCAOB found that Warren Averett violated independence requirements during its 2019 and 2020 audits of an issuer, because the firm audited valuations performed for the issuer by another accounting firm that sponsored an alliance of which Warren Averett was a member. Here’s what happened.

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audit auditor accounting firms financial statements 83

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. This number was almost $150,000 CAD in 2019, up to $4.4 Leading the pack in cannabis clients was KPMG Canada.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Lara Abrash, and other Deloitte audit folks happy (bold part added by us for emphasis): In the 2021 inspection of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the PCAOB assessed the firm’s compliance with laws, rules, and professional standards applicable to the audits of public companies. 2019: 10.3%. Uh-oh, this can t’t make Joe U., 2020: 3.8%.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

BDO USA was fined $2 million and two of the firm’s partners were fined a total of $60,000 by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for failures in connection with the 2017 audit of AAC Holdings, which through its subsidiaries provides inpatient substance abuse treatment services, the audit regulator said on Tuesday.

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2023

Both KPMG and PwC have been fined by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in relation to the statutory audits of the financial statements of Eddie Stobart Logistics plc, a shipping and logistics company based in Warrington, UK. And here’s the pound of flesh: Against KPMG: A financial sanction of £1.35

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Going Concern

JANUARY 13, 2023

From 2016 until its 2020 inspection report, Grant Thornton had an average audit failure rate of about 21%. Not bad for a firm that had an average audit failure rate of 44% from 2010 to 2015. Seven of the 31 audits we reviewed in 2021 are included in Part I.A We didn’t save the best for last, but it’s not that bad either.

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audit auditor Real Estate financial statements 95

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. These include prior inspection results and the emerging risks pertaining to a particular audit firm or industry.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 29, 2024

23 for subpar auditing and quality control failures. or Haynie’s 2019 audit of Investview Inc. or Haynie’s 2019 audit of Investview Inc. The PCAOB said the Salt Lake City-based accounting firm also violated PCAOB rules and standards on these 2019 audits, as well as PCAOB quality control standards.

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2024

The audit opinions they issue typically have meaning and value because the firms operate with public trust. In the public company audit arena, this transparency is maintained through PCAOB inspections of auditors. If finalized by the Board, the proposed chapter would become Chapter 6 of FASB Concepts Statement No.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 4, 2023

The last of the 2021 Big 4 PCAOB inspection reports belongs to KPMG, which has had the highest audit deficiency rate of the four firms for six out of the previous seven years —the lone exception being 2019. We selected for review 54 audits of issuers with fiscal years generally ending in 2020. The most common Part I.A

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audit Real Estate financial statements auditor 90

CPA Practice

APRIL 7, 2023

In 2021, there was a 17 percent drop in employed accountants and auditors from a 2019 peak, according to a Bloomberg Tax analysis. Nearly every financial decision is tied to a financial report, and with many deadlines approaching for annual and quarterly financial statement filings, there’s a pressing need for audited financial statements.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 3, 2023

In 2021, there was a 17 percent drop in employed accountants and auditors from a 2019 peak, according to a Bloomberg Tax analysis. Nearly every financial decision is tied to a financial report, and with many deadlines approaching for annual and quarterly financial statement filings, there’s a pressing need for audited financial statements.

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accounting firms CPA Technology Account 135

Going Concern

APRIL 16, 2024

audit watchdog and counts Lingerie Fighting Championships as a client [ Fortune ] OK, actually that’s the only funny headline we’ve seen. Borgers is among the top ten busiest audit firms according to the most recent Ideagen Audit Analytics audit market share data.

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Going Concern

MARCH 30, 2022

The latest audit inspection results for Crowe show the 11th-ranked public accounting firm by revenue bombed 27% of the audits reviewed in the most recent PCAOB inspection cycle, but the firm was less bad in its 2020 report card than it was in 2019’s. PCAOB inspectors selected 15 audits to dissect and found problems in just four.

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Going Concern

MARCH 16, 2022

The big news in the accounting profession yesterday afternoon from Dave Michaels of the Wall Street Journal was that the SEC is investigating the Big 4 and other public accounting firms on whether the consulting and non-audit services they sell to clients is conflicting with their independence as the auditors of said clients.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In an article for CoinDesk , Francine McKenna took a crack at why the FTX debacle happened, and like she always does when there ’s really bad accounting at a company going through a financial crisis, who are/were the auditors: It’s not clear why FTX commissioned two different audit firms to audit its 2020 and 2021 financial statements.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Breaking news: Cohen & Company made a mistake on one of its audits inspected by the PCAOB. Big deal, you ’re probably thinking, audit firms screw up all the time—some more than others. But Cohen & Company had perfect auditing report cards from the PCAOB for 2018, 2019 , and 2020. We’re looking at you, BDO USA.)

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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. In early 2019, the firm violated the anti-fraud provisions of U.S. To protect investors on U.S.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In first-ever sanctions levied against an audit firm related to its membership in an accounting alliance, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Aug. 29 fined top 50 firm Warren Averett $200,000 for auditor independence violations during the 2019 and 2020 audits of an issuer.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

In the ongoing scandal of Wirecard , under fire for fraud, the focus is now turning to auditors Ernst & Young (EY), which reportedly failed to report Wirecard’s “unorthodox financial arrangements” as far back as 2016, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

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Cherry Bekaert

AUGUST 31, 2023

This can be especially useful during an audit or when implementing a new standard with specific short-term needs. Flexibility Advisors allow government and public sector organizations to have greater flexibility in meeting the ebbs and flows that occur during a fiscal year.

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Withum

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Form 5500 Reporting Changes Some of the more significant changes to note are as follows: New Participant Counting Method for Audits of Defined Contribution Plans The 2023 Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF Instructions have been modified to reflect the new participant counting method for purposes of determining whether the plan must be audited.

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audit financial statements Legal Tax 75

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

JANUARY 20, 2023

PwC sees off Deloitte to retain HSBC audit worth up to $1bn [ Financial Times ] PwC has retained the most valuable audit contract on the London Stock Exchange after overcoming a challenge from Deloitte to sign off the accounts of HSBC until 2034. In 2020, it said the process would be complete by 2026.

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Going Concern

APRIL 15, 2022

Accounting watchdog investigates Deloitte over Go-Ahead audits [ The Guardian ] One of the UK’s biggest accounting firms, Deloitte, is under investigation by regulators for its audits of Go-Ahead, after the bus and rail operator was embroiled in a scandal for wrongly withholding £50m of taxpayers’ money.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While progress is being made, the report, The State of Play: Sustainability Disclosure and Assurance 2019-2022, Trends and Analysis , highlights the need for companies worldwide to move toward a global system of sustainability disclosure requirements. The scope of assurance areas also expanded, yet still remains limited in general.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schell is well-versed in generally accepted accounting practices (GAAP) and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), advising C-suite and governing boards, along with other business stakeholders, on a range of compliance risks, accounting pronouncements, audit observations, and technology and process automation.

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Going Concern

JULY 8, 2022

Wirecard’s former top accountant admits forging documents for KPMG special audit [ Financial Times ] Wirecard’s ex-head of accounting has admitted to forging documents requested by KPMG during a special audit, ahead of a trial that is set for later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

Explains the SEC [full order PDF here ]: From 2012 to 2015, over 200 EY audit professionals across the country exploited a software flaw in EY’s CPE testing platform to pass exams while answering only a low percentage of questions correctly. However, EY learned that, despite these warnings, certain audit personnel were continuing to cheat.

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Navarro-Velez joined the department at UNLV in 2019. Mandatory audits don’t provide protection the entities mandated them think they do according to new research. Second, we find that audit mandates benefit the auditors by creating new demand, particularly from smaller companies just above the exemption threshold.

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Going Concern

JULY 17, 2023

He said in a statement he “should have been more alert to signals” that pointed towards workers sharing their answers. I want to call special attention to this reaction from Mike Shaub, Auditing and Accounting Ethics clinical professor at Texas A&M and the guy we follow on Twitter for the hottest in ethics hot takes.

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