Going Concern

JANUARY 3, 2025

Check out Accountingfly’s top remote accounting candidates of the week and sign up for Always-On Recruiting to get a new batch of accountants and auditors for hire in your inbox every week — free! We dont know, Matthew Dunlap, Maines state auditor, said. To Be Continued… Oh do we have things to say about this.

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2022

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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Going Concern

MARCH 19, 2025

Each of them violated PCAOB Rule 3211 , Auditor Reporting of Certain Audit Participants, by “failing to accurately disclose on PCAOB Form AP the participation in firm audits of other accounting firms, including, among others, component auditors, shared service centers, and critical audit matter hub.”

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Going Concern

JULY 31, 2023

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. Under the new External Audit Act and all amendments to it in 2019, the number of auditing days surged.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

As the fallout from Wirecard ‘s $2 billion accounting scandal continues, some attention has turned to the Germany-based payment company’s auditor, Ernst & Young (EY). In response to 2019 claims, Wirecard hired auditing giant KPMG to clear its name. Fraud Concerns Arise. ” Swift Blowback. . ” Swift Blowback.

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TaxConnex

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

in 2019 (even as average monthly bills for consumers actually dropped). At the worst, an auditor could assess you the full tax amount, and you would have to work with your carrier for a refund. To see the original post, click here. Taxes are an integral part of the telecom world. At the least, you are exposed to taxes on the markup.

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Going Concern

MARCH 25, 2024

Do you guys remember the Deloitte auditors in Canada who were busted changing the clocks on their computers to backdate workpapers ? Prior to the Engagement Management System (EMS) update in November 2016, Deloitte auditors were permitted to manually enter sign-off dates for both audit work and reviews. million ($1.2 million USD) fine.

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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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TaxConnex

MARCH 21, 2024

Auditors slapped Amazon with some $12.5 In September 2019, the South Carolina ALC found in favor of the state, though during those deliberations South Carolina did clarify sales tax obligations for marketplace facilitators. “We million in taxes, penalties and interest for the first three months of 2016.

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Going Concern

APRIL 30, 2024

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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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But Cohen & Company had perfect auditing report cards from the PCAOB for 2018, 2019 , and 2020. If you include the last time Cohen & Company auditors screwed up an audit, which was in 2017, that’s two mistakes in the last 43 audits inspected, for a deficiency rate of 4.6%. We’re looking at you, BDO USA.)

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

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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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. This isn’t surprising, as Marcum is the largest auditor of SPACs.

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2023

Reports Financial Times : The firm’s junior auditors were told on a webcast last week that the pay band for one cohort would be frozen while others would increase by 3 or 6 per cent, resulting in real-terms pay cuts, firm insiders told the Financial Times. billion ($2.2 billion ($2.2

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 19, 2023

445 professional staff — 93 percent auditors and seven percent tax and advisory — participated in answer sharing during mandatory, open-book internal training assessments between 2016 and 2020. That changed on November 21, 2019 when assurance staff were told via webinar to “complete assessments independently.”

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

.” That’s what George Botic said to attendees of the AICPA & CIMA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments in January , a get together sort of like Burning Man for auditors except without the psychedelics and skimpy costumes. Auditors are wild, you never know. as well as all broker-dealer audits.

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Going Concern

JUNE 9, 2022

Th is means that to field a sufficient number of professionals to serve ESG attestation clients, the audit firms are planning to borrow from a population of surplus auditors that doesn’t exist. Yes, a udit committees are tasked with making the auditor retention decision. The opportunity in front of the PCAOB.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

Snodgrass —failed to obtain audit committee pre-approval in connection with providing audit and/or non-audit services to issuer audit clients, in violation of PCAOB Rule 3520, Auditor Independence , and for two of the three firms (BPM and Plante Moran) PCAOB Rule 3524, Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Certain Tax Services.

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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. Auditors can do their work in as little as two or three hours, as opposed to the days or weeks they would typically spend auditing accounting by sifting through file cabinets and chasing paper.

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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.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 13, 2023

Seven botched audits out of 31 inspected comes out to a failure rate of 22.6%, the same rate as its 2019 inspection report but not as good as its 17.2% The identified deficiencies primarily related to the firm’s testing of controls over and/or substantive testing of revenue and related accounts and inventory. The most common Part I.A

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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. Auditors can do their work in as little as two or three hours, as opposed to the days or weeks they would typically spend auditing accounting by sifting through file cabinets and chasing paper.

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Going Concern

MAY 5, 2022

On top of the overall pipeline issue, we’ve heard grumblings of auditor shortages for years. The PCAOB is watching , too, concerned about the obvious audit quality problem that arises when your already overworked auditors are now doing the work of 10 people instead of a more modest three to four. Photo by Kate Trifo.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 17, 2023

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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AdviceForTaxpreparers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

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Going Concern

DECEMBER 30, 2022

After having a not-great audit deficient rate of 31% in its 2017 inspection report , EY’s error rate had dropped to 26% in its 2018 report , 18% in 2019 , and 15.4% EY auditors did get a 100% on their four audits of issuers in communication services, so they got that going for them. The most common Part I.A

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Going Concern

AUGUST 16, 2024

Projections indicate a growth in employment opportunities for accountants and auditors, while roles focused on bookkeeping and data entry are expected to decline. This shift is largely due to the integration of AI and automation technologies, which streamline routine tasks and open up opportunities for auditors to engage in higher-value work.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

It appears that neither auditors nor regulators were effective here,” Scholz told the news service. “(It) Wirecard postponed the publication of its 2019 annual report after disclosing that its auditor can’t confirm the existence of $2.1 billion in trust accounts, one-quarter of the value on the company’s books.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Add to that the issue of baby boomer retirements and an entire class of auditors who were trained by Zoom at the beginning of the pandemic now reaching the point where they are expected to train associates below them despite they themselves still struggling and…well. They do, however, fine the s**t out of firms. Or they are now, anyway.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Another key proposal is compulsory rotation for statutory auditors for shadow banks in the middle and upper tiers. That caused the infrastructure financier to fall in 2018 and the government seizure of a mortgage lender in 2019. The paper comes after a speech by a top RBI official in charge of banking regulation, Bloomberg writes.

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Going Concern

MAY 20, 2024

Auditors are required to include a going-concern warning if they believe there is a risk that the company may go bankrupt, rather than making a prediction that it will. The quality control standard represents the give and take of a decade’s worth of consideration on how to improve audit quality among auditors of public companies.

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Going Concern

MARCH 8, 2023

In particular, had the auditor appropriately applied the audit standards in FY2018, they should have required clear disclosures in Babcock’s FY2018 Financial Statements explaining the positive impact on operating profit of significant one-off items. in circumstances where PwC has now been sanctioned four times since 2019.

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Going Concern

JUNE 29, 2023

In July 2019, ESL announced that a review had been conducted into its prior year financial statements. ESL almost imploded in December 2019 until saved by an investment of £55 million from shareholder and financier DBay Advisers. ” PwC’s reprimand for their 2018 audit of ESL was a bit less harsh.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 14, 2024

three-quarters of CPAs reached retirement age in 2019, according to the AICPA, and the country is short some 340,000 accountants and auditors by some estimates. In addition, 77% say hiring data scientists is either “very” or “moderately” important. In the U.S.,

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Going Concern

APRIL 12, 2024

As described in the PCAOB’s orders, from 2017 to 2019, Deloitte Philippines’s audit partners and other personnel engaged in widespread answer sharing – either by providing answers or using answers – or received answers without reporting such sharing in connection with tests for mandatory firm training courses. Er, cheating.

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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. The most common Part I.A

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