ThomsonReuters

APRIL 30, 2024

In the world of accounting audits, accuracy and completeness are paramount. Auditors rely on data review to ensure the reliability and integrity of financial statements. The significance of accuracy and completeness in audit data review Accuracy and completeness are fundamental principles in auditing.

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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. As a result, BDO followed its 54.2% The most common Part I.A

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Going Concern

JANUARY 13, 2023

Of the six 2021 PCAOB inspection reports released before the holidays, we ’ve so far taken a look at five: PwC , Deloitte , EY, KPMG , and BDO USA. From 2016 until its 2020 inspection report, Grant Thornton had an average audit failure rate of about 21%. Seven of the 31 audits we reviewed in 2021 are included in Part I.A

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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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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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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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CPA Practice

AUGUST 15, 2023

Shortly after criticizing audit firms for the number of errors they made on public company audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors last year, the audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug. 11 for breaking various auditing rules. Snodgrass, Mancera S.C.,

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The PCAOB today announced settled disciplinary orders sanctioning Greece-based PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditing Company SA (PwC Greece) and its partner Nicos George Komodromos for violations of PCAOB rules and standards in connection with the audit of the 2016 financial statements of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Overall, average audit fees increased by 4.6 percent from 2021 to 2022. Forty-seven percent of member company respondents also indicated an increase in effort to support the external audit while 51 percent reported no change year over year. Additional reasons cited were changes to ICFR followed by divestitures.

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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.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 17, 2023

More than half of the audits of brokers and dealers inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) last year had mistakes, as audit firms took a big step backwards from improvements they made in 2021. The PCAOB has released annual progress reports on the audits of broker-dealers since 2012.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 25, 2023

Based on the 2021 PCAOB inspection reports we ’ve reviewed so far, the audit firm that would win the “most improved” award is RSM US. From 2017 to 2020, RSM had an average yearly audit failure rate of 42%, including failing 46% of its audits reviewed by PCAOB inspectors in 2020.

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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. Note that many companies switched auditors so not all fees listed went to the current auditor.) billion Canadian dollar ($3.7

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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

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

APRIL 16, 2024

Over the past week or so, various media outlets have been picking on Trump Media auditor BF Borgers and their 100% PCAOB deficiency rate. audit watchdog and counts Lingerie Fighting Championships as a client [ Fortune ] OK, actually that’s the only funny headline we’ve seen. But we’re not here to talk about Borgers.

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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 2020 to 2021, U.S. The staff report noted: The PCAOB reviewed 44 SPAC-related audits performed in 2021.

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Going Concern

MARCH 8, 2024

Audit SEC Settlement Against Auditing Firm Serves as Reminder of Important Independence Rules [ JD Supra ] On February 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it settled an administrative proceeding against Lordstown Motors Corps’ former auditor, Clark Schaefer Hackett and Co.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hey remember the Bloomberg story last March about how staff shortages at audit firms were causing municipal credit ratings to tank ? Refresher: Municipalities across the US are at risk of having their credit ratings downgraded or withdrawn by S&P Global Ratings because staffing shortages have delayed financial disclosure documents.

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Going Concern

MARCH 24, 2023

EY, KPMG and the fallout of two accounting scandals [ Financial Times Opinion ] It is not just shareholders that have become ever more cautious in the wake of one of Europe’s largest accounting scandals. Auditors have done so too. Auditors Are Demanding Concessions in Split [ Wall Street Journal ] Ernst & Young’s renegade U.S.

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Withum

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The AICPA Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. The Standard was originally effective for audits of employee benefit plan (EBP) financial statements subject to the ERISA for periods ending on or after December 15, 2020, but was delayed one year to December 15, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ThomsonReuters

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Today, ESG is resulting in significant opportunities for auditors, fueled by the widening range of stakeholders calling for ESG prioritization, an influx of laws and regulations pertaining to ESG, and a rise in ESG investment products. Other ESG matters may not have any material effect on the financial statements.

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Going Concern

APRIL 7, 2023

Big Four Auditors and Consultants Need Liability—And a Divorce [ Bloomberg Tax ] Part of the problem is the revolving door of personnel between the major accounting firms and the banks they purport to audit. Last month, audit firm BDO issued a so-called qualified opinion for Revolut’s 2021 accounts.

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CPA Practice

MAY 14, 2024

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has overhauled its decades-old quality control requirements for audit firms by adopting a new standard on May 13 designed to put the onus squarely on auditors and executives. Firms themselves have also changed significantly, as has the role of firm networks.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 14, 2022

KPMG UK keeps equity tight as it ramps up salaried partner promotions — here’s the list [ Financial News ]. KPMG UK has promoted a historically modest 25 new equity partners this year as it makes greater use of the salaried partner badge which it introduced in 2021. The drunken Big Four partners who are paid $1m+ [ eFinancialCareers ].

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Going Concern

JANUARY 31, 2024

In an audit quality report released last week [ PDF ], the once flawless PwC admits its next PCAOB inspection report will be twice as bad as the last one. deficiency rate with just one mistake found in 52 audits inspected. deficiency rate with just one mistake found in 52 audits inspected.

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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

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Accountants and auditors with the Office of Auditor of State no longer need a four-year degree. There’s currently a nationwide shortage of accountants and auditors, and Iowa’s no exception,” said Jennifer Bradley, Vice President of Academic Affairs for Kirkwood Community College.

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Withum

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Accounting Standards Update 2021-07 Determining the Current Price of an Underlying Share for Equity-Classified Share-Based Awards was issued to address concerns raised by stakeholders about the cost and complexity of determining the fair value of equity classified share awards for private companies.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 18, 2023

arm of accounting firm Crowe LLP, its CEO, and a senior auditor settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 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. Crowe U.K.’s

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The next generation of accountants and auditors is in demand, but Ben Lansford, an accounting professor and director of the Master of Accounting program at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University explained why some are hesitant. Audit Fees Rise Only 2.5%, But Audits Require Greater Effort [ CFO ].

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Going Concern

JULY 26, 2023

Williams does not have severe audit firm-induced trichotillomania (to our knowledge) because here she is again warning auditors that the PCAOB is tired of them being so terrible at auditing. It is therefore unacceptable that audit quality is trending down for the second year in a row. and non-U.S.

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Going Concern

APRIL 12, 2024

ICYMI: These are the most-read articles on Going Concern this week: Tax Preparer Finds Out in the Worst Way Possible That ERC Wasn’t a Free Money Glitch Survey Says: Which Group of Auditors Are Most Satisfied With Their Salaries? I want to be very clear: The PCAOB will not tolerate exam cheating nor any other unethical behavior, period.

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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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Withum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Audited financial statements are a cornerstone of the financial markets. Tonight I will conduct my second Auditing class session of this semester at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and I will be teaching what the auditor’s opinion means and what auditors do to arrive at their opinion.

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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. Technology investments, including automation, can provide the relief firms and their clients need to weather pressing challenges and ensure ongoing financial accuracy and compliance.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

data center industry on the national economy between 2017-2021, adding $2.1 The 2023 Forum on Auditing in the Small Business Environment and on Auditing Broker-Dealers is set for Oct. The 2023 Forum on Auditing in the Small Business Environment and on Auditing Broker-Dealers is set for Oct. trillion to the U.S.

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