Going Concern

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

2022 PCAOB Inspection of KPMG LLP [ PDF ] WSJ doesn’t know why it was redacted either. The post Why Did the PCAOB Redact KPMG’s Audit Failure Rate? KPMG News audit deficiencies PCAOB Inspection Reports Top Secret Shit WTF What the f**k is this?? NO ONE DOES. appeared first on Going Concern.

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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

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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TaxConnex

APRIL 28, 2022

Usually, you learn about an audit through a notice or letter from the state or jurisdiction in question with instructions on how the audit will proceed. Many audits are conducted remotely, and an auditor never visits your office. Fear and perception of audits are as tangible as the real examinations. Fear and loathing.

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Going Concern

JULY 26, 2022

After a slow first quarter of 2022 , initial public offerings didn ’t take off in the second quarter either. billion), according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. Even though SPACs are going through a rough patch, public accounting firms that are SPAC auditing machines were kept the busiest in Q2.

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

that the likelihood of your business being audited is low, but that likelihood has been increasing in recent years. more than one in four (26.7%) top finance professionals reported seeing an increase in state sales tax audits in the past two years. You received a sales tax audit notice from a jurisdiction. Data shows?that

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Accounting Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Average audit fees increased by 4.6% from 2021 to 2022, and more auditors are using data analytics in their audits, according to a new report.

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MyIRSRelief

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Although the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was touted as being a bill designed to reduce inflation, it carries with it considerably more baggage. In particular, the expansion of the IRS and it tax enforcement arm will result in more taxpayers seeking IRS audit & appeals help as it comes into effect starting next year.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

So has the sales tax audit. Examiners can still show up and go over your books in person, and tax agencies will still send audit notices via snail mail. Many events can ignite a sales tax audit. But have sales tax audits changed over the last few years, through the pandemic and the introduction of economic nexus in 2018?

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The fourth quarter of 2022 didn ’t miraculously save what was a terrible year for initial public offerings. billion, according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. And Q4 of 2022 had the second lowest number of listings recorded (after 2010) since Q1 2016, which had only 14 IPO listings. billion, an average of $112.9

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Another tipster said CBIZ was trimming staff in audit “in connection with that” though we didn’t get any numbers because no one ever talks about CBIZ, you probably forgot they existed until just now. The top ten firms collectively audit 68% of the total population. I’ll do some digging in the meantime.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) IRS audits raise anxiety for many taxpayers. But beyond the EITC, there have been concerns over the years whether the IRS focuses enough on higher earners and has the resources to effectively audit complex partnerships and large corporations. Now, in a Sept. Now, in a Sept.

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Jump to: Firms and clients are embracing remote auditing Remote auditing poses challenges, but there are solutions Leveraging technology is key to remote audit success Firms that have been introducing and experimenting with remote audits are finding it easier to embrace and collaborate with clients through cloud audit tools.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 23, 2021

If you and your company haven’t been hit with a sales tax audit yet, congrats. In TaxConnex’s recent market survey more than one in four (26.7%) top finance professionals in a variety of industries report seeing an increase in state sales tax audits in the past two years. Sales Tax Audit Triggers. Sales Tax Audit Triggers.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The initial public offering slump of 2022 continued in the third quarter, as the 39 IPOs that raised a combined $3.1 billion, according to a new analysis from Audit Analytics. The amount raised in Q3 2022 is the smallest since the first quarter of 2016 when a combined $2.9 billion is significant lower than the 199 IPOs in U.S.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 8, 2023

Champions of audit quality will not be happy with this news from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). A staff report released by the audit regulator late last month shows a year-over-year increase in the number of audits with deficiencies at audit firms that the PCAOB inspected in 2022.

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CPA Practice

MAY 22, 2023

Audit partners are pessimistic about the outlook for the U.S. businesses continue to face inflation, cybersecurity risks, and increased regulation, according to the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ’s), Audit Partner Pulse Survey , a biannual survey of US public company audit partners. economy as U.S. Rather, U.S.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Yesterday, the PCAOB announced a settlement in which audit partner Jonathan B. Taylor added or modified approximately 80 audit work papers before providing the improperly altered documentation to PCAOB inspectors for a 2021 inspection. Wanna alter work papers and then double down when you’re caught?

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Going Concern

APRIL 3, 2023

Up north, the Canadian equivalent of the PCAOB has said that audit quality in America’s hat is on the decline and that the level of significant findings at non-annually inspected firms is “concerning.” ” This is per the Canadian Public Accountability Board’s 2022 Annual Report [ PDF ].

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Cherry Bekaert

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) recently released its Fiscal Year 2022 Report to Congress. Contact Us The post Insights Into DCAA’s Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022 appeared first on Cherry Bekaert. By law, the DCAA is required to submit an annual report detailing the DCAA’s activities for the previous year.

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CPA Practice

MAY 10, 2023

The head of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said today that its inspectors found significant deficiencies in the audits of U.S.-listed deficiencies in 100% (four of four) of the audit engagements reviewed at KPMG Huazhen and 75% (three of four) of the audit engagements reviewed for PwC Hong Kong.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The paper-pushers at the PCAOB have punished another audit firm for running afoul of their rules , this time it’s Smythe of British Columbia, Canada and no one involved in this story is based in the United States except for said paper-pushers. The firm used the work of PwC Malta on the Scully audits, PKF Audisur on Tower One.

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CPA Practice

MAY 2, 2023

There is a brand-new section that debuted today in PCAOB inspection reports of audit firms, and it is devoted to auditor independence. “We The auditor independence section will appear in reports for PCAOB inspections completed in 2022, beginning with eight reports that were released on Tuesday.

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Going Concern

JUNE 1, 2023

In the WaPo opinion pages yesterday one Duncan Mavin, who got his start in the 90s, says the best way to solve the audit industry’s many conflicts is to kill it altogether. He starts the piece summoning the ghost of Enron, as all writers do when discussing what happens when audit goes wrong. billion in global revenue.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 9, 2023

billion between April 1 and June 30, according to a recent analysis from Audit Analytics. billion) 2022 : 46 ($5.3 billion, while six special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs raised total proceeds of $980 million, according to Audit Analytics. PwC is the company’s audit firm, according to Kenvue’s Form 8-K.

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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. respondents, higher than the average of nine actions per year from FY 2018 to FY 2022.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The 1,117 firms participating in the survey reported a fiscal year 2022 median growth rate of 9.1% That category climbed almost 9% from $207,506 in fiscal year 2020 to $225,725 in fiscal year 2022. Median hourly billing rates rose from $137 in fiscal year 2020 to $159 in 2022, a 16% increase. That rate eclipses the 4.2%

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Going Concern

JULY 7, 2022

EY has had a few firsts in recent years: first Big 4 firm with unlimited PTO , first audit firm to get a $100 million fine from the SEC , first Big 4 firm to compare men and women with waffles and pancakes , and first place among the Big 4 in public company audit clients for the past seven years. Together, these 10 firms audit 68.8%

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 23, 2023

With markets changing and capital becoming more constrained by the day, there is a rapidly heightened awareness of the role that due diligence and audits play. These manual verification procedures are painstaking — and most often relegated to the audit professionals early in their career. By Tod McDonald.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 15, 2023

How is the growing focus on ESG affecting the audit profession? As an area that is still developing, and – from an audit and accounting standpoint – still in its infancy, it can feel a bit like the Wild West. What are some of the key challenges that audit firms face when auditing ESG disclosures?

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PwC said on Monday that it had identified 129 breaches of independence rules affecting 74 clients and PCAOB inspectors had found a further one themselves while inspecting audit work in 2022. The figures were included in an update to PwC’s audit quality report, published on its website.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 2, 2023

Audit Analytics has released “ A Twenty-Year Review of Audit Fees ,” an in-depth look at audit fee trends from 2002 to 2022 and there are some fun charts inside. Mainly we care about this one: In FY2003, average audit fees were $681,000; in FY2022, this number was $2,243,000. God bless Audit Analytics.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The only other listed entity we found that it audits has a market capitalization of about INR 640 million (U.S. Shah Dhandharia hardly seems capable of complex audit work. The post Grant Thornton Scores Coveted ‘Hot Garbage’ Audit appeared first on Going Concern. Records show it pays INR 32,000 (U.S.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 16, 2023

Is there a certain aura around an audit? As such, when the IRS audits those earners, it’s able to claw out some of that money. As such, when the IRS audits those earners, it’s able to claw out some of that money. times the revenue raised from their initial audit.” “In present discounted value, these additional taxes are 3.2

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Anders CPA

JUNE 30, 2022

Anders recently announced annual employee promotions across the firm, from audit and assurance to tax, advisory and operations. AUDIT AND ASSURANCE PROMOTIONS. Danielle Bergfeld , Senior + Audit and Assurance. Jack Dempster , Senior + Audit and Assurance. Collin Patton , Senior + Audit and Assurance.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 29, 2022

online retail sales in the 2021 holiday season had jumped 11% over 2020 and you had the foundation set for a banner 2022 for eCommerce – and online sales tax. Election Day 2022, in addition to being watershed midterms, involved many sales tax initiatives. But as we saw once more in 2022, nothing new there. Add that U.S.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 4, 2023

4 provided guidance to taxpayers on the requirements for home energy audits in order to claim the energy efficient home improvement tax credit. Notice 2023-59 , which was issued by the IRS on Friday, provides specific requirements to claim the tax credit and the process for conducting the home energy audit. The IRS on Aug.

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