Accounting Insight

AUGUST 3, 2023

ACCA, the COA and the NAAAU sign deal to improve standards, professionalism and education Two Uzbekistan professional bodies and the world’s leading accountancy body are working together to improve accountancy services for the country. The three bodies will also look at working on capacity building projects.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a proposal to amend its rule for an individual auditor's or audit firm's contributory liability for knowingly or recklessly contributing to violations.

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Going Concern

JUNE 1, 2023

Bringing things back to this decade, he then talks about what’s going on at PwC Australia even though auditors weren’t the ones using confidential government data to bill clients for tax avoidance plans. For starters, auditors are paid by the companies they’re auditing. If they find a problem, they risk losing a client.

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Going Concern

APRIL 11, 2024

Keeping with a yearly tradition more reliable than the arrival of Santa in the early hours of December 24, Ideagen Audit Analytics has released their annual market share analysis of auditor engagements for public companies. The post For the Eighth Year in a Row, EY Is the Busiest Public Company Auditor appeared first on Going Concern.

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Going Concern

JULY 31, 2023

r/accounting reacts to KPMG’s summer internship for high schoolers: Staffing shortages at KPMG? 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.

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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. Auditors must ensure that financial statements are free from material misstatements and that all relevant information is included.

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Going Concern

APRIL 8, 2024

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) recently published some results from a survey of more than 6,500 finance professionals , the bulk of them auditors, from 150 countries and while the entire thing is packed with fascinating (if predictable) results, two areas in particular are crying out to be highlighted.

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Going Concern

MARCH 15, 2023

While the general investing public is asking “where were the auditors?” To any members of the general investing public reading this: “due professional care” means the independent auditor planned and performed the work required of them according to audit standards. Back to the auditors.

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CPA Practice

MAY 1, 2024

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation ( FAF ) is seeking nominations for new members to join the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council ( FASAC ) for an initial one-year term beginning January 1, 2025. The FASAC is the primary advisory body to the Financial Accounting Standards Board ( FASB ).

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The press release says: A number of Deloitte auditors in Ontario changed the date and time settings on their computer clocks to manually override controls in Deloitte’s audit software and backdate audit working paper signoffs between November 2016 and May 2018. CPA Ontario announced yesterday Deloitte will be paying $1.59 million ($1.15

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Going Concern

JUNE 13, 2023

Financial Reporting Council chair and stereotypically European named Jan du Plessis has told the Financial Times that audit firms — who regularly complain about the UK audit regulator being up their asses — should pay their junior auditors more. And we have all heard the complaints from junior auditors.

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Accounting Today

MARCH 8, 2024

The stock rose as much as 22% in Madrid on Friday after Spanish plasma maker published its annual consolidated accounts with an unqualified opinion from KPMG

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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. What is ESG accounting? Then there’s the tax implications. What is ESG reporting?

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Going Concern

AUGUST 12, 2022

note: fans of accounting headlines are encouraged to sign up for our newsletter to get headlines delivered to your inbox twice a week. How to follow up after a job interview [ Journal of Accountancy ] You aced the job interview. What’s next? Here’s how recruiters and career experts recommend that you proceed.

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Going Concern

JUNE 22, 2022

The PCAOB adopted a new audit standard yesterday (AS 1206, Dividing Responsibility for the Audit With Another Accounting Firm ) to ensure that lead auditors are properly supervising the outside auditors they use. PCAOB Adopts New Requirements for Lead Auditor’s Use of Other Auditors [ PCAOB ].

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Because Smythe is registered with the PCAOB, their rules require that a registered public accounting firm and its associated persons comply with the Board’s auditing and related professional practice standards. Expect more of these fines to come, the PCAOB made use of other auditors one of its many nitpicking pet issues last year.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Qualified opinions indicate that auditors have found issues in a company’s financials. Carillion’s liquidators in court filings Friday said that KPMG has yet to address claims that it failed to properly audit the accounting of 20 construction contracts. The allegations are without merit, a KPMG spokesman said in a statement to WSJ.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 27, 2023

A rules proposal issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on June 26 addresses aspects of designing and performing audit procedures that involve technology-assisted analysis of information contained in electronic format.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cybersecurity and human capital rank as the top risks among internal auditors around the world, according to a new survey.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

What is the fastest-growing challenge facing accounting firms and internal audit departments today? More than 90% point to hiring and retaining skilled accountants and auditors. Responses were gathered from more than 4,100 accountants and 2,300 auditors.

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Going Concern

MARCH 24, 2023

Journal of Accountancy ] Pandemic pressures have worn the workforce thin, and the economy is in the thick of rapid, radical change. Many practitioners in public accounting are feeling burned out. Stanton was licensed as a certified public accountant in New York in 1988 and had previously run his own firm. CLA, 8th Largest U.S.

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Going Concern

MAY 19, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. ICYMI I Love Accounting. At its core, accounting is a challenging career that requires growth and learning and can usually pay pretty well. So I Had to Leave. [ So I Had to Leave. [

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CPA Practice

APRIL 25, 2024

Tankersley, CPA.CITP, CGMA 00:00 Welcome to the accounting Technology Lab sponsored by CPA practice advisor, with your hosts, Randy Johnston, and Brian Tankersley. Randy Johnston 00:10 Welcome to the accounting Technology Lab. So you know, in terms of Brian, I know you’ve introduced yourself for years as a recovering auditor.

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Going Concern

MARCH 31, 2023

Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. People did not enjoy that.

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Going Concern

APRIL 7, 2023

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. Build ChatGPT into Excel [ Journal of Accountancy ] Note that this process currently works in Microsoft Excel 365, Microsoft Excel 365 for Mac, and Excel for the web. I can imagine it.

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Going Concern

APRIL 7, 2023

Auditors who think robust regulation of their sector is disproportionate deserve “the world’s smallest violin”, the head of the UK accounting watchdog has said. Thompson said that if auditors did not want to face such pressure, they should do a better job, these people added.

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MineralTree

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Accounts payable is a foundational function that ensures organizations maintain accurate invoices, payments, and vendor relationships, while making bill payments on time. However, amidst today’s rapid and intricate business transactions, particularly in high volumes, managing accounts payable processes can pose significant challenges.

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Cherry Bekaert

MARCH 15, 2023

Author: Fred Nitting, Managing Director, Risk & Accounting Advisory Services Identifying the right internal auditor is a crucial business decision and professional CPA firms vary widely in terms of capabilities, resource availability, qualifications and much more. Ensure that you understand the answers they provide.

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SMBAccountant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Bookkeeping and accounting are often used interchangeably when describing a process of recording financial transactions for a business, but they are not the same functions. Accountants also support management in the implementation and monitoring of internal controls. Tax accountants specialize in IRS law and completion of tax returns.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 2, 2023

That’s the percentage of hiring managers in finance and accounting having trouble finding skilled talent according to recent Robert Half research. First, finance and accounting: In words: Hiring outlook: Two-thirds of hiring managers in finance and accounting seek talent for new roles, and 32% are focused on staffing vacated roles.

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Cherry Bekaert

MAY 3, 2024

Accounting and finance employment is projected to grow 4% from 2022 to 2032, with about 126,500 openings for accountants and auditors each year on average. 1 But attracting and retaining talent is proving difficult for several accounting recruiters and accounting talent acquisition specialists. retirement).

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Accounting Today

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The real estate company has been trying to hire a new auditor since its previous one, KPMG, quit in May last year.

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Going Concern

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Last month we took a look at the 2024 Robert Half Salary Guide to get an idea what public accounting salaries should be in the range of next year, today it’s a similar report from Addison Group and their 2024 Workforce Planning Guide. The guide covers several industries, we are of course only here for accounting. Say what now?

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 3, 2023

Too many of today’s auditors are stressed and overworked. Therefore, firms need to ensure that auditors can access the tools they need and achieve the greater work-life balance they desire should they wish to retain top talent. . Auditors are no exception. What challenges do auditors face today?

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 24, 2023

” Tempted as we are to quip back “because just how much American accounting news do you think there is?” However, Labor committee chairman Deborah O’Neill said the key reason firms had a staffing problem was the low pay of junior auditors compared with the oversized pay packets of partners at the large auditing firms.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 11, 2022

bank customers — find it difficult to trust auditors when those auditors have been associated with a failed bank. His new article, “The Role of Audit Firms in Spreading Depositor Contagion,” argues that depositors perceive bank failure as an audit failure, which reduces their assessment of auditor credibility.

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Going Concern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

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 know Cohen & Company, the 51st largest accounting firm in the U.S. and in the world.

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