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Friday Footnotes: Client Hid ‘Damning’ Audit; Predictions for the Profession; Accounting Firm Gets Compromised | 4.15.22

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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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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Capping Busy Season Hours FTW; Open the Books on Audit Firms? | 4.15.24

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In response, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has drafted a rule that the accounting firms can have public trust or private financials—but they can’t have both. Public accounting firms operate in a unique space in our society. Regulations need to change to match. Right now, they don’t.

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Friday Footnotes: Deloitte’s Naughty Workpapers; Audit Reform Critics; Clients Getting Dropped Like Mics | 3.4.22

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Deloitte considers Russia pull out as pressure grows on western firms to exit [ Financial News ] Deloitte is considering pulling out of Russia, becoming the first Big Four audit firm to do so as pressure grows on Western companies to cut ties with the country following its invasion of Ukraine.

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German Prosecutors Launch Investigation Into Ernst & Young’s Wirecard Audit

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Munich prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Ernst & Young ( EY ) audit of Wirecard AG, compounding the firm’s troubles associated with $2.3 EY’s Wirecard fiasco triggered a 90 percent freefall in its share price in June, while critics have come down on the accounting firm for not noticing billions were missing.

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Friday Footnotes: Firms Get a Jump on Hiring; RTO Firms Outsourcing ?; BDO Settles 401(k) Suit | 12.22.23

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Barring any huge incident like an accounting firm getting raided by the FBI on Christmas Day, there will not be any breaking news. Outsourcing would also reduce pressure on Evelyn Partners’ head office in London, with the firm understood to be struggling to find space for workers amid expansion efforts.

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Friday Footnotes: Bob Moritz Disappoints Us; ERC Window Slamming Shut; 2024 Sucks For Firms? | 3.22.24

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The decision will likely set up another showdown with Australian politicians who have strongly criticised the firm for not sharing the report, and frustrate government departments that have believe it should be shared. Mr. Day has spent most of his 38-year accounting career at EY, which he initially joined in 1986 on the audit staff in St.

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Friday Footnotes: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

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Audit Comments Raise Concerns About PCAOB’s Proposal To Expand the Scope of Audits and the Role of Auditors [ JD Supra ] In June 2023, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposed sweeping amendments to its auditing standards. Following is a summary of the key areas of comment.

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