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Friday Footnotes: ‘KPMG Did Not Know What They Were Doing’; Are You Boring?; PCAOB Warns About Confirmations | 3.25.22

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PCAOB cautions firms on use of outside service providers for audit confirmations [ Accounting Today ] The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a Spotlight publication Monday containing some observations and reminders for auditing firms about relying on outside service providers for electronic audit confirmations.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Eff You, Pay Us; Let’s Complain About Auditing Again; RIP to a Real One | 8.14.23

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When you woke up this morning did you let out a big yawn and then ask yourself “how can audit firms respond to ongoing regulatory scrutiny?” PCAOB staff expects approximately 40% of the audits reviewed in 2022 will have one or more deficiencies, up from 34% in 2021 and 29% in 2020. The firm, BST & Co.,

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Friday Footnotes: EY Partners’ Snazzy Secret Meeting; PwC Talks Layoffs; Merger Mania! | 8.19.22

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Audit Watchdog Fines KPMG Korea for Quality Control Failures [ Wall Street Journal ] The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Tuesday fined KPMG LLP’s Korea unit $350,000 for failing to set up adequate quality controls to prevent improper changes to work papers. Audit: U.K. The fine was the U.S. 5, the FRC said.

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