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Accounting Firm For Trump Media Has Audit Deficiency History

CPA Practice

White, and Amanda Iacone, Bloomberg News (TNS) Donald Trump’s social-media company just became the most valuable publicly traded client of an accounting firm that has more experience auditing companies traded over-the-counter and has had a string of regulatory issues, including a 100% deficiency rate on audits reviewed by a U.S.

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Withum Noped Out of Trump Media So Fast

Going Concern

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

Going Concern

The audit opinions they issue typically have meaning and value because the firms operate with public trust. In the public company audit arena, this transparency is maintained through PCAOB inspections of auditors. In the public company audit arena, this transparency is maintained through PCAOB inspections of auditors.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: What Do Big 4 Firms Pay These Days?; EY Gets Sued | 4.8.24

Going Concern

Bloomberg went digging around in Trump Media’s auditor’s PCAOB inspection reports: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. said in recent regulatory filings that it will keep BF Borgers, a Lakewood, Colorado-based accounting firm, as its auditor after starting to trade publicly late last month.

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Sales tax and nonprofits

TaxConnex

Location, location, location 501(c)(3) organizations are exempt from sales tax on their purchases in Colorado and in Utah. During a sales tax audit, one of the first requests from the auditor will be for copies of all exemption certificates for any exemptions claimed on sales tax returns. How important are these certificates?

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Is Tops in M&A Advisory; What You Can Do With a MAcc; EY Consolidates in LatAm | 4.28.23

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Audit Audit partners suffer after writing critical ICOs: study [ CFO Dive ] Audit partners who write adverse internal control opinions are more likely than their less critical peers to be pulled from an engagement and shifted to less prestigious, lower-fee client assignments, according to a study. There’s one problem.

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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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