Remove audit Remove auditor Remove CPA Remove Entertainment
article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: Disengaged Team? Do This; Deloitte’s Huge India Expansion; Auditors Yelled At…Again | 3.24.23

Going Concern

Reminder: you have until April 17 to weigh in on a proposal to extend the CPA exam window Practice Is it time for firms to transform their business model? Journal of Accountancy ] Pandemic pressures have worn the workforce thin, and the economy is in the thick of rapid, radical change. It generally levies a top 20% rate on other investments.

auditor 105
article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: PwC Isn’t Getting a Redemption; Just Say No to NOCLAR; Oh, Layoffs? | 3.15.24

Going Concern

The whole point of hiring a big four audit firm such as PwC is to attach your financial results to a brand whose reputation is beyond question. Audit The auditor’s role in supply chain due diligence [ Compliance Week ] A recent New York Times report detailed alleged examples of migrant children working for U.S.

auditor 116
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: A Plea for More Accountants; Ex-Client Settles With Deloitte; BDO and Mazars Bomb Audits | 7.7.23

Going Concern

Fixing the Crisis in Accounting [ The CPA Journal ] Related to the above post: Individuals, companies, and professional organizations need to be more intentional in getting young people excited about joining the accounting profession. In comparison, audits of below-median income taxpayers yield $5, the paper said. and NetEase Inc.,

audit 105
article thumbnail

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Better Be Ready to Get Regulated Hard; A Firm Playing Hot Potato With a Data Breach | 5.6.24

Going Concern

Borgers with deliberate and systemic failures to comply with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards in its audits and reviews incorporated in more than 1,500 SEC filings from January 2021 through June 2023. Last weekend’s weekend discussion: It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. We’re aware.

auditor 95
article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: Crippling Staff Shortages in Consulting; Hold Auditors Accountable; AICPA is Mad | 8.12.22

Going Concern

Hold Auditors Accountable for Complicity in Corporate Fraud [ Bloomberg Tax ] Unfortunately, since the fall of Arthur Anderson in the wake of the Enron scandal, the SEC and PCAOB have often failed to go after auditors playing fast and loose with the rules. over BT fraud audit failures [ The Guardian ] PwC has been fined almost £1.8m

auditor 98
article thumbnail

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Least Amount You’ll Make at Big 4; Carmine Gets a Sword Show | 4.22.24

Going Concern

Then, its top brass were tearing themselves apart over the demise of Project Everest, the code name given to the firm’s ambitious plan to split its vast consulting and auditing practices. According to the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification data, EY entry-level accountants and auditors earn $54,000 a year and up.

auditor 104
article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: KPMG Hires Ex-Prisoners; Notes From PwC’s All-Hands; Why CPAs Are Leaving | 4.26.24

Going Concern

The firm said on Thursday that Amitrano would become the firm’s next UK senior partner after triumphing in a partner vote against audit boss Hemione Hudson and tax leader Laura Hinton. Orthographically-challenged auditors are relatively rare. The vast majority spell their names consistently. But this is not necessarily a bad thing. “One

cpas 103