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Friday Footnotes: Inside PwC Cheating; Audit Market Monopoly; AI Anxiety | 12.15.23

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Cheaters What went wrong at PwC Canada: Accounting firm agrees to pay $1.45-million million to settle exam cheating scandal [ Canadian Accountant ] The Canadian member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International has agreed to pay the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario $1.45

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Friday Footnotes: A Billion Dollar AI Audit Startup; Oops, All Independence Violations!; Bipartisan Tax Vote | 2.2.23

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PwC said on Monday that it had identified 129 breaches of independence rules affecting 74 clients and PCAOB inspectors had found a further one themselves while inspecting audit work in 2022. The figures were included in an update to PwC’s audit quality report, published on its website.

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Blockchain in accounting – what does the future hold?

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The blockchain technology behind these developments can of course be used for a multitude of pursuits and will transform the underpinning technology behind a lot of existing technology and services. Blockchain accounting is one such service. What is blockchain technology? This is where blockchain differs.

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