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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ‘Auditors Are Not Lawyers’; Big 4 Break Up? | 7.31.23

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The PCAOB’s new rules would widen auditors’ responsibility to scrutinise whether a company is complying with laws and regulations, and to communicate more of their concerns to a company’s board of directors. Such suggestions are false. In response, commissioner Hester Peirce tweeted (X’d?) and Congressman Jason Smith, R-Mo.,

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

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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. Here’s how recruiters and career experts recommend that you proceed.

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Friday Footnotes: No Foolin’ Here; 18,000 New Accounting Jobs; Skills Auditors Need NOW to Be Future-Ready | 4.1.22

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ARB’s auditor Messrs BDO voluntarily resigns after failure to reach agreement on proposed increase of audit fees [ The Edge ] Expect to see a lot of this going forward: ARB Bhd on Friday (April 1) announced its auditor Messrs BDO PLT (BDO) has voluntarily resigned. That’s one way to go. TaxTwitter is a ghost town. is it over yet?

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New Approaches to Audits Gain Ground

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Many experts predict that the years ahead will be fueled by financial fraud investigations and a heightened emphasis on the ability to conduct due diligence and ensure clear financial insights. As accounting firms begin 2023 they have one thing top of mind — how to effectively recruit and retain talent.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY Wants to Buy; Losers Dump NFTs For Tax Purposes; CPA Demand in 2031 | 1.9.23

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.) — has joined Deloitte’s Washington National Tax practice as the deputy managing principal of the Tax Policy Group. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that job opportunities for accountants and auditors will increase by 6% from 2021 to 2031, which is as fast as other occupations.

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SEC Slaps CohnReznick and Three Partners with Improper Professional Conduct

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previously were charged by the SEC for filing fraudulent financial statements prior to their bankruptcies and Nasdaq delisting. Hilbert with improper professional conduct for violating numerous professional standards in their third quarter 2017 interim review and 2017 annual audit of Sequential’s financial statements.

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Friday Footnotes: EY’s Six CEO Candidates; Deloitte UK Partner Payouts Increase Again; IIA Gets Their Way | 9.29.23

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” The updated version, issued on September 28th, removes problematic language which could be construed as indicating that internal auditors are not inherently trustworthy and unable to exercise due care in the performance of their duties.

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