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PCAOB sanctions auditors over audit evidence

Accounting Today

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned three auditors from Florida accounting firm Liggett & Webb for violations involving audit evidence, professional skepticism, and other matters.

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Friday Footnotes: Florida Man’s Tax Problem; Accountants Are Walking Out; BDO Assures on Tether | 2.10.23

Going Concern

Audit Americanas’ $4 Billion Accounting Scandal Puts More Scrutiny on PwC’s Auditing Record [ Bloomberg ] A $4 billion accounting shortfall would typically raise alarm bells for an auditor. The post Friday Footnotes: Florida Man’s Tax Problem; Accountants Are Walking Out; BDO Assures on Tether | 2.10.23

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The Ten Most Read Stories of 2023

Going Concern

Kill the Audit Industry, Says Ex-Auditor published June 1, 2023 #4. Let’s Speculate Wildly About Why All the BDO USA Partners Are Getting Together for a Secret Meeting in Florida (UPDATE) published August 8, 2023 And the biggest story of the year was… #1. PwC Has Not Paid Its Interns (UPDATED) published July 10, 2023 # 5.

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7 Ways a Business is Selected for Audit

TaxConnex

but with the addition of economic nexus in Florida to start later this year, and Missouri set to potentially follow suit, the realization that money received from economic nexus liabilities is definitely top of mind for states. already seen an increase in the number of audits in the past two years. evidence of tax jurisdictions’?ramping

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

Going Concern

Auditors are required to include a going-concern warning if they believe there is a risk that the company may go bankrupt, rather than making a prediction that it will. The quality control standard represents the give and take of a decade’s worth of consideration on how to improve audit quality among auditors of public companies.

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Recent Cases Show You Shouldn't Mess with Sales Tax Obligations

TaxConnex

The case was referred to investigators after an auditor found that the business hadn’t filed quarterly sales tax returns or remitted sales tax collected for that period. Nothing has changed yet, but one can expect that Florida may change their tune over the next year. billion budget shortfall. billion budget shortfall.

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Friday Footnotes: Burner Phones For Big 4 Firms; Mandatory Unpaid Leave Rumors; CISOs Hate on CPAs | 12.1.23

Going Concern

Local accounting firm acquires longtime Orlando CPA company [ South Florida Business Journal ] One of the largest accounting firms in South Florida acquired a longtime Central Florida CPA company. Then an auditor will come in and charge as much as we do and only do one-tenth of the work.

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