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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 Nixes Legal Practices; EY Looks the Other Way; Auditors Get Lectured Again | 10.14.22

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Whistleblowers have accused EY of whitewashing suspicions of money laundering and tax evasion in an investigation it conducted this year for longstanding client Leonteq. A longer, meatier report from auditors was introduced over the past decade in both the US and Europe. The Auditor’s Responsibility for Fraud Detection [ SEC ].

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | May 2, 2024

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Struggling to find remote accountants, CAS experts, auditors, or tax professionals for your firm or internal team? Accountingfly can help! With our Always-On Recruiting service, access a pool of skilled remote accountants without any upfront costs. Sign up now to see the complete candidate list and connect with potential hires.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Auditor Hurt; Deloitte Tops a List; EY Writes the Treasury | 8.22.22

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PwC is being sued by a 28-year-old auditor who claims he suffered a serious head injury after attending a work event that involved an “excessive” drinking game of pub golf. ” Deloitte remains the largest healthcare consulting firm in United States. EY fired off a letter Thursday to the U.S. OK, not strictly doggy daycare.

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | May 16, 2024

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Struggling to find remote accountants, CAS experts, auditors, or tax professionals for your firm or internal team? Accountingfly can help! With our Always-On Recruiting service, access a pool of skilled remote accountants without any upfront costs. Sign up now to see the complete candidate list and connect with potential hires.

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Friday Footnotes: EY and KPMG This Week’s Big 4 Lawsuits; Eliminate Accounting Majors?; Auditors Fire Messy Municipal | 4.29.22

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4 Ways CPAs Can Explain the Tax Benefits of Direct Indexing to Clients [ Parametric ] Let’s unpack what CPAs should know about direct indexing from a tax perspective—and explore some unique and effective methods for explaining it to your clients. Less work for EY auditors?

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Former Client Cockblocks the EY Split to Make Sure They Get the $2.7 Billion They’re Suing EY For

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billion claim against Big Four auditor EY for alleged negligence. The issues that we found at NMC Healthcare following our appointment were broad, complex and multi-layered,” a spokesperson for Alvarez & Marsal, the joint administrators, told Law.com International. “The

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How to enhance the audit experience

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In addition to maintaining their ‘independence’ so to give a fair view of any audited accounts, the auditor should make sure they are questioning the information they are given and apply some ‘professional scepticism’ to the audit process whilst also seeking corroborating evidence at the appropriate time.

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