article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: RSM Layoffs; The Leader Who Cried On His First Day; Advisory Pays Better (Duh) | 5.5.23

Going Concern

AI changing landscape in accounting [ Mississippi Business Journal ] EisnerAmper, an international business advisory firm, is investing heavily in technology including AI and leveraging it to do things faster, better and provide more value to its clients, said Jason Juliano, director of digital transformation.

audit 106
article thumbnail

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Didn’t Screw Up the Oscars; Deloitte India Doubles in Size; ‘Sham Audits’ | 3.13.23

Going Concern

[link] pic.twitter.com/9KWTsLlzrH — ABC News (@ABC) February 27, 2017 The World Baseball Classic will feature some of the greatest players MLB has seen in quite some time, and also a KPMG auditor playing third base for the Czech team.

audit 52
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: How Are Firms Actually Using Data Analytics?; KPMG and BDO on the Move | 9.15.23

Going Concern

Audit Comments Raise Concerns About PCAOB’s Proposal To Expand the Scope of Audits and the Role of Auditors [ JD Supra ] In June 2023, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposed sweeping amendments to its auditing standards. Comment letters raise serious questions about the consequences of the proposed changes.

audit 105
article thumbnail

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Green Dot Gives Back; More Consulting Cuts Coming? | 6.12.23

Going Concern

Mississippi auditor Shad White issued a report Thursday that said the state’s public universities spent $23.4 Found in downtown Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/fJ5CRuDZ0v — Going Concern (@going_concern) June 11, 2023 Where does all the information we’re putting into AI go?

Account 52
article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: A CPA Grindset We Can Get Behind; The Klynveld Krypto Team; Firms Still Desperate (For People) | 6.24.22

Going Concern

Institutions are exploring the space — KPMG Canada crypto team [ Cointelegraph ] The Canadian operations of Big Four auditor Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler, or KPMG, may have a role to play in institutions entering the crypto space, according to two team members. In response to the issuance of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB No.

cpa 52
article thumbnail

Friday Footnotes: Accountants Are Into AI; KPMG Atlanta MP on ICE T; 150 Hour Inequity | 8.18.23

Going Concern

But after TSG noticed a declining return on its investments, the firm hired an independent auditor to look into how 20th Century was calculating its share, the suit says — and “what the auditors found in sampling just three of the 140+ films at issue was clear evidence of Hollywood Accounting.”

Account 92
article thumbnail

Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Semper Fi-nancial; EY Gets a D in Auditing; Deepfake CFOs Are a Thing | 2.26.24

Going Concern

During this two-year audit, the Marine Corps had independent third-party auditors from Ernst and Young vet the value of all its assets listed on financial statements. The PCAOB inspected four EY Canada audits — three in which the firm was the principal auditor — and found deficiencies in two (50% with Part I.A deficiencies).

audit 57