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Grant Thornton and Five Other Firms Got Coal in Their Stockings From the PCAOB

Going Concern

BDO RCS Auditores Independentes – $30,000 civil money penalty and censure. Grant Thornton Auditores Independentes Ltd. – $20,000 civil money penalty and censure. Additionally, in January 2020, the Pennsylvania Board initiated disciplinary proceedings against Grant Thornton (“Pennsylvania Proceeding”).

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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

CPA Practice

In 2023, several states including Maryland and Pennsylvania implemented new green fees; Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida deployed new sales tax exemptions or updated their existing exemptions; and Minnesota brought on new delivery fees. While these are not technically sales taxes per se, they pose similar challenges to indirect tax teams.

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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. Pennsylvania collected $2.6 billion in General Fund revenue in October – $365.6

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‘The American Accounting Association Is Not Serious’ and Other Such Thoughts From a Professor Who’s Quitting the AAA

Going Concern

The below essays reflect the author’s opinion not necessarily the opinion of The Pennsylvania State University nor that of Going Concern. Instead of our collective chest thumping about how independent auditors are paragons of integrity, we should examine humbly the human situation. Also see my essay “ The Myth of Auditor Independence.”)

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Former KPMG Employee’s Parents Awarded $6.5 Million In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Going Concern

The Bangor Daily News reported: Smith, a graduate of Temple University, was living in Portland temporarily on assignment from his employer KPMG as an auditor when he fell ill. Smith was treated and released but died July 2, 2017, in Pennsylvania.

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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

CPA Practice

In 2023, several states including Maryland and Pennsylvania implemented new green fees; Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida deployed new sales tax exemptions or updated their existing exemptions; and Minnesota brought on new delivery fees. While these are not technically sales taxes per se, they pose similar challenges to indirect tax teams.

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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

CPA Practice

In 2023, several states including Maryland and Pennsylvania implemented new green fees; Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida deployed new sales tax exemptions or updated their existing exemptions; and Minnesota brought on new delivery fees. While these are not technically sales taxes per se, they pose similar challenges to indirect tax teams.

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