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Institute of Internal Auditors’ to Hold Financial Services Exchange Sept. 11-12 in D.C.

CPA Practice

The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) – the internal audit profession’s leader in standards, certifications, education, research, and technical guidance worldwide – will host its annual Financial Services Exchange from September 11-12 in Washington, D.C., along with a virtual attendee option.

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The PCAOB Did Not Appreciate Being Left Out of a Foreign Audit Firm’s Use of Foreign Auditors

Going Concern

Expect more of these fines to come, the PCAOB made use of other auditors one of its many nitpicking pet issues last year. See: Planning and Supervision of Audits Involving Other Auditors and Dividing Responsibility for the Audit with Another Accounting Firm , PCAOB Release No.

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

Going Concern

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. The post Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: ‘Auditors Are Not Lawyers’; Big 4 Break Up?

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

Going Concern

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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Best Practices for Managing a Sales Tax Audit

TaxConnex

The Sales Tax Institute reports that Maine, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Washington have been the most aggressive states in sending notices and audit requests. Auditors know that competitors tend to have similar business models and that some industries are more susceptible than others to tax deficiencies.

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Evolution of the Sales Tax Audit: Have Audits Changed with Economic Nexus?

TaxConnex

Bad luck for one, or a customer of yours undergoing their own audit might produce one of your invoices, resulting in the auditor possibly contacting you for an exemption certificate or other documents. An audit of one of your suppliers could turn up one of your exemption certificates for a transaction that the auditor may think is taxable.

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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

Going Concern

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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