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Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Accounting News Roundup: KPMG’s Audit of Carillion; New Tax Law, One Month On; Happy Tax Season | 01.29.18
KPMG to be investigated over Carillion auditing [The Guardian] The U.K.’s Financial Reporting Council probe […]
Accounting News Roundup: PwC Appeals India Ban; Blockchain Names; Flying Cars and Sales Tax | 01.26.18
PwC appeals two-year ban on audits in India [AT] The Securities Exchange Board of India […]
What Do We Think Is Going Through KPMG CEO Lynne Doughtie’s Mind During This Interview?
If you’re a Big 4 CEO, part of your job includes bopping around lavish business […]
Accounting News Roundup: Partners Acting Like Fraudsters and GE’s Black Box | 01.25.18
What the KPMG Conspiracy Case Revealed About Its Audits [WSJ] Michael Rapoport’s report brings up […]
Accounting News Roundup: Who Else at KPMG Knew About Stolen Info?; The Revolving Door; Pot and IFRS | 01.24.18
KPMG indictment suggests many who weren’t charged knew regulator data was stolen [MarketWatch] Francine McKenna’s […]
Can I move from tax to financial reporting?
Ed. note: A query from the mailbag. Hey GC, After months and months of stressing […]
A Running List of Unanswered Questions About the KPMG Audit Inspection Conspiracy
Updates appear below If we learned anything from yesterday’s indictment of six accountants — five […]
Accounting News Roundup: PwC’s New Envelope Safeguards and Changes to State Tax Rates | 01.23.18
Accounting firm adds 6 new rules to prevent Oscars envelope gaffe [AP] The Academy Award […]
All the Gory Details From the Indictment of Former KPMG Partners
If you’re not one of the six accountants who was criminally or civilly charged today, […]
Former KPMG Employees Learn That Using Confidential PCAOB Inspection Info Has Its Drawbacks
Six former employees of KPMG have been arrested and charged “with conspiring to defraud securities […]
Accounting News Roundup: Shutdown; Former EY Partner Sues Firm; Hong Kong Audit Regs | 01.22.18
Many SEC Functions to Cease With Shutdown [WSJ] The Commission says it will be open […]