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Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Accounting News Roundup: Big 4 ‘Global’ Structures and ‘Disappointing’ Liabilities | 03.07.18
KPMG Acts Globally But Keeps Scandals Local [WSJ] Michael Rapoport revisits the “global structure” of […]
Accounting News Roundup: Internet Taxes and 50-year Frauds | 03.06.18
Trump Administration Backs Internet Taxes at U.S. Supreme Court [Bloomberg] SCOTUS will hear arguments in […]
Accounting News Roundup: Drama-free Oscars for PwC and An Accountants-for-Hire Startup | 03.05.18
Backstage with Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty and this year’s PwC accountant before Oscars best picture […]
Accounting News Roundup: CFO Backups (or Lack Thereof); Tax Cut Spoils; Check Your W-4 | 03.02.18
Most Companies Have No CFO Succession Plan [CFO] A Korn Ferry survey of 740 CFOs […]
#Envelopegate Redux: PwC Failed to Predict the Worst-Case Scenario
Last month we noted that PwC had gone far out of its way to not […]
Accounting News Roundup: PwC vs. The Olds; U.K. Fraudbusters; Heckling Mnuchin | 03.01.18
Suit Claims PWC’s Campus Recruiting Disadvantages Older Job Seekers [WSJ] We first mentioned this suit […]
Deloitte Agrees to Fork Over $149.5 Million for Its Crappy Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Audits
The Justice Department announced that Deloitte would pay a $149.5 million fine to put “potential […]
Accounting News Roundup: Shorter Auditor Tenure and Misconduct Allegations at KPMG, EY Down Under | 02.28.18
Study supports shorter auditor tenure [AT] A study by Zvi Singer of HEC Montreal and […]
Former PwC Partner Suing Firm After Getting Fired for Groping a Co-worker Who He Can’t Remember Groping But Knows He Didn’t Grope
Let’s say you’re a professional businessperson and you’re at a work event. Let’s also say that […]
Accounting News Roundup: Georgia GOP vs. Delta; Ireland Still Collecting Apple’s Taxes; Big CFO Signatures | 02.27.18
Georgia Republicans Vow to Kill Airline Tax-Cut Bill After Delta Ends N.R.A. Discount [NYT] If […]
Accounting News Roundup: Forever Tax War; GE’s Fresh Blood; KPMG’s Carillion Excuse | 02.26.18
Washington’s Fight Over Taxes Is Only Beginning [NYT] With so many provisions expiring, especially for […]