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Accounting News Roundup: Deloitte’s 2014 PCAOB Report; Clawbacks for Restatements; Death Star Accountants | 06.03.15
Regulator Finds Deficiencies in 11 Audits Done by Deloitte & Touche [WSJ]Out of 53 audits […]
Accounting News Roundup: Narcissistic CEOs and Book Cooking; GE’s Wordy Annual Report; Big 4 Employees Attempt to Organize in Israel | 06.02.15
Companies with narcissists for CEOs tend to use shadier accounting practices [BI]And higher audit fees, […]
Accounting News Roundup: Auditors’ Use of Specialists; More Women Making Partner at Deloitte UK; Leveraging Laziness | 06.01.15
PCAOB Scrutinizes Audit Firms' Use of Specialists [AT]The gears are turning: "The PCAOB staff consultation […]
Accounting News Roundup: More on Madoff Auditor; CohnReznick’s Next CEO; Toshiba Is Sorry About the Wait | 05.29.15
Madoff Accountant Avoids Prison Term [DealBook, Earlier]In his statement to the court, David Friehling said, "I […]
Accounting News Roundup: PwC Gets Out of Albany; Fake Church, Real Prison; KPMG Legal Making Moves | 05.28.15
PWC closing second office in Albany [ABR]38 people will have to find something else to […]
Accounting News Roundup: IRS Has More Bad News; True COSO Grit; Beer Taxes By State | 05.27.15
Breach Exposes I.R.S. Tax Returns [NYT]Over 100k returns were compromised and the Service sent out […]
Accounting News Roundup: EY and Wal-Mart Mexico Bribery Allegations; Amazon’s UK Sales; Holy Profit | 05.26.15
Shareholder Group Says Ernst & Young Knew About Wal-Mart Mexico Bribery Allegations [WSJ]CtW Investment Group […]
Accounting News Roundup: Toshiba Widens Probe; EY Nabs Royal Dutch Shell Audit; An Accounting Firm Raid! | 05.22.15
Toshiba extends accounting probe to three more business units [Reuters]The company is looking at its […]
Accounting News Roundup: Guilty Banks; Lawsky Leaving; Your Plastic’s No Good Here | 05.21.15
Rigging of Foreign Exchange Market Makes Felons of Top Banks [DealBook]Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, and […]
Accounting News Roundup: ‘Not Training Bookkeepers’; Too Much Golf; Laundering Money | 05.20.15
Yahoo Affirms Spinoff Plan as IRS Comments Trigger Share Slump [Bloomberg]Keep your pants on: "[Marissa] Mayer […]
ANR: Accountant Skills Are Lacking; Maryland Could Owe Millions After SCOTUS Decision; ‘A profession that embraces change’ | 05.19.15
The Plain-Vanilla Accountant Goes Out of Style [WSJ] That is, many accountants lack the skills that employers […]