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Category: Audit
Idiot Who Backdated Work Papers Will Never Work in This Town Again
The PCAOB is busy sniffing out poor audit behavior to remind everyone to be on […]
Some Folks at EY Spent Labor Day Working Out the Details of the Audit/Consulting Split
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the EY split is moving forward thanks in […]
Research: The Profession Continues to Have a Gender Diversity Problem at Upper Levels
Though some progress has been made in recent years, women continue to be suspiciously absent […]
Here’s the Deck EY Put Together to Sell the Audit/Consulting Split to Staff
Australian Financial Review has published slides shown to EY staff in a July global webcast […]
A Word on the Persistent Low Morale of the Audit Profession
We received the following email from a distraught and burnt out Big 4 auditor in […]
FRC Head Tells Firms to Stop Bitching About Audit Fines and Just Git Gud, Scrubs
FT reports that Financial Reporting Council CEO Sir Jon Thompson has a strong message to […]
Happy 20th Birthday, Sarbanes-Oxley!
Sarbanes-Oxley was signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 30, 2002.
The PCAOB Hasn’t Done a Lot With Audit Standards in the Last 20 Years But They’re Getting Around to It Now
From remarks delivered yesterday by PCAOB Chair Erica Y. Williams at a virtual event hosted […]
UK Audit Watchdog Says Deloitte Is Doing Some Good Auditing Across the Pond
Deloitte is doing a great job keeping the Financial Reporting Council happy these days. Per […]
EY Is Leaving $10 Billion in Consulting Fees On the Table If It Doesn’t Split, Says Global Chairman Carmine Di Sibio
In comments to Financial Times, EY Global Chairman and CEO Carmine Di Sibio says splitting […]
Crisis in the Profession: Interns Aren’t Learning SALY?!?
If true this could shatter the entire financial system! We knew training has suffered due […]