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Category: Audit
As KPMG UK Gets Hit With a Record Fine, the Boss Admits the Auditing Was “Very Bad”
The saga of KPMG and collapsed client Carillion has finally come to a close with […]
Marcum Didn’t Let a Little License to Practice Stand in the Way of Providing Professional Services in Ontario
We didn’t get around to writing up this September 25 news release from CPA Ontario […]
Prager Metis Just Got Thoroughly Boned By the SEC For Hundreds of Independence Violations
It’s not every day you get to witness a firm getting hit with HUNDREDS of […]
Longtime PCAOB Veteran and Skepticism Enthusiast George Botic to Sit on the Actual Board
“Like oxygen, audit quality may not be fully appreciated when it is present, but I […]
BDO USA and Two of Its Audit Partners Got in Trouble and It’s Gonna Cost Them $2 Million and Change
Fresh off the PCAOB’s published naughty list, BDO USA and partners Kevin Olvera and Michael […]
PwC Canada Totally Blew Their Perfect Score on PCAOB Inspections This Time Around
A few days ago the paper-pushers at the PCAOB released 15 new inspection reports and […]
PwC Is Suddenly Scared of Making Money
First reported by Financial Times on Sunday, it seems PwC is now overly cognizant of conflicts […]
The SEC Has Charged Marcum’s Former National Assurance Services Leader With Being Ass at His One Job
The SEC’s rock-hard justice boner for Marcum continues, this time it’s charges against the firm’s […]
CONFIRMED: Mid-Tier Firms Are Getting Out of the Public Company Audit Game (UPDATE)
Ed. note: an earlier version of this post had the word “rumor” in the headline. […]
The PCAOB Was Not Pleased With This Audit Firm’s Alliance to the Alliance of Which the Firm Is a Member
The PCAOB has scored its first-ever sanctions related to a firm’s membership in an accounting […]
The SEC Did Not Appreciate Crowe UK Putting Total Noobs on the Audit of a Shady Company
A couple days ago the SEC charged Crowe U.K. LLP, its CEO Nigel Bostock, and […]