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Ex-PwC Senior Manager Got Busted for Trying to Pull a Fast One on PCAOB Inspectors
If you try to do something to outsmart PCAOB inspectors, more often than not you’ll […]
Changing the Big Audit Model: Where Might the Regulators Go?
In the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s litigation against PwC over its audits of the failed […]
What Next For the Big 4 in the U.K.? London Is Searching
A drunk, searching on hands and knees under a street lamp, tells the inquiring police, […]
Reminder: If You Improperly Alter Audit Workpapers and Are Found Out, You Will Be Fired
Louder this time, for the people in the back.
Auditors and Fraud: Where Does Responsibility Lie in the Wake of the FDIC’s Win Against PwC?
In the waning days of 2017, a judge in Alabama found PwC was negligent in […]
Reminder: KPMG Fired a Bunch of People for Mishandling PCAOB Inspections Details They Weren’t Supposed to Have
KPMG released its global revenue results today and its the standard self-congratulatory Big 4 flimflam […]
Let’s Wildly Speculate About Why PwC Is Shopping Its Government Services Practice
This Reuters story reports that PwC is looking to sell its government services, perhaps “to […]
Here’s the Only Affirmation Accountants Need
This is from a couple weeks back, but it deserves a mention because it will […]
U.K. Audit Regulator Encouraged to Slap Big 4 Wrists Slightly Harder
Despite what you might hear, Big 4 audit firms have it pretty easy when it […]
Watering Down Data Analytics for Dumb Accountants
Most accountants, especially CPAs, seem smart on paper. Some even live up to it in […]
A Poem for #AuditorProud Day
I am an auditor. I am proud. Say it with me nice and loud. I […]