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Tag: Auditors
Let’s Discuss: Auditors and The Responsibility to Detect Fraud
When I finally got around to writing about the HP/Autonomy finger pointing party yesterday, the […]
This HP/Autonomy “Accounting Improprieties” Thing Hit the Big 4 Superfecta and Other Things We Learned Today
As luck would have it, we don't get to coast this Thanksgiving week as HP […]
Auditor Musical Chairs: 99¢ Only Stores Splurges on Ernst & Young, Dumps BDO
With a business name like "99¢ Only Stores," no one would blame you if you […]
Batman Auditor Gives Scooby Doo a Run For His Scooby Snacks
I'm starting to think we need a Going Concern Halloween costume contest next year. There's […]
The Basics: Interview Preparedness For Socially Awkward, Loner Refugees
One might think after 3 years of answering what appears to be the same handful […]
Q: Scooby-Dooby-Doo Where Are You? A: In an Audit Room (Allegedly)
Halloween is one of those holidays that auditors don't often get to celebrate at work. […]
Being an Independent Auditor Is So Much Easier (and Effective) If You Are a Total Prick
I love HGTV in fact but not in appearance. No one looks at me and […]
PCAOB Discovers That Some Firms Consider Audit Quality to Be a Nice Idea That Doesn’t Work in Real Life
PCAOB Board Member Jeanette Franzel, CPA, CIA, CMA, CGFM, gave a speech at University of Tennessee […]
Dual Monitors Will Allow PwC Auditors to Finally Get Some Work Done
One of the most frustrating things that plagues many capital market servants is not having the necessary equipment to do one’s job. There’s nothing quite like your pull-start laptop that runs Excel 97 crashing in the middle of the day to railroad your progress.
And Now, Here Are Deloitte Chargeable Hour Goals (Assurance)
Following up on the Ernst & Young chargeability goals we published earlier this week, now […]
Here Are Ernst & Young Chargeable Hour Goals for Fiscal Year 2012
Courtesy of a friend of Going Concern, we bring you the bar that Black and […]