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Tag: Audits
EY Remains the Most Audit-y of the Public Company Auditors
Congrats to EY for once again having more public company audit clients than any other […]
The Defense Logistics Agency Be Like, “Accounting? What’s Accounting?”
Occasionally I will see something charged on my credit card that I don’t remember. I […]
Ready or Not: Auditors Descend on Department of Defense
It’s not as cool as a multi-ship C-17 formation dropping paratroopers as a part of […]
Fake Occupants Caused Some Some Problems in Grant Thornton’s Audit of Assisted Living Concepts
The SEC announced a settlement with Grant Thornton and two partners today over some bad audits that went down in America's Dairyland. The firm will pay $3 million in fines, plus forfeit $1.5 million in audit fees with interest. The partners, Melissa Koeppel and Jeffrey Robinson agreed to a $10k fine and a 5-year ban and $2.5k and 2-year ban, respectively.
UK Auditor Regulator Stops Short of Calling Grant Thornton Audits ‘God-Awful’
The PCAOB inspection report for Grant Thornton, while worse in susbtance, doesn't quite express the […]
Whistleblower Confirms BP Gripes of McGladrey’s ‘Astronomical’ Fee for Audit of Deepwater Payments
Back in October, we learned that BP was upset with McGladrey over the firm's audit […]
DoD Figured the Navy Didn’t Need a Flashy Name on Its Audit Opinion
In press releases you didn't read this month news, the Department of Defense announced earlier […]
McGladrey’s PCAOB Inspection Report Is the Least Embarrassing Thing About McGladrey
We were too busy yesterday making AS5 jokes about KPMG to talk about McGladrey's 2013 […]
KPMG’s Re-Audit of Ventas Teaches Us Boning Doesn’t Necessarily Ruin an Audit
This article was originally published on September 5, 2014. Updated January 29, 2024 with additional […]
Let’s Use the Center for Audit Quality’s Auditor Judgment Tool to Decide on Lunch
The CAQ released a new Professional Judgment Resource today, “designed to provide auditors with an […]
The Name of EY’s New Audit Tool Implies Audits Belong in the Louvre
As a creative, right-brained type myself, I realized very early on in my time in […]