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Tag: Regulation
Brit Audit Cops Want Firms to Snitch if Private Equity is Sniffing Around
UK audit cops at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have told firms they’re expected to […]
Cryptobros Celebrate the GAO Shooting Down a Sneaky SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin
Call them worthless bureaucrats if you must but the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) just […]
Senator Calls Bullsh*t on Guy Claiming Heavy Regulation Is to Blame For the Auditor Shortage
Sometimes people ask “why do you write about things happening in Australia on an American […]
As CPA Canada’s Collaboration Accord Fails to Collaborate, Who Gets the Profession’s Credibility in the Divorce?
We should have written about this months ago but didn’t get around to it, there’s […]
Head Regulator Said He’ll Break Out the World’s Smallest Violin For Auditors Crying About Tougher Regulation
Financial Times has reported that Financial Reporting Council head Sir Jon Thompson — who last year […]
Audit Firms Are Making More Money Than Ever But Their Auditing Still Sucks, Says Guy
For today’s episode of “What Can We Rag on Big 4 Firms For” we’re going […]
Let’s Give Up on the PCAOB But Not on Regulating Auditors
Ed. note: Paul Gillis Ph.D, CPA is a Professor of Accounting at the Guanghua School of […]
How Regulators Are Like the Food Stamps of Professional Services
The other night I was listening to Episode #2 of the Thrivecast (which I highly recommend) with Jason Blumer and Greg […]
Study: Competing Forensic Accounting Bodies Pretty Much Hate Each Other; Regulation Needed
The continued prevalence of fraudulent activity in business will undoubtedly lead many of you to […]
Scoring Sarbanes-Oxley
As we pointed out in this morning's roundup, the New York Times' Room for Debate […]
Deloitte Suggests Banks Quit Their Bitchin’ and Turn Their Dodd-Frank Frown Upside Down
You've got the 2,300-ish page law all wrong. It is not 2,300-ish pages of annoying […]