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Former KPMG Auditors Charged With Exam Cheating
The three auditors agreed to suspensions for violating auditor integrity rules by improperly sharing answers to internal training tests.
By
Matthew Heller
| May 19, 2020
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Risk Management
Fresh Evidence of Auditor Bias Emerges
Companies don't look good for penalizing honest auditors, while other auditors don't look good for rendering slanted opinions.
By
David McCann
| August 12, 2019
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Regulation
Auditing the Auditor
Whether internal or external, audits rarely detect insider fraud. Here’s why.
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Tiffany Couch and Acuity Forensics
| October 2, 2018
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Risk & Compliance
Do Big Four Auditors Unfairly Raise Fees?
The longer the tenure of a company's Big Four auditor, the greater the fee — even though the effort required of the auditor lessens over time.
By
David McCann
| May 21, 2018
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Auditing
What Are Auditors Looking For This Year?
As the prime audit season approaches, big changes in business, the economy, technology, and regulations point to an assortment of red flags for auditors.
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Robert Rostan
| October 16, 2017
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Higher Pay for Auditors Leads to Fewer Restatements
The more a Big Four firm pays its auditors, the fewer restatements its clients have, finds a new study.
By
David Katz
| April 27, 2017
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Tax
Should Your Auditor Prepare Your Tax Return?
While regulators frown on a company's auditor handling its taxes, new research suggests that such concern is unwarranted.
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David McCann
| February 1, 2016
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Growth Companies
Unfriendly Persuasion by CFOs Could Spur Faulty Audits
Caught between the need to serve clients and the requirement to be skeptical of them, auditors may stint on audit quality.
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David Katz
| February 17, 2015
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Risk Management
Another Look at Auditor Nightmares
The PCAOB will take a second crack at a proposal to require an auditor to reveal the thinking behind troublesome audit opinions.
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David Katz
| December 5, 2014
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Tax
“We See Ourselves as Being on the Move”
Stephen Chipman, the CEO of Grant Thornton, talks about the firm's attempt to stick to its knitting and the nation's quest for a more rational financial reporting system and tax code.
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David Katz
| August 1, 2011
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