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DECEMBER 2013

Fair Value Nuances in Fresh-Start Accounting (31 Dec 2013)
Accounting fraud chills US investors (31 Dec 2013)
Small businesses need better deal from energy companies (31 Dec 2013)
Sales executive Fiona White sues IBM over $1 million bonus (31 Dec 2013)
Chinese local government debt balloons to $3 trillion (31 Dec 2013)
Women make up just one in four 'high earners' in Britain (31 Dec 2013)
Accountants KPMG fined for role in Ballast Nedam bribery case (30 Dec 2013)
KPMG Being Economical with Information Again: KPMG says Irish R&D tax credit triggered "massive investment" Fact or fiction? (30 Dec 2013)
Al-Qaeda Receipts Reveal Meticulous Accounting Habits (30 Dec 2013)
Available for Hire to the Highest Bidder: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) produces report on Financial Transactions Tax for 27 European lobby groups (30 Dec 2013)
Deloitte defends its work on state unemployment website (30 Dec 2013)
Curran says Ernst & Young Chorus report flawed (30 Dec 2013)
FCA warns on graphene investment scams (30 Dec 2013)
Mazars to acquire Deloitte public sector internal audit unit (30 Dec 2013)
Florida fines Deloitte $15000 a day until system is fixed (28 Dec 2013)
Accounting fraud chills US investors (28 Dec 2013)
Fake Profit E-Mails at AgFeed's Farms Back Fraud Claims (28 Dec 2013)
Barclays fined $3.75m after record-keeping failure (28 Dec 2013)
HMRC has just FOUR staff to chase its most wanted tax cheats (28 Dec 2013)
Malta Regulator will probe 'negligent' auditor (Deloitte & Touche) (28 Dec 2013)
Shell paves way for $5bn share buyback in 2014 (28 Dec 2013)
Regulator to probe KDB on Daewoo E&C's accounting fraud suspicion (28 Dec 2013)
Did Tenth Circuit Help KPMG Weasel Out Of Liability To Buy.com Founcder (27 Dec 2013)
Another KPMG Tax Avoidance Scheme: Scott A. BLUM; Audrey R. Blum, Petitioners–Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER of INTERNAL REVENUE (27 Dec 2013)
Hong Kong accounting watchdog's chief bends to reforms, but won't give up regulatory powers (27 Dec 2013)
Turkey's gold banking facilitated money laundering (27 Dec 2013)
Chinese buyers of French vineyards suspected of money laundering (27 Dec 2013)
Britain's highest paid bankers in line for a £100m income tax cut (26 Dec 2013)
PwC's Booz acquisition given green light (26 Dec 2013)
Swiss regulator recommends banks take provisions for US tax deal (26 Dec 2013)
UK Banks cost investors almost £150billion after string of scandals since the financial crisis (26 Dec 2013)
Chiene& Tait to leave listed audit market (26 Dec 2013)
Insolvency: Jon Moulton walks away from Ablemarle & Bond sale (26 Dec 2013)
KPMG to advise Vatican on international accounting standards (26 Dec 2013)
Accountant who claims he is Princess Margaret's son wins court ruling (26 Dec 2013)
Hamstrung SFO not capable of holding bankers to account (23 Dec 2013)
SFO starts formal probe into bribery at Rolls-Royce (23 Dec 2013)
Upper Tax Tribunal rules against Eclipse 35 film investment scheme (23 Dec 2013)
French firms warned of fines for not complying with gender equality laws (23 Dec 2013)
The difference between law and accountancy firms (23 Dec 2013)
China's cash crunch threatens Shadow Banking shock (23 Dec 2013)
Shell to sell off £18bn in assets after profits tumble (23 Dec 2013)
Accountancy Firms entering insolvency rockets 41% in a year (23 Dec 2013)
Remembering Abe Briloff (21 Dec 2013)
Bramwell's Lunch Beat: Remembering Abraham Briloff (21 Dec 2013)
Accounting legend Abraham Briloff dies (21 Dec 2013)
Abraham Briloff: Two Challengers – Both One of a Kind (21 Dec 2013)
Farepak fine won't help firm's savers (21 Dec 2013)
How to commit fraud and get away with it: A Guide for CEOs (21 Dec 2013)
Co-op rescue plan: first phase complete (21 Dec 2013)
Deutsche Bank to pay $1.9bn to settle US law suit over mortgages (21 Dec 2013)
Insolvency: Christmas decorations firm Fuzzwire falls into administration (21 Dec 2013)
Farepak auditors Ernst and Young fined over collapse (20 Dec 2013)
EY to pay £1.2m over Farepak audit failings (20 Dec 2013)
Grant Thornton takes aim at the big four 'oligopoly' (20 Dec 2013)
Shareholders demand answers from Deloitte over RSA 'black hole' (20 Dec 2013)
Toothless Auditor Rotation Term Limits Won't Improve Auditing (20 Dec 2013)
SAC Capital manager Michael Steinberg found guilty of fraud (20 Dec 2013)
Microsoft: Former manager and a friend charged with insider trading (20 Dec 2013)
Regulators' Guidance on Volcker Rule Gives Banks Little Relief on Debt Sales (20 Dec 2013)
Not So Fast on Volcker Rule, Regulators Tell Smaller Banks (20 Dec 2013)
FRC publishes Staff Education Notes for FRS 102 (20 Dec 2013)
New securities watchdog targets corporate fraud in Hong Kong (20 Dec 2013)
Deloitte University to allow staff to rise through ranks (20 Dec 2013)
Vatican hires two more outside firms, McKinsey and KPMG, to help clean up (20 Dec 2013)
Vatican Hires Global Firms to Modernize Communications, Accounting (20 Dec 2013)
Accountants Grant Thornton says new EU rules spurring audit competition (20 Dec 2013)
HSBC Gets Small Fine For Terrorist Transactions (20 Dec 2013)
JLT Specialty Limited fined £1.8million for "unacceptable" approach to bribery & corruption risks from overseas payments (20 Dec 2013)
The International Accounting Standards Board needs to be open and transparent about its appointments, and isn’t (19 Dec 2013)
Outcome of disciplinary case against Ernst & Young LLP, Member Firm of the ICAEW and Alan Flitcroft, Member of the ICAEW (19 Dec 2013)
Signed Formal Complaint: Ernst & Young LLP and Alan Flitcroft (19 Dec 2013)
Settlement Agreement: Ernst & Young LLP and Alan Flitcroft (19 Dec 2013)
Former Madoff aide says relative linked to scam (19 Dec 2013)
Madoff's 'Dumb' Accountant Remark Won't Be Heard by Jurors (19 Dec 2013)
Zions Bancorp and some biblical bank accounting (19 Dec 2013)
Minimal audit change leaves quality question unanswered (19 Dec 2013)
Auditors say sale of stake in Lloyds lost UK £200m (19 Dec 2013)
Take from the poor, but not the rich: Tax authorities accused of siding with big business (19 Dec 2013)
11 Stocks With Share Buybacks That Top $166 BILLION (19 Dec 2013)
Developments in Corporate Governance 2013 (19 Dec 2013)
US share buybacks highest since 2008 (19 Dec 2013)
EU non-audit black list is a grey area (19 Dec 2013)
Energy giant Centrica extends existing £500m share buyback, using proceeds from sale of Texan power plant (19 Dec 2013)
Kraft Foods Authorizes $3 Billion Stock Buyback Program (19 Dec 2013)
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg face lawsuit over $16bn IPO (19 Dec 2013)
FCA chief warns Treasury swaps scandal could be 'significantly' bigger (19 Dec 2013)
Suicide bid of accountant who stole £50k to feed online bingo habit (19 Dec 2013)
Cash-flush companies resort to buybacks, raised dividends (19 Dec 2013)
When bean counting pays off (19 Dec 2013)
European Union unveils tough new rules for 'Big Four' accountants (17 Dec 2013)
EU Strikes Deal on Corporate Audits (17 Dec 2013)
Banks Face 24-Year Auditor Limit as EU Seals Rotation Deal (17 Dec 2013)
EU Strikes Deal Requiring Auditor Rotation (17 Dec 2013)
MEPs agree blacklist for NAS and 20-year auditor rotation (17 Dec 2013)
UK statistics agency says UK accounting change may add $134 billion to debt (17 Dec 2013)
Network Rail to be 'government body', adding £30bn to UK national debt (17 Dec 2013)
The Financial Crisis: Why Have No High-Level Executives Been Prosecuted? (17 Dec 2013)
The Rumored Chase-Madoff Settlement Is Another Bad Joke (17 Dec 2013)
How to commit fraud and get away with it: A Guide for CEOs (17 Dec 2013)
3M announces $22-billion share buyback, raises dividend (17 Dec 2013)
Boeing unveils record $10bn share buyback and hikes dividend (17 Dec 2013)
Remembering Abraham Briloff (16 Dec 2013)
KPMG sees pay and bonuses rise as UK profits jump 27% (16 Dec 2013)
Shoddy accounting keeps ASIC busy (16 Dec 2013)
Apple to IBM Push Share Buyback to Record Trading (16 Dec 2013)
EU Banks Shrink Assets by $1.1 Trillion as Capital Ratios Rise (16 Dec 2013)
ASIC chides companies on faulty preparation of reports (16 Dec 2013)
Why Are Companies Buying Back Stocks? (16 Dec 2013)
RBS denies City regulator forced rights issue (16 Dec 2013)
Abraham Briloff: 'Philosopher-King of Accountants' Dies at 96 (15 Dec 2013)
AmTrust Declines After GeoInvesting Challenges Accounting (15 Dec 2013)
Canada weighs new rules on executive compensation, director votes (15 Dec 2013)
Financial offenders must be named if bank reforms are going to work (15 Dec 2013)
Study Finds Crime, Corruption, Tax Evasion Drained $946.7bn from Developing Countries in 2011 (15 Dec 2013)
Abe Briloff, an Accountant Who Saw Through the Games (14 Dec 2013)
Legendary, revered Baruch Accounting Professor Abraham J. Briloff dies at 96 (14 Dec 2013)
Bank audits were dire, but the question is not why, but how they get away with it (14 Dec 2013)
RBS accused of withdrawing job offer to Mexico drug deals whistleblower (14 Dec 2013)
Five Accounting Red Flags the SEC is Watching (14 Dec 2013)
Watchdog's more like a tortoise with this slow review of banks' auditing (14 Dec 2013)
China Turns Over Corporate Audit Documents to US Regulators (14 Dec 2013)
Reactive rather than Proactive: FRC to review standard of bank audits (14 Dec 2013)
What accounting fraud risk factors will attract SEC's attention? (14 Dec 2013)
Companies told to improve account presentation (14 Dec 2013)
Iceland jails former Kaupthing bank bosses (14 Dec 2013)
When they were rich: Madoffs' '04 tax return (14 Dec 2013)
Mark Carney sees threat to global financial stability from huge shadow banking sector (14 Dec 2013)
RBS issues defence against £4bn lawsuit from shareholders (14 Dec 2013)
Norway adopts country by country reporting. But there's a catch (12 Dec 2013)
Accounting Regulator Says Banks Need to Improve Auditing (12 Dec 2013)
Fraud, error and unpaid taxes are costing country £55billion a year (12 Dec 2013)
Criminal Action Is Expected for JPMorgan in Madoff Case (12 Dec 2013)
Bernie Madoff cried as he revealed fraud, jury told (12 Dec 2013)
Regulators warn on insurance accounting (12 Dec 2013)
UK accounting watchdog to review bookkeeping at banks (12 Dec 2013)
Pan-European database of audit inspections (12 Dec 2013)
Co-op drafts in City big gun Lord Myners ahead of governance review (12 Dec 2013)
G4S and Serco hand over offender tagging contracts over fraud claims (12 Dec 2013)
FRC warns of boosted disciplinary charges (12 Dec 2013)
Accountant and former bank official charged with forgery (12 Dec 2013)
Former Bradford & Bingley finance director fined £30000 by the FCA (12 Dec 2013)
Insolvency: Blockbuster to close remaining stores (12 Dec 2013)
ICAEW gains probate and ABS powers (12 Dec 2013)
ICAEW set to become approved regulator for probate (12 Dec 2013)
Lloyds Bank fined record £28m by FCA over toxic 'sell or be demoted' scheme (11 Dec 2013)
SEC Task Force Probes Use of Non-GAAP Metrics (11 Dec 2013)
Non-audit fees to FTSE 350 auditors down by a quarter (11 Dec 2013)
Nokia faces soaring Indian tax bill ahead of crucial ruling (11 Dec 2013)
Aided by Data Analytics, Internal Auditors Dig Deep (11 Dec 2013)
Royal Mail to join FTSE 100 after share price surge (11 Dec 2013)
Big Four Firms to Be Questioned on Push into Consulting (10 Dec 2013)
US SEC accountant wary of audit firms' push into consulting (10 Dec 2013)
Doty: Is the Audit Irrelevant? (10 Dec 2013)
Comic Relief money invested in arms and tobacco shares (10 Dec 2013)
Nokia's India Tax Bill Could Hit $3.4 Billion (10 Dec 2013)
BVI fund sues HSBC subsidiary in Ireland to recover Madoff losses (10 Dec 2013)
Longtime Deputy: Auditors Would Send Bernard Madoff Into A Panic (10 Dec 2013)
Robert Shiller says mismatch between Eugene Fama's findings and theories must make him feel like a priest who has discovered God does not exist (10 Dec 2013)
Wall Street facing tighter scrutiny as regulators move on Volcker rule (10 Dec 2013)
Fresh reversal for SFO as £40m bribery trial collapses (10 Dec 2013)
IFRS now ‘de facto’ global language for financial reporting (10 Dec 2013)
FRC to simplify small company accounting (10 Dec 2013)
The ICAEW – arch defender of vested interests and the status quo against democratic accountability (9 Dec 2013)
FRC Investigation announced in connection with The Cup Trust (9 Dec 2013)
M&S ends 86 year audit love-in with PwC (9 Dec 2013)
FRC launches Cup Trust investigation (9 Dec 2013)
BA launches lawsuit against pension trustees (8 Dec 2013)
Grant Thornton debuts in FTSE 100 auditor rankings table (8 Dec 2013)
RBS and S&P Sued by European CPDO Investors Over Losses (8 Dec 2013)
IASB defends role of IFRS (8 Dec 2013)
Investors call for annual strategy meetings with chief executives (8 Dec 2013)
Judge approves $153M settlement with Fannie, KPMG (7 Dec 2013)
Judge Approves $153 Million Settlement in Fannie Mae Securities Class Action (7 Dec 2013)
Accounting for fraud (7 Dec 2013)
Investigation into PwC as auditors to Barclays Capital Securities Limited (7 Dec 2013)
PwC gets India Supreme Court notice on charges of violating Fema, FDI rules (7 Dec 2013)
PwC loses third big audit client within days after Berkeley Homes switches to KPMG (7 Dec 2013)
Facebook caught in controversy over earnings exported to Cayman Islands (7 Dec 2013)
KPMG was Towergate auditor when client money misallocation took place (7 Dec 2013)
Towergate tipped to escape with FCA ticking off after misallocation of £15m (7 Dec 2013)
Banks probed over small firms 'scam': Accused of forcing them to take out current accounts to qualify for a loan (7 Dec 2013)
SEC Investigates Barnes & Noble's Accounting (6 Dec 2013)
RBS and S&P sued by European investors (6 Dec 2013)
Spineless Regulation: FRC drops PwC Barclays investigation (6 Dec 2013)
FRC drops PwC Barclays probe (6 Dec 2013)
Canada: Harper saves Deloitte auditor from testifying (6 Dec 2013)
India: PricewaterhouseCoopers gets Supreme Court notice over alleged irregularities (6 Dec 2013)
Marks & Spencer chooses a new auditor after 87 years with PwC (6 Dec 2013)
Flight Centre shares fall after losing price-fixing case against ACCC (6 Dec 2013)
Berkeley switches to KPMG auditors after regulatory pressure (6 Dec 2013)
Deloitte replaces PwC as Marks & Spencer's auditor (6 Dec 2013)
Deloitte appointed to Speedy investigation (6 Dec 2013)
Former Goldman Sachs trader Matthew Taylor jailed over $8bn trade. (6 Dec 2013)
More consultancy: Deloitte developing flex DB service to cut schemes' buyout cost (6 Dec 2013)
Accountancy reform (5 Dec 2013)
PCAOB Proposes Rule to Identify Partners in Charge of Audits (5 Dec 2013)
Audit Partners, Regulatory Surge, Japan Watchdog (5 Dec 2013)
Tesco dodges profit warning (5 Dec 2013)
Equitable Life annuity holders to receive compensation this month (5 Dec 2013)
Facebook paid €1.9m in Irish tax on €1.7bn turnover (5 Dec 2013)
Co-op auditors KPMG grilled over Verde collapse (4 Dec 2013)
KPMG told former Co-op Bank chief to 'tone down' report on lender's financial health (4 Dec 2013)
Life at KPMG: City advisers got £8.3m for Co-op deal but didn't check fatal loans (4 Dec 2013)
Co-op auditors failed to check fatal Britannia loan book (4 Dec 2013)
Co-op Bank auditor KPMG defends role in financial crisis (4 Dec 2013)
KPMG Says It Didn't Study Britannia's Corporate Loans for Co-Op (7 Dec 2013)
JP Morgan paid £7m by Co-op Bank for recommending Britannia deal (4 Dec 2013)
Investigation announced in connection with Christopher Moore and Mark Woodbridge (4 Dec 2013)
FRC launches investigation into jailed Torex Retail directors (4 Dec 2013)
EU fines Royal Bank of Scotland £324m over Libor rigging (4 Dec 2013)
Banks fined record £1.4bn over rate rigging scandal (4 Dec 2013)
SEC Charges Fifth Third Bancorp and Former CFO for Improper Accounting of Substantial Loan Losses During Financial Crisis (5 Dec 2013)
Fifth Third to Pay $6.5 Million Over SEC Accounting Allegations (4 Dec 2013)
Rotations won't necessarily solve the auditing problem (4 Dec 2013)
Audit reform talks called off as MEPs fail to make progress (4 Dec 2013)
Commerzbank Raided in German Tax Probe Over Life Insurance (4 Dec 2013)
Complexity Still an Issue for Income Tax Accounting Standard (4 Dec 2013)
Morgan Stanley's Non-Scandalous Accounting Gaffes (4 Dec 2013)
IASB defends role of IFRS (4 Dec 2013)
New Study Confirms that Lower Corporate Tax Rates Don’t Create Jobs (4 Dec 2013)
FASB to seek feedback on accounting for income taxes (4 Dec 2013)
Madoff Lieutenant Describes Ploy to Outwit Auditor (3 Dec 2013)
Madoff Behaved Like a Lunatic Over Fund Probe, Jury Told (3 Dec 2013)
Madoff's Fake Trading Was Obvious, Ex-Finance Chief Says (3 Dec 2013)
Bernard Madoff's right-hand man to testify against former coworkers (3 Dec 2013)
Albemarle& Bond puts itself up for sale (3 Dec 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers loses £18 million Unilever contract to rival KPMG (3 Dec 2013)
Fresh money laundering inquiry for HSBC amid fears bankers are using gem traders to evade tax (2 Dec 2013)
RBS criticised by judge for allowing rogue cashier access to accounts (2 Dec 2013)
Bank charges: $57m class action launched against ANZ (2 Dec 2013)
Albemarle & Bond shaken after four non-executive directors resign (2 Dec 2013)
Albemarle& Bond issues second profit warning in two months (2 Dec 3013)
Greene King appeals against tax ruling (2 Dec 2013)
Unilever set to hand KPMG £18m auditing role (2 Dec 2013)
Ernst& Young Settles Lehman Investor Lawsuit for $99 Million (2 Dec 2013)
Fat cats: RBS bankers in line for £500 million bonus payout despite SMEs scandal (2 Dec 2013)
Ex-Reeves partner launches all-female practice (2 Dec 2013)
City watchdog and taxman tighten the screw on activities at RBS (1 Dec 2013)
Insolvency: Tape reveals how RBS warned chain of chemists it could call in the administrators (1 Dec 2013)
Greencore now paying just 1pc tax as sales top €1.4bn mark (1 Dec 2013)
Accounting firm hailed top ethnic minority employer (1 Dec 2013)
Weatherford to Pay $253 Million Over Foreign Bribery, Trade Charges (1 Dec 2013)

NOVEMBER 2013

Calls for KPMG to be kicked off campus (30 Nov 2013)
Consultancy : KPMG earns €22.29m for three years of Ireland National Asset Management Agency (Nama) work (30 Nov 2013)
Consultancy: PwC received €14m; Ernst & Young received €8.67m; Deloitte & Touche received €6.389m, and Grant Thornton received €2.4m from Ireland NAMA work (30 Nov 2013)
Mike Duffy audit: 3 things we've learned about Deloitte (30 Nov 2013)
Co-op Bank investors back £1.5bn rescue (30 Nov 2013)
Thames Water will not pay tax for a DECADE despite soaring profits (30 Nov 2013)
Fat cats getting fatter? Bankers' bonus culture lives on as millionaires' club tops 2700 (30 Nov 2013)
Speedy Hire shares dive and chief quits over accounts hole (29 Nov 2013)
Speedy Hire shares on the skids after £5m accounting scandal (29 Nov 2013)
Thames Water defers tax liability after 19% surge in profits (29 Nov 2013)
Deloitte official intervened in Duffy audit, but firm denies interference (29 Nov 2013)
Tesco boss faces chorus of scepticism on profit margins (29 Nov 2013)
Tesco accused of squeezing suppliers to support its profits (29 Nov 2013)
Tesco flies in to trouble over corporate jets (29 Nov 2013)
Fat Cats: City pay and bonus boom revealed (29 Nov 2013)
UK Regulator eases banks' capital requirements (29 Nov 2013)
Co-op Bank's biggest hedge fund sells almost entire stake (29 Nov 2013)
Auditors prepare for life under increased small company exemption thresholds (29 Nov 2013)
RSA Ireland chief executive quits amid accounting probe (28 Nov 2013)
Ernst& Young agrees $99m Lehman Brothers settlement (28 Nov 2013)
Ernst& Young Settles Lehman Investor Suit for $99 Mln (28 Nov 2013)
The Biggest Criminals Write Laws That Make Their Crimes Legal’ (28 Nov 2013)
Canada: Deloitte denies Tory senator's contact interfered with Duffy audit (28 Nov 2013)
RSA Ireland head quits insurance firm and claims he was made 'fall guy' (28 Nov 2013)
Five tips for George Osborne on banking reform (27 Nov 2013)
BT accused of using 'accounting tricks' by rival (27 Nov 2013)
Boots 'broke' tax and disclosure rules (27 Nov 2013)
UBS Paris headquarters raided by French authorities over tax evasion probe (27 Nov 2013)
PCAOB to Focus on Accounting Firms' Growing Consulting Business (27 Nov 2013)
HP and boss Whitman to defend class action rule over Autonomy (27 Nov 2013)
Osborne Concedes on Pay, Proprietary Trading in Bank Bill (27 Nov 2013)
Mark Carney: RBS allegations 'deeply troubling and extremely serious' (27 Nov 2013)
Insolvency: Yellow Pages firm Hibu in administration (27 Nov 2013)
Vince Cable defends Royal Mail valuation as profit almost doubles (27 Nov 2013)
Enron What? Auditors Jump Back Into Consulting (26 Nov 2013)
PCAOB Grows Wary of Auditor Consulting Deals (26 Nov 2013)
Naming the Auditors (26 Nov 2013)
Canada scandal: Deloitte awarded more than $50M in federal contracts over past three years (26 Nov 2013)
Ireland Bank auditors must pay levy to independent watchdog (26 Nov 2013)
Deal on company auditing edging closer: EU lawmaker (26 Nov 2013)
Auditor Rotation: EU deal to force companies change auditor every decade moves closer (26 Nov 2013)
Poachers and Gamekeepers: New members for IFRS advisory council (26 Nov 2013)
Insolvent Abuse: RBS makes £50m profit from distressed businesses (26 Nov 2013)
FASB Endorses Changes in Accounting Standards for Goodwill and Interest Rate Swaps (26 Nov 2013)
Tackling Tax Avoidance: Commission tightens key EU corporate tax rules (26 Nov 2013)
George Osborne tells BoE to review bank leverage ratios (26 Nov 2013)
PwC's viewpoint on financial instruments accounting (26 Nov 2013)
Big consulting and accounting firms are making a risky move into strategy work (26 Nov 2013)
RBS 'drove businesses to collapse before stripping their assets' (25 Nov 2013)
ATO warns on misuse of trusts by accountants and lawyers (25 Nov 2013)
EU lawmaker says deal on company auditing edging closer (25 Nov 2013)
Auditors under the spotlight (25 Nov 2013)
Deloitte & Touche raising its game on audits (25 Nov 2013)
RBS makes £50m 'toxic' profit since bailout (25 Nov 2013)
Profits at 'Big Six' energy companies rocket 75% as bills soar (25 Nov 2013)
Buyout firms ramp up use of leverage (25 Nov 2013)
AIG's Tricky Accounting Question (24 Nov 2013)
Vince Cable refers report into RBS treatment of business to watchdogs (24 Nov 2013)
Insolvent Abuse: Vince Cable sends dossier of RBS treatment of ailing businesses to fianancial regulators (24 Nov 2013)
Swiss Voters Reject Strictest Pay Limits: SRF Projection (24 Nov 2013)
Public accountability: it's not only banks that needs closer scrutiny (24 Nov 2013)
Hedge funds press Royal Mail for more savings as profits rise (24 Nov 2013)
Tropical island caretaker? Chocolate taster? No, we'd rather be accountants (23 Nov 2013)
FRC inspecting Co-op Bank's 2012 accounts (23 Nov 2013)
US Audit Board Finds Flaws in Deloitte's Work (23 Nov 2013)
Fat cats: Almost quarter of shareholders at BSkyB oppose chief's £7m pay (23 Nov 2013)
Audit finds accounting problems at JobsOhio (23 Nov 2013)
Corporate welfare: Consultants pocket £8m in fees for new UK nuclear plant in Hinkley (23 Nov 2013)
Accounting Fraud And Waste Is Standard Procedure at the Pentagon (23 Nov 2013)
KPMG role in both HBOS and Co-op meltdowns means installing its former boss as a senior regulator is absurd (22 Nov 2013)
Blue-chip accountant KPMG faces increased scrutiny over its part in the downfall of the Co-op Bank (22 Nov 2013)
Accounting watchdog scrutinising Co-op accounts as Paul Flowers arrested (22 Nov 2013)
Barclays and Deloitte criticised for the way they do business in Africa (22 Nov 2013)
US Audit Regulator Rebukes Deloitte (22 Nov 2013)
Deloitte Faulted by PCAOB for Quality Control (22 Nov 2013)
PCAOB Announces Settled Disciplinary Actions against Three Audit Firms and Three Individuals Associated with the Firms (22 Nov 2013)
RSA Ireland auditors issue warning with company's accounts (22 Nov 2013)
Baucus Proposes Changes to US Tax Accounting and Cost Recovery Rules (22 Nov 2013)
Nationwide's lifeline for mutuality (22 Nov 2013)
EU ministers and MEPs in logjam over auditor rotation (21 Nov 2013)
The threat posed by accounting reforms to universities (21 Nov 2013)
The European Commission announced on November 20 that it is to take Germany to the Court of Justice of the European Union, accusing it of failing to comply with rules on financial transparency in the rail sector (21 Nov 2013)
IASB amends IAS 19 on defined benefits' contributions (21 Nov 2013)
Women paid £10k less than men after ten years in accountancy (21 Nov 2013)
£1430000000000 (that's £1.43 trillion): Britain's personal debt timebomb (21 Nov 2013)
National Grid defends £1.5bn half-year profit and payout to shareholders (21 Nov 2013)
UK: The government’s consultation on country-by-country reporting: the results are in and better than expected (20 Nov 2013)
Insolvent Abuse: The Stripping of Premier Motor Auctions (20 Nov 2013)
IASB Introduces New Hedge Accounting Model (20 Nov 2013)
SEC and PCAOB Team to Combat Accounting Fraud (20 Nov 2013)
Deloitte granted appeal on MG Rover tribunal decision (20 Nov 2013)
Deloitte& Touche and Mr Maghsoud Einollahi, granted partial leave to appeal (20 Nov 2013)
Row as Barclays promotes tax havens as 'gateway for investment' in Africa (20 Nov 2013)

Time to Clean Up: How Barclays promotes the use of tax havens in Africa (20 Nov 2013)
US Justice Department, Federal and State Partners Secure Record $13 Billion Global Settlement with JPMorgan for Misleading Investors About Securities Containing Toxic Mortgages (20 Nov 2013)
JP Morgan Chase agrees record $13bn settlement charges over toxic mortgages (20 Nov 2013)
PwC auditor quits job with ranting email filled with hashtags (20 Nov 2013)
Ted Tuppen set to quit as boss of Enterprise Inns leaving £2.5bn debt mountain (20 Nov 2013)
Bankers 'misled' taxpayers on Royal Mail valuation, say MPs (20 Nov 2013)
Nothing Learnt: Ernst & Young and KPMG to merge Denmark operations (20 Nov 2013)
Insolvency: Tie Rack to close high street stores with loss of up to 200 jobs (20 Nov 2013)
EY latest City firm to head to Canary Wharf (20 Nov 2013)
Government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich (19 Nov 2013)
Compromise for Lease Accounting Overhaul Starts to Fall Apart (19 Nov 2013)
Limit auditors' fees, says pensions lobby group (19 Nov 2013)
Accountants warn of fraud as Elders reports a record $505m loss (19 Nov 2013)
We are all doomed: Vatican tasks Ernst & Young with auditing its financial activities (19 Nov 2013)
The Lease Bad Solution (19 Nov 2013)
IASB Adjusts to Changing Relationship with FASB (19 Nov 2013)
China to update national economy accounting system (19 Nov 2013)
Accounting Fraud Gets Sexy at the SEC (19 Nov 2013)
FASB proposes eliminating “development stage entity” distinction (19 Nov 2013)
Elders books $24m charge over live cattle 'fraud' (18 Nov 2013)
Local audit changes could undermine auditor independence (18 Nov 2013)
Fat Cats: Top company bosses' pay rising at 20 times rate of ordinary workers (18 Nov 2013)
Tax Avoidance case hinged on interpretation of Financial Reporting Standard 5: Reporting the Substance of Transactions (18 Nov 2013)
HMRC wins Versteegh case over complex tax avoidance (18 Nov 2013)
Versteegh Ltd, Nestron Ltd, Spritebeam Ltd, Prowting Ltd v Revenue & Customs [2013] UKFTT 642 (TC) (18 Nov 2013)
Capita's shares hit as boss steps down after 14 years (18 Nov 2013)
Tesco accused of carrying rubbish in food trucks to cut costs (18 Nov 2013)
MF Global ordered to pay $1.2bn in restitution (18 Nov 2013)
Ministers accused of 'quietly dropping' crackdown on insolvency rules for high street failures (18 Nov 2013)
In search of consensus: The role of accounting in the definition and reproduction of dominant interests (18 Nov 2013)
Insolvency: Hibu administration threat sparks anger (17 Nov 2013)
Hailo late in filing accounts at Companies House (17 Nov 2013)
Will other limited companies sue accountants for inadequate advice? (17 Nov 2013)
Was the Royal Mail privatisation good luck or a big blunder? (17 Nov 2013)
JPMorgan agrees $4.5bn payout over mortgage security mis-selling claims (16 Nov 2013)
EU bank transparency rules delayed (16 Nov 2013)
Internal Auditors' Skills Not Up To New Job Demands (16 Nov 2013)
Former Anglo Irish executive charged with tax offences (16 Nov 2013)
The Big 4 are waking up to country-by-country reporting: KPMG joins the club (15 Nov 2013)
Proposals to clean up lease accounting will hit many firms’ balance-sheets (15 Nov 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers May Be on the Hook (15 Nov 2013)
JP Morgan agrees $4.5bn mortgage settlement (15 Nov 2013)
FRC proposes amendments to hedge accounting (15 Nov 2013)
OECD closer to country by country reporting template (15 Nov 2013)
Tax Wizardry Accomplished With an Offbeat Merge (15 Nov 2013)
Revolving Doors: Listed companies sees Big Four partners take board roles (15 Nov 2013)
Nationwide building society profits surge 155% (15 Nov 2013)
Companies House puts data up for free (15 Nov 2013)
For those not familiar with transfer pricing, some introductory material (14 Nov 2013)
Can't KPMG Just Do Better Audits? (14 Nov 2013)
Arthur Levitt on PwC's Deal to Buy Booz: 'We Are Slipping Back' (14 Nov 2013)
PCAOB to Propose Auditor Naming Rule on Dec. 4 (14 Nov 2013)
SEC Tries New Tack in Hedge Fund Fraud Case (14 Nov 2013)
SEC Announces First Deferred Prosecution Agreement With Individual (14 Nov 2013)
Pensions: Is new IAS19 another 'DB death knell'? (14 Nov 2013)
Finance Authority ex-CEO sues accounting firm over unfinished audit (14 Nov 2013)
Executives Hit Sweet Spot on Stock Sales (14 Nov 2013)
Insolvency: Blockbuster's administrator will close 72 stores (14 Nov 2013)
Country-by-country reporting at the OECD – mapping a path to progress (13 Nov 2013)
EU seeks to increase influence on global accounting rulebook (13 Nov 2013)
EU wants radical reform of EFRAG accounting body (13 Nov 2013)
Grant Thornton Ordered to Pay $100 Million in Tax Shelter Lawsuit (13 Nov 2013)
Profit-boosting low bank-loan loss provisioning puzzler (13 Nov 2013)
Madoff Ex-Accountant Tells Jury Aide Helped Fudge Taxes (13 Nov 2013)
SFO 'shredded documents' in Tchenguiz case, court hears (13 Nov 2013)
Apple's Italian offshoot faces tax probe (13 Nov 2013)
Council fraud cost £178m last year - Audit Commission (13 Nov 2013)
Controversy as Vodafone books £18bn credit from tax losses (13 Nov 2013)
Sainsbury's boss defends Vodafone link amid tax row (13 Nov 2013)
Fat Cats: EDF discloses chief executive's £1m pay package after criticism (13 Nov 2013)
Corzine, banks fail to win dismissal of MF Global lawsuit (13 Nov 2013)
US Bank Records Sought in Offshore Tax Inquiry (13 Nov 2013)
Accounting Firms, By the Numbers (13 Nov 2013)
Bank Regulation Is Substituting Accounting Prudence (12 Nov 2013)
Investors' Claim Against Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers May Proceed (12 Nov 2013)
It's business that really rules us now (12 Nov 2013)
Atos, G4S paid no corporation tax last year despite carrying out £2billion of taxpayer-funded work (12 Nov 2013)
Olympic Security Provider G4S Paid No UK Tax in 2012, NAO Says (12 Nov 2013)
NAO Report Executive Summary: Government Contracting - The role of major contractors in the delivery of public services (12 Nov 2013)
NAO Report: Government Contracting - The role of major contractors in the delivery of public services (12 Nov 2013)
Easy Money Wins (12 Nov 2013)
Big Oil keeps up fight against disclosure of foreign government payments (12 Nov 2013)
German corporates most affected by new pension accounting (12 Nov 2013)
New FRC guidance for auditor sanctions procedure issued (12 Nov 2013)
PwC probes revenue recognition issues at RSA, Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
The push for performance-related pay is driven by faith, not facts (12 Nov 2013)
Den nålestribede mafiaa (12 Nov 2013)
Much Ado About Adviser Compensation (12 Nov 2013)
À la carte accounting will not deliver globally consistent standards (12 Nov 2013)
Insolvency: Barratts and Blockbuster fall into administration (12 Nov 2013)
JPMorgan Banker Backed $200 Million Madoff Loan in 2008 (11 Nov 2013)
Kenton Circuit Judge awards $100m verdict against Grant Thornton (11 Nov 2013)
PwC ordered to face fraud claim over Lipper hedge fund collapse (11 Nov 2013)
PwC Buys Analytics and UX Specialist BGT (11 Nov 2013)
More Conflicts of Interests: KPMG breaks new ground with launch of $100m technology fund (11 Nov 2013)
The Consultancy gravy train: The BBC has lavished more than £10million on consultants last year - The five biggest recipients were Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and McKinsey (11 Nov 2013)
KPMG to face MPs again over HS2 report (11 Nov 2013)
FRC publishes new Auditor Regulatory Sanctions Procedure and Guidance (11 Nov 2013)
Economics lecturers accused of clinging to pre-crash fallacies (11 Nov 2013)
RSA Insurance Appoints PwC to Review Irish Business (11 Nov 2013)
Poachers and Gamekeepers: RSA appoints PwC to investigate Irish division (11 Nov 2013)
RSA Tumbles After Insurer Suspends Executives at Irish Operation (11 Nov 2013)
Austrian fund loses €20 million to 'dubious' real estate investors (11 Nov 2013)
Accounting deficit of UK's DB pension schemes reduced over September (11 Nov 2013)
Shaw's Beyonics Claims Ex-CEO Bribed to Divert Seagate Business (11 Nov 2013)
BHS stores face foreign buyout rumours (11 Nov 2013)
Our risk systems let us down, admits G4S boss (10 Nov 2013)
Ladbrokes loses auditor Ernst& Young in its bid to catch main rival William Hill (10 Nov 2013)
Foreign exchange: after Libor, is the '4pm London spot rate' next? (10 Nov 2013)
Accountant embroiled in priest-kidnapping (10 Nov 2013)
Co-op Group plans asset sales to reduce £1.3bn debt (10 Nov 2013)
Deloitte quit role at RSA in May (10 Nov 2013)
Final salary and the death of pensions the world envied (10 Nov 2013)
Auditors question airlines' claims of 'going concern' status (10 Nov 2013)
Court Clears Way for Investor Suits Over Libor (9 Nov 2013)
Co-op Bank's future in the hands of its small investors (9 Nov 2013)
Auditing market: the power of the “Big Four” (9 Nov 2013)
How Big Six energy firms conceal their profits (9 Nov 2013)
Foreign-trained Accountants to Sit for ICAN Examinations (9 Nov 2013)
Is the audit profession credible? (8 Nov 2013)
HSBC chief bemoans lack of women among banking elite (8 Nov 2013)
RSA suspends three directors over 'issues' in claims business (8 Nov 2013)
Financial Conduct Authority investigates Bumi founders (8 Nov 2013)
Barclays loses attempt to dismiss 'Libor test case' (8 Nov 2013)
KPMG bosses deny 'cherrypicking' on HS2 report (8 Nov 2013)
SEC Charges New York-Based Audit Firm and Four Accountants for Failures in Audits of China-Based Companies (7 Nov 2013)
RBS settles $150m US mortgage investigation (7 Nov 2013)
FRC updates going concern definition (7 Nov 2013)
IFRS Foundation swaps BDO for GT as auditors (7 Nov 2013)
Britain rules the world of tax havens, Queen is warned (7 Nov 2013)
One hundred big banks could go, warns McKinsey (7 Nov 2013)
HMRC wins £500m Supreme Court Cotter avoidance appeal (7 Nov 2013)
UK Supreme Court case: Cotter v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (7 Nov 2013)
Taking a bite out of the Double Irish-Dutch Sandwich (6 Nov 2013)
Unpacking Centrica’s accounts in a vain attempt to find the audited UK profit (6 Nov 2013)
SEC chair questions growth metrics used by technology companies (6 Nov 2013)
Twitter's float looks like bubble, warns auditor (6 Nov 2013)
No limit to sham gestures: FRC raises the bar for risk management (6 Nov 2013)
FRC rethinks Sharman going concern (6 Nov 2013)
Accounting trips: The revised case for a high-speed railway still rests on some dodgy assumptions (6 Nov 2013)
US SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme Involving New Zealand Companies (6 Nov 2013)
RBS and HSBC face fines over allegedly rigging benchmark interest rates in eurozone (6 Nov 2013)
Wells Fargo Pays $335 Million for Mortgage Bond Claims (6 Nov 2013)
Director disqualified over £10m wine loss (6 Nov 2013)
The Economic Impact of Extending the Living Wage to all Employees in the UK (6 Nov 2013)
Tax Secrecy: engagement letters are largely not subject to legal professional privilege (LPP), except in very limited circumstances (6 Nov 2013)
EDWARD C BEHAGUE v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE& CUSTOMS (6 Nov 2013)
Until we demand full accounts for the UK from the Big 6 energy companies we will have no idea what they’re doing here (5 Nov 2013)
Ex-accountancy director backs down on Harlequin fraud claims (5 Nov 2013)
Harlequin Property's former accountant 'regrets' fraud claims (5 Nov 2013)
G4S unveils plans to restructure as sales rise (5 Nov 2013)
Deloitte to sell stake in government Work Programme (5 Nov 2013)
Sainsbury's boss steps up attack on business leaders over taxation (5 Nov 2013)
SAC Capital to pay largest ever amount to settle insider trading charges (5 Nov 2013)
Johnson & Johnson pays $2.2bn to end investigation into antipsychotic drug Risperdal (5 Nov 2013)
Ernst& Young resigns as NCC auditor following audit fee disagreement (5 Nov 2013)
SFO opens probe into G4S and Serco 'tagging' of convicts (5 Nov 2013)
Insolvency: Largest supplier of labour for Network Rail collapses (5 Nov 2013)
Did Apple Accounting Skip Over $10 Billion in Profit? (4 Nov 2013)
Investor group in rethink over auditor rotation (4 Nov 2013)
PriceWaterhouse Sued for $1 Billion (4 Nov 2013)
Taylor Bean Says PwC's Negligent Audits Missed Fraud (4 Nov 2013)
NZ and Australian institutes to combine (4 Nov 2013)
Accountants vote in favour of amalgamation (4 Nov 2013)
Accounting deficit of UK's DB schemes reduced over September (4 Nov 2013)
The Banana Republic: ACCA makes inroads in Pakistan (4 Nov 2013)
Annual reports serving too many masters (4 Nov 2013)
Porth fraud investigator laundered money in husband's £885000 fraud (4 Nov 2013)
In every successful company there should be a healthy tension in the company (4 Nov 2013)
Deloitte promotes Mauritius as tax haven to avoid big payouts to poor African countries (3 Nov 2013)
ActionAid: Deloitte Advised Big Business on Avoiding Tax in Africa (3 Nov 2013)

Deloitte: Investing in Africa through Mauritius (3 Nov 2013)
Massachusetts grills Deloitte over large IT failures (3 Nov 2013)
Meet Deloitte the Consulting Firm That's Screwing Up With Your Tax Money, And Keeps on Getting More (3 Nov 2013)
Take Away the Auditors' Mandate (3 Nov 2013)
The 'vulture' funds that could rip the Co-op apart (3 Nov 2013)
G4S boss earmarks major UK job cuts at troubled company (3 Nov 2013)
Why you should care about something as boring as an accounting firm merger (2 Nov 2013)
Lawyer guilty, accounting firm BDO Seideman CEO cleared in tax shelter case (2 Nov 2013)
Toshiba medical unit boss fired over accounting fraud (2 Nov 2013)
India asks IBM to pay $866 million in outstanding tax (2 Nov 2013)
RBS misses its SME lending targets and profits dive (2 Nov 2013)
Meggitt shares dive as aircraft parts maker cuts forecast (2 Nov 2013)
The entrepreneurial state (2 Nov 2013)
RBS shares lose 7% after it decides against 'bad bank' split (1 Nov 2013)
Annual reports serving too many masters (1 Nov 2013)
Barclays and RBS named in $800m US Libor lawsuit (1 Nov 2013)
Royal Bank of Scotland will set up a £38bn internal "bad bank" (1 Nov 2013)
FTSE companies improve narrative reporting, says Deloitte (1 Nov 2013)
Where do FTSE chief executives come from? (1 Nov 2013)
Fat cats: Oracle executive pay deal again rejected by shareholders (1 Nov 2013)
Trusts and financial transparency: The weak link (1 Nov 2013)
Deloitte, MG Rover and the Tribunal... the story so far (1 Nov 2013)

OCTOBER 2013

UK Plans to lift 'cloak of secrecy' off 'shell company' owners (31 Oct 2013)
Sony slashes full-year profit forecast by 40% (31 Oct 2013)
Barclays joins banks helping with forex probe (31 Oct 2013)
New rule to ring in costly accounting change for telcos (31 Oct 2013)
Royal Dutch Shell profits slide (31 Oct 2013)
Aberdeen AM tax-avoiding bonus scheme shut by HMRC (31 Oct 2013)
Jersey and the Isle of Man Implicated in failed tax avoidance scheme: ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS (31 Oct 2013)
PwC gobbles up Booz & Co as Big 4 rebuild in consulting (31 Oct 2013)
Called to Account: Preparing for Upcoming FASB Changes to Lease Accounting and Reporting (31 Oct 2013)
Lloyds back in the red as PPI claims rise again (30 Oct 2013)
Barclays PPI provisions unchanged (30 Oct 2013)
Insurers challenge proposed accounting standard (30 Oct 2013)
Barclays Drawn into Global FX Probe as Third-Quarter Pretax Profit Slides (30 Oct 2013)
Experts to share advice for combating accounting fraud (30 Oct 2013)
Insolvency: Blockbuster back in administration (30 Oct 2013)
FSA cleared Britannia's balance sheet just months before Co-op merger (30 Oct 2013)
Auditors must rotate, urges Olympus whistleblower Michael Woodford (29 Oct 2013)
Lloyds Bank sees PPI bill raised by £750m (29 Oct 2013)
Lloyds posts quarterly loss as PPI bill rises above £8bn (29 Oct 2013)
Rabobank faces £600m fine as Libor scandal resurfaces (29 Oct 2013)
Rabobank Admits Wrongdoing in Libor Investigation, Agrees to Pay $325 Million Criminal Penalty (29 Oct 2013)
Publicly quoted companies where executive compensation is linked to the stockmarket invest considerably less than private firms and are less responsive to new investment opportunities (29 Oct 2013)
JPMorgan Still Isn't Sure What It Bought in 2008 (29 Oct 2013)
The trouble with true and fair (29 Oct 2013)
Revolving Doors: BDO’s Appleton named FRC director of accounting (29 Oct 2013)
Transfer pricing loophole on compensating adjustments closed (29 Oct 2013)
Derivatives: Weapons of Mass Destruction or Risk Tools? (29 Oct 2013)
Intellectual property: an engine for growth in Europe (29 Oct 2013)
FRC calls to action for improving disclosures (29 Oct 2013)
Crackdown on LLPs will catch 'reasonable' arrangements (29 Oct 2013)
What Are Interest Rate Swaps and How Do They Work? (29 Oct 2013)
British Gas rakes in £20m profit from overestimated bills, says whistleblower (28 Oct 2013)
UK Taxman urged to take firms like Google and Amazon to court amid warning £35billion in uncollected tax is just the 'tip of the iceberg' (29 Oct 2013)
Deutsche Bank Net Profit Dives on Legal Provisions, Lower IB Revenue (29 Oct 2013)
Insurance Europe urges IASB to amend draft accounting standard (28 Oct 2013)
Double Irish Dutch Sandwich and PricewaterhouseCoopers: Man Making Ireland Tax Avoidance Hub Proves Local Hero (28 Oct 2013)
Former Wrexham FC chief jailed for invoice fraud (28 Oct 2013)
The other energy scandal - power giants use loophole to cut their own tax bills (27 Oct 2013)
BP's bill for Gulf of Mexico spill set to hit $43bn (27 Oct 2013)
Accountancy body (FRC) wants to inspect audited firms (27 Oct 2013)
German media firm seeks damages from Ecclestone for F1 sale (27 Oct 2013)
In Accounting for Slavery's Cost, Figures Vary Widely (27 Oct 2013)
Which make the best accountants – graduates or school leavers? (27 Oct 2013)
JP Morgan settles for $5.1bn with US housing regulator (26 Oct 2013)
£100m-funded apprenticeship training company facing administration (26 Oct 2013)
Serco chief executive stands down after scandal (26 Oct 2013)
Co-operative Bank will be forced to slash costs after rescue (26 Oct 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Report Quietly Confirms Low Effective Tax Rates for Corporations But Directs Attention to Irrelevant Figures (25 Oct 2013)
PCAOB Warns on Internal-Control Problems (25 Oct 2013)
PCAOB Issues Alert No. 11 on Internal Control Audit Deficiencies (25 Oct 2013)
Accounting conventions provide an incomplete picture of a company’s health (25 Oct 2013)
Royal Mail sell-off advisers allocated millions of shares (25 Oct 2013)
Pescanova 'faked' annual turnover in 2011 and 2012 by 80%, says KPMG (25 Oct 2013)
The International Accounting Standard Board's (IASB) newly-updated IAS19 accounting standards look likely to bring the UK's defined benefit pension schemes closer to extinction (25 Oct 2013)
SEC Charges Stryker Corporation With FCPA Violations (25 Oct 2013)
Diebold Incorporated Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $25.2 Million Criminal Penalty (25 Oct 2013)
IAS19 amendments confirmed - expect higher pension expense and greater balance sheet volatility (25 Oct 2013)
What are accounts for? Have accountants lost the plot? (24 Oct 2013)
Barclays found liable in $300 million Black Diamond dispute (24 Oct 2013)
Three-year prison term recommended for former KPMG auditor (24 Oct 2013)
Ace's Greenberg Says Accounting Change Serves Academics (23 Oct 2013)
In the Accounting World, Resisting Sunlight (24 Oct 2013)
Auditing the Auditors (24 Oct 2013)
Revolving Doors: Deloitte reviews Bank of England's costs (24 Oct 2013)
Beyond the Big Four—Why regulators and clients can't break the audit oligopoly (24 Oct 2013)
KPMG denies vetting toxic Co-op merger (24 Oct 2013)
The Eurobond tax scandal: £10bn Channel Tunnel rail link used exemption (24 Oct 2013)
JPMorgan Faces Possible Penalty in Madoff Case (24 Oct 2013)
Royal Mail was worth £10bn, said JP Morgan. It sold for £6bn less (24 Oct 2013)
Bank of America found liable in US mortgage fraud trial (24 Oct 2013)
Deloitte to Pay Record $2 Million Fine in Disciplinary Order (23 Oct 2013)
PCAOB Announces Settled Disciplinary Order against Deloitte & Touche for Permitting Suspended Auditor to Participate in Firm’s Public Company Audit Practice (23 Oct 2013)
Bank of England paves way for dramatic shake-up by calling in McKinsey and Deloitte to review its operations (23 Oct 2013)
Accounting for pensions must change, says report (23 Oct 2013)
GlaxoSmithKline sales plunge in China after scandal (23 Oct 2013)
Hedge fund becomes leading Royal Mail investor (23 Oct 2013)
Barclays aims to dodge EU bank bonus cap with new top-up payments to staff (23 Oct 2013)
Welter of lawsuits attempts to resolve alleged Delco mortgage scam (23 Oct 2013)
JPMorgan Poised to Save $4bn in Tax Write-Offs on Mortgage Probe Settlement (23 Oct 2013)
Lloyds to lose £57m after Tenon collapse (22 Oct 2013)
Camelot avoided £10m in tax from lottery - thanks to a legal loophole and Canadian teachers (22 Oct 2013)
Considering the Fairness of JPMorgan's Deal (22 Oct 2013)
Slain auditor was handling high-profile cases (22 Oct 2013)
Profit warnings at highest since 2008 (22 Oct 2013)
Shock rise in firms warning of missed targets on profits (22 Oct 2013)
EFRAG critical of lease accounting proposals (22 Oct 2013)
City workers face investigation over Libor 'fixing' (22 Oct 2013)
Co-op Group loses majority control of banking division (22 Oct 2013)
Failings cost Co-op bank £105m more (21 Oct 2013)
FIA defends itself from attacks over unclear accounting (21 Oct 2013)
FIA accounts criticised for lack of transparency (21 Oct 2013)
US hedge funds 'force Co-op Group to give up majority control of bank' (21 Oct 2013)
Kenya Revenue Authority smokes out audit firms and multinationals in Sh4b tax evasion scheme (21 Oct 2013)
Cracking down on Phantom Firms: Beneficial Ownership Transparency (21 Oct 2013)
Firms running NHS care services avoiding millions in tax (21 Oct 2013)
Accountants Should Focus on Detecting Fraud, Experts Say (21 Oct 2013)
SEC Scores in Accounting Fraud Suit Against BankAtlantic Corp and CEO (20 Oct 2013)
Building magnate Sir Fraser Morrison loses tax fight over deal with Anglian Water (20 Oct 2013)
JP Morgan 'may pay record $13bn fine' (20 Oct 2013)
Ernst& Young to pay $99 million to end Lehman investor lawsuit (19 Oct 2013)
Ernst & Young To Pay $99 Million To Settle Class-Action Claims From Lehman Investors (19 Oct 2013)
Goldman's Only Making an 8.1% Return For Its Shareholders (19 Oct 2013)
Morgan Stanley Leverage Ratio Unchanged at 4.2% in Third Quarter (19 Oct 2013)
Case Against Madoff Sons Is Dismissed in London (19 Oct 2013)
UK court dismisses action against Madoff directors (19 Oct 2013)
Madoffs, Kohn Exonerated in Suit Over European Losses (19 Oct 2013)
Edgbaston accountant jailed for £186000 tax fraud (19 Oct 2013)
Leverage And Risk Eventually Transfer To The Least Regulated (19 Oct 2013)
HSBC unit to pay $2.5 billion in fraud case (18 Oct 2013)
Judge Orders HSBC Unit to Pay $2.46 Billion in Subprime Case (18 Oct 2013)
Bonmarche fashion chain to float shares on AIM (18 Oct 2013)
Swiss private bank Frey closes, citing burdensome regulation after US tax row (18 Oct 2013)
Would it be a disaster if Co-op Bank 'fails'? (18 Oct 2013)
Bernard Madoff 'did not act alone' in fraud (17 Oct 2013)
Madoff Employees Lied, Prosecutor Says at Trial (17 Oct 2013)
Battle over 'prudence' isolates the IASB (17 Oct 2013)
Full CC final report on audit market published (17 Oct 2013)
Competition Commission: Statutory audit services for large companies market investigation (17 Oct 2013)
Canadian securities regulators to ramp up oversight of auditors (17 Oct 2013)
Dr Martens owners in talks with private equity firm over £300m takeover (17 Oct 2013)
FRC publishes Corporate Reporting Review Annual Report (17 Oct 2013)
Barclays faces new Libor rigging 'review' (17 Oct 2013)
FRC calls for improved reporting at smaller listed companies (17 Oct 2013)
Changes Ahead For Lease Accounting (16 Oct 2013)
Tchenguiz questions Grant Thornton appeal (16 Oct 2013)
JPMorgan fined $100m by US regulators for London Whale (16 Oct 2013)
BDO will continue auditing Pescanova (16 Oct 2013)
UK regulator launches currency-rigging probe (16 Oct 2013)
Watch Dogs delay wounds games maker Ubisoft (16 Oct 2013)
IMF explains “Double Irish Dutch Sandwich” tax avoidance (16 Oct 2013)
What has Grant Thornton got to hide, asks Tchenguiz (15 Oct 2013)
Competition Commission dilutes audit reforms (15 Oct 2013)
Audit market reforms unveiled by Competition Commission (15 Oct 2013)
Competition Commission backtracks on five-year audits (15 Oct 2013)
Competition Commission finalises measures to open up audit market (15 Oct 2013)
They like useless regualtion: Firms react positively to CC ten-year audit tender plan (15 Oct 2013)
FRC response to Competition Commission final measures to open up audit market (15 Oct 2013)
Former Royal Bank of Scotland trader linked to currency market fixing (15 Oct 2013)
Peugeot shares plunge on report (15 Oct 2013)
Boots owner Alliance 'uses havens to save £1.1bn in corporation tax' (15 Oct 2013)
Alliance Boots and the Tax Gap (15 Oct 2013)
FSS to check Tong Yang's money-lending unit over accounting fraud (15 Oct 2013)
End of self-regulation for Hong Kong accountants is a home-made problem (14 Oct 2013)
FRC to amend hedge accounting rules (14 Oct 2013)
Report questions auditors' ethics (14 Oct 2013)
Truth-Telling by Third-Party Auditors: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in India (14 Oct 2013)
IASB rejects cash conditions from EU parliament (14 Oct 2013)
Five key objectives for in-demand internal auditors (14 Oct 2013)
Scheme to ensure payments to small companies 'not working' (14 Oct 2013)
UK Regulator could fine banks for 'swap' mis-selling (14 Sep 2013)
Apple should buy big companies, says former boss (14 Oct 2013)
EU tells IASB and Efrag to toughen up governance regimes (14 Oct 2013)
BP could be hit by new Deepwater Horizon claims after US court ruling (13 Oct 2013)
Warning after water management firm's collapse (13 Oct 2013)
Barclays' appeal aims to dismiss Libor-link case (13 Oct 2013)
UK Government loses £700m of tax due to wine smuggling (13 Oct 2013)
€8.8bn of royalty payments channelled through Bermuda by Google (12 Oct 2013)
Accountancy firm EY pays bosses £651k (12 Oct 2013)
Richest 1 Percent Hold 46 Percent Of The World's Wealth (12 Oct 2013)
Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report (12 Oct 2013)
Google routes €8.8bn of royalties through Bermuda to reduce overseas tax (11 Oct 2013)
FASB and IASB Refocus on Financial Disclosures (11 Oct 2013)
What makes a good company register? Part 1: The public purpose (11 Oct 2013)
OECD MEMORANDUM ON TRANSFER PRICING DOCUMENTATION AND COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REPORTING (11 Oct 2013)
US watchdog adopts Madoff-inspired reforms for auditors of brokers (11 Oct 2013)
Insolvency: Alitalia rescued after financing deal agreed (11 Oct 2013)
Lying accountant facing jail in multi-million pound Plymouth fraud case (11 Oct 2013)
JPMorgan Chase reports quarterly loss on legal costs (11 Oct 2013)
Firms expected to review pensions accounting following WHSmith ruling (11 Oct 2013)
Findings of the FRC in respect of the accounts of WH Smith Plc for the year ended 31 August 2012 (10 Oct 2013)
PCAOB Approves New Broker-Dealer Audit and Attest Standards (10 Oct 2013)
CCAB issues draft of proposed LLP SORP (10 Oct 2013)
SABMiller tax report disappoints ActionAid (10 Oct 2013)
SABMIller Plc: Tax and Development - Our Approach to Tax 2013 (10 Oct 2013)
Ernst& Young had 'no conflict of interest' over work at Anglo (10 Oct 2013)
After the financial crisis we were all Keynesians – but not for long enough (10 Oct 2013)
Xerox Says SEC Probing Accounting Practices of ACS Division (9 Oct 2013)
SEC Investigates Accounting at Outsourcing Division at Xerox (9 Oct 2013)
Twitter's shady accounting (9 Oct 2013)
Twitter is hiding two years of financial data (9 Oct 2013)
EU moves close to imposing mandatory auditor rotation (9 Oct 2013)
Mandatory auditor rotation agreed (9 Oct 2013)
New Corporate Tax Shelter: A Merger Abroad (9 Oct 2013)
FRC opposes IASB's leasing proposals (9 Oct 2013)
FRC Submission to the IASB: Opposes propsoed leasing accounting standard (9 Oct 2013)
Capital market debacle and responsibility of auditors (9 Oct 2013)
Jury selection begins in trial of Bernard Madoff's former employees (9 Oct 2013)
Modernisation of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive (9 Oct 2013)
Ernst& Young reports fastest rate of growth in five years (9 Oct 2013)
Ex-Ernst& Young Executive Rebuffed in Tax Shelter Case (8 Oct 2013)
It's a cop-out: EU agrees need for mandatory auditor rotation (8 Oct 2013)
RSM Tenon Accountancy partners win court battle to work (8 Oct 2013)
$54m later, state fired computer contractor Deloitte (8 Oct 2013)
Mass. IT project is latest black eye for Deloitte (8 Oct 2013)
SEC Charges Three Auditors in Continuing Crackdown on Violations or Failures By Gatekeepers (8 Oct 2013)
Facebook's UK corporation tax bill: £0 (8 Oct 2013)
Oracle Shareholders Urged to Vote Against CEO Pay Package (8 Oct 2013)
Mizuho Scandal Reveals Merger Indigestion (8 Oct 2013)
Deloitte's computer woes go beyond Mass. (8 Oct 2013)
Britain's explosive shell companies (8 oct 2013)
EU tells IASB and Efrag to toughen up governance regimes (8 Oct 2013)
Survey shows division over FASB, IASB credit loss proposals (8 Oct 2013)
Interview: Deloitte chief executive and senior partner David Sproul (8 Oct 2013)
Country-by-country reporting: responding to the government’s consultation (7 oct 2013)
On the up – the number of women in British boardrooms rises to 19% (7 Oct 2013)
Aston Martin posts £24.6m pre-tax loss (7 Oct 2013)
Bentley boss warns that UK supply chain is 'not good enough' (7 Oct 2013)
Travelodge lost £71m in 2012's 'annus horribilis' (7 Oct 2013)
Royal Mail's new owners to receive 10-year tax break (7 Oct 2013)
Transfer pricing in Africa – A balancing act (6 Oct 2013)
Google and ExxonMobil run rings around outdated tax laws (6 Oct 2013)
WATCH THE VIDEO: HAVE I GOT TAX FOR YOU (6 Oct 2013)
An Accounting Lesson for Twitter (5 Oct 2013)
EU states in breakthrough over accounting reform (5 Oct 2013)
FASB Plans Roundtables on Insurance Contract Standards (5 Oct 2013)
A Nation of Accountants: More than 11000 new UK accountancy posts forecast this year (5 Oct 2013)
New reporting burdens will fall on audit committees (5 Oct 2013)
Deloitte & Touche Settles Suits Over Taylor Bean Collapse (4 Oct 2013)
Deloitte settles lawsuits alleging it missed fraud at mortgage lender (4 Oct 2013)
It will end in tears: Britain backs global accounting rules despite investor concerns (4 Oct 2013)
“Does it add up?: The US-China Auditing Dispute” (4 Oct 2013)
Ineos writes down Grangemouth assets to zero (4 Oct 2013)
PwC's Powell says international tax no longer fit for purpose (4 Oct 2013)
Accounting standards are part of legally binding corporate reporting framework, says UK government (4 Oct 2013)
UK looks to counter IFRS rules critics (4 Oct 2013)
IFRS accounts compliant with UK law, says BIS (4 Oct 2013)
THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL: International accounting standards and the true and fair view (4 Oct 2013)
BlackBerry buyout could get boost with $500-million tax refund (4 Oct 2013)
On balance sheet lease accounting looms large (4 Oct 2013)
Transfer pricing has a negative impact on many developing countries (3 Oct 2013)
Ex-KPMG Partner Agrees to SEC Bar (3 Oct 2013)
UK backs global accounting rules, wants 'prudence' back (3 Oct 2013)
Britain tries to counter criticism of IFRS accounting rules (3 Oct 2013)
BIS refutes investor concerns over accounting standards' legality (3 Oct 2013)
New accounting rules make axing reactors cheaper (3 Oct 2013)
Vatican bank publishes first ever annual report (3 Oct 2013)
Deloitte asks for leave to appeal its £14m fine for MG Rover work (3 Oct 2013)
Ernst& Young associate escapes ICAI scrutiny (3 Oct 2013)
An Australian Accountant Who Worked At PwC And KPMG Has Been Jailed For Aiding Al Qaeda (3 Oct 2013)
Did Google's clever accounting cost the UK's coffers £150m last year? (2 Oct 2013)
Humpty Dumpty accountants (2 Oct 2013)
Big Four in Trouble Again: Auditors at Big US Firms Cited for More Deficiencies (2 Oct 2013)
Tesco blames drop in half-year profits on Europe (2 Oct 2013)
Rangers auditors (Deloitte) paid £594000 for 'non-audit' related work (2 Oct 2013)
Deloitte appeals FRC record fine (2 Oct 2013)
Fat Cats: Bonus clawbacks could be made easier (2 Oct 2013)
FRC to consult on executive remuneration (2 Oct 2013)
Albemarle& Bond in rescue talks after attempted rights issue (2 Oct 2013)
Bad bank chiefs face ousting or, at worst, seven years' in jail (2 Oct 2013)
When auditors keep bad company (2 Oct 2013)
Money for Old Rope: KPMG: More assurance needed following reporting changes (2 Oct 2013)
New UK executive pay rules give shareholders binding vote (1 Oct 2013)
Fury at Google's £12m tax bill on sales of £3bn: 'Paltry' sum attacked by MPs (1 Oct 2013)
Wells Fargo agrees $869m settlement with Freddie Mac (1 Oct 2013)
SEC Bars New Jersey Firm After Audit Deficiencies Related to Chinese Company (1 Oct 2013)
BP may face $18bn in fines for gross negligence as federal trial resumes (1 Oct 2013)
Wolseley to return £300m to shareholders as profits jump (1 Oct 2013)
SFO director delegated major decisions to non-lawyer deputy (1 Oct 2013)
Fortune 50 Stashing $800 Billion in Offshore Profits (1 Oct 2013)
ExxonMobil Tax Game: a single employee presided over a company that from 2009 to 2011 made €9.9bn of net profits, all while earning an annual salary of only €55,000 (1 Oct 2013)
Citigroup agrees $395m Freddie Mac mortgage claim settlement (1 Oct 2013)

SEPTEMBER 2013

Barclays and KPMG involved in $660m tax ‘sham structure’ (30 Sep 2013)

€230 million award in landmark case on auditor's negligence (30 Sep 2013)
FHA to get $1.7 billion in its first taxpayer-funded bailout- blames accounting rules (30 Sep 2013)
Google paid £11.6m in UK corporation tax last year (30 Sep 2013)
Pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond's shares tumble more than 40pc on profit warning (30 Sep 2013)
JPMorgan's biggest mistake (30 Sep 2013)
KPMG's Scott London barred for insider trading (29 Sep 2013)
Auditor to examine potential conflicts of interest at JobsOhio (29 Sep 2013)
News Corp's plunging revenues concealed by subtle accountancy (29 Sep 2013)

Iceland PM Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson Says UK Copying Iceland's Financial Errors (29 Sep 2013)
Hedge fund pushes for G4S 'break-up' (29 Sep 2013)
Watch Out BP, Latest Fines May Be Five Times Your Estimate (29 Sep 2013)
Transfer Pricing and Related Party Transactions: Built-In Biases Put Profits In Tax Havens (28 Sep 2013)
Directors' fees pose transfer pricing challenge for companies (28 Sep 2013)
Olympus pays US investors $2.6 mil over accounting scandal (28 Sep 2013)
Natural capital accounting: what's all the fuss about? (28 Sep 2013)
Bank Internal Auditors Warned About Lending Risks (28 Sep 2013)
Analyst Dismisses Letter to Herbalife's Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers... (28 Sep 2013)
SEC Bars Former KPMG Partner for Role in Insider-Trading Scheme (27 Sep 2013)
Bernard Madoff's former accountant arrested over $65bn Ponzi scheme (27 Sep 2013)
Accountant Who Worked With Madoff for Years Is Indicted in Fraud (27 Sep 2013)
Olympus reaches first shareholder settlement over accounting scandal (27 Sep 2013)
Auditors, bank settles in lawsuit connected to $53 million fraud (27 Sep 2013)
PwC acts for both sides in Bega fight (27 Sep 2013)
Icelandic bank says it cannot meet £1.5bn debt repayment schedule (27 Sep 2013)
Modernisation of the rules relating to insolvency law (27 Sep 2013)
Get this: SpiceJet's net worth fully eroded, warn auditors (27 Sep 2013)
61 PwC Partners Accused of Tax Crimes Over Bonuses in Spain (26 Sep 2013)
PwC partners accused of $28.4m worth of tax crimes (26 Sep 2013)
HSBC still laundering money for terrorist groups, says whistleblower Everett Stern (26 Sep 2013)
JP Morgan Is Discussing $11 Billion Settlement (26 Sep 2013)
ICAI initiates probe into auditors' role after FTIL report withdrawn (26 Sep 2013)
Sage slips on competition concerns as rival Xero targets UK (26 Sep 2013)
Top banks have 115 billion euro capital shortfall, most in Europe (26 Sep 2013)
Accountant at firm with €3.1m missing is unfit to be a director (26 Sep 2013)
Insolvency: Lehman creditors get £5bn from administrators (26 Sep 2013)
Revolving Doors: Ex-PwC partner take chair at Parity (26 Sep 2013)
The International Accounting Standards Board – you couldn’t make them up (25 Sep 2013)
Financial Tech: Cowardly Deloitte washing its hands of a scam (25 Sep 2013)
Financial Technologies cracks 14% as Deloitte withdraws audit report (25 Sep 2013)
IASB chair states case for leases on balance sheets (25 Sep 2013)
Banks and large caps fight changes to leasing rules (25 Sep 2013)
SEC Charges Two Mercantile Bancorp Bank Executives for Financial Misstatements and Failure to Disclose Probable Loss on Troubled Loan (25 Sep 2013)
SEC Charges Former Qualcomm Executive and His Financial Advisor With Insider Trading Through Secret Offshore Accounts (25 Sep 2013)
MEPs threatened to withdraw funding from the IASB (24 Sep 2013)
Criticism Mounts Against New Accounting Rules for Leases (24 Sep 2013)
Type A or Type B? Lease concerns emerge at round table (24 Sep 2013)
PCAOB Expected to Reexamine Audit Transparency Proposal (24 Sep 2013)
HBOS £35m business loans probe: Tenth person charged (24 Sep 2013)
This is what counts as restraint in executive pay: bonuses that quadruple your salary (24 Sep 2013)
ICAEW member charged in HBOS loans investigation (24 Sep 2013)
Accounting Standards Board consciously disregarded the law (23 Sep 2013)
Judge Slams BB&T, Sidley Austin, Barclays and KPMG Over Tax Scheme (23 Sep 2013)
US Court Rejects STARS Tax Shelter, Calls Conduct of Banks, KPMG & Sidley Austin 'Reprehensible ... Waste of Human Potential' (23 Sep 2013)
U.S. court: Barclays tax avoidance scheme a 'reprehensible ... waste of human potential (23 Sep 2013)
In the United States Court of Federal Claims: SALEM FINANCIAL, INC., v UNITED STATES (23 Sep 2013)
Britannia loans 'key factor' behind Co-op woes (23 Sep 2013)
UK Action against unlawful “phoenix” companies doubles (23 Sep 2013)
Profits from Tax Avoidance: Deloitte grows global sales for fourth year in a row (23 Sep 2013)
BP to make millions from lifting of Iranian gas ban (22 Sep 2013)
Can a new architecture revive the UN Global Compact? (22 Sep 2013)
Bernie Ecclestone bribery case delayed until the new year (22 Sep 2013)
Massachusetts Probes JP Morgan's Debt-Collection Practices (22 Sep 2013)
Co-op Bank bondholders target their fury at City watchdogs (21 Sep 2013)
Co-op forced to consider hedge fund plan (21 Sep 2013)
BlackBerry Said to Hire PwC to Evaluate Company (21 Sep 2013)
Nationwide under fire for lending £30m to Heron Tower project (21 Sep 2013)
Nigeria looted oil money 'laundered abroad' (21 Sep 2013)
Government 'must force its suppliers to pay tax' (20 Sep 2013)
Bridge Business Recovery founder charged with fraud (20 Sep 2013)
HMRC restricts compensating adjustments in UK transfer pricing (20 Sep 2013
How German tech giantSAP trims its US tax bill by using transfer pricing (20 Sep 2013)
Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying oil spill evidence (20 Sep 2013)
Competition Commission drops the ball on auditor rotation (19 Sep 2013)
Investors renew push for mandatory audit rotation (19 Sep 2013)
They want to be shielded from the consquences of their own failures: Auditors seek to cap liability in negligence cases (19 Sep 2013)
Ex-Banker Pleads Guilty in Olympus Fraud Case (19 Sep 2013)
UBS Securities Japan Must Pay $100 Million in Libor Case (19 Sep 2013)
JP Morgan makes $920m London Whale payout to regulators (19 Sep 2013)
India: New Transfer Pricing Rules To Reduce Tax Disputes (19 Sep 2013)
Revolding Doors: Stephen Herring (BDO) joins Institute of Directors (19 Sep 2013)
Spanish banks can use some accounting finesse (18 Sep 2013)
Royal Bank of Scotland facing £42m legal bill (18 Sep 2013)
Big investors mull action against RBS over £12billion rights issue (18 Sep 2013)
FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL: Record of the Annual Open Meeting held on Thursday 12 September 2013 (18 Sep 2013)
CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Disclosure Proposed by SEC (18 Sep 2013)
ICAEW duo at Old Bailey over £1m charity con charge (18 Sep 2013)
Lease accounting proposals worry oil and gas operators, contractors (18 Sep 2013)
Businesses voice stiff opposition to lease proposal (18 Sep 2013)
IFRS Foundation and IOSCO Strike Deal on Applying IFRS Consistently around World (18 Sep 2013)
Insolvency: KPMG administrators arrange pre-pack deal at abattoir Ensors (18 Sep 2013)
Accountants and private equity face UK tax crackdown (17 Sep 2013)
Barclays' £322m of hidden fees for Qatar (17 Sep 2013)
Linn Energy SEC inquiry sparks hedge accounting debate (17 Sep 2013)
SEC Charges 23 Firms With Short Selling Violations in Crackdown on Potential Manipulation in Advance of Stock Offerings (17 Sep 2013)
JP Morgan to settle London Whale investigation 'for £440m' (17 Sep 2013)
Partnerships to face a UK Treasury tax crackdown (17 Sep 2013)
Lloyds share sale raises £3.2bn (17 Sep 2013)
FRC vows to continue audit reform fight in annual meeting (17 Sep 2013)
Ex-Siemens Executive's Bribery Trial Can Continue, Court Rules (17 Sep 2013)
Microsoft launches $40bn share buyback (17 Sep 2013)
Co-op hedge funds plan debt-for-equity swap (17 Sep 2013)
Big business is policing tax avoidance – what could possibly go wrong ( 16 Sep 2013)
Investigation announced in connection with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors to The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (16 Sep 2013)
Watchdog investigates PwC over Berkeley audit (16 Sep 2013)
Cash reserves rise to £166bn as businesses play it safe (16 Sep 2013)
Lehman Brothers Crash: Inside the Accounting Trick That Destroyed the Economy (16 Sep 2013)
Lease Accounting Rules Raise Ire Down to the Wire (16 Sep 2013)
KPN Agrees to $4.9 Billion Tax-Book Loss on German Sale (16 Sep 2013)
Barclays reports £500m income fall (16 Sep 2013)
Barclays fined £50m for 'reckless' behaviour during 2008 fundraisings (16 Sep 2013)
IASB chair states case for leases on balance sheets (16 Sep 2013)
ACCA global forum calls for IASB to abandon planned new Standard on leasing (16 Sep 2013)
MG Rover debacle can’t hide accounting regulation failures (15 Sep 2013)
Welsh auditor slams town councils' persistent accounting failures (15 Sep 2013)
Auditor Liability: Auditor cases suggest law books need balancing too (15 Sep 2013)
Fat Cats: Diageo investors target £18.2m ex-boss Paul Walsh (15 Sep 2013)
Insolvency: Winding up the UK arm of Lehman Brothers will take at least another five years (15 Sep 2013)
Lehman Brothers collapse: was capitalism to blame? (15 Sep 2013)
Warning to businesses as UK fraud bill hits £85bn (15 Sep 2013)
HMRC's David Heaton (member of the GAAR Panel) quits after offering tips on avoiding tax (14 Sep 2013)
Revenue adviser (Baker Tilly partner David Heaton) caught listing ways to avoid 'chancellor's grubby mitts' (14 Sep 2013)
Government tax adviser 'quits over secretly filmed tips' (14 Sep 2013)
Insurance rules will create accounting mismatches, FRC warns (14 Sep 2013)
Hank Greenberg on Watching AIG Implode From the Sidelines (14 Sep 2013)
Barclays sweetens AIG redress with extra interest payments (14 Sep 2013)
FCA fines Axa £1.8m over Isa mis-selling (14 Sep 2013)
'BAE' documents lost by SFO found at cannabis farm (14 Sep 2013)
Rangers' parent firm shortens its accounting period (14 Sep 2013)
Promontory, PwC Said to Be Subpoenaed by N.Y. Regulator (13 Sep 2013)
Ackman Sends 52 Page Letter to PWC Regarding Herbalife (13 Sep 2013)
FASB Chairman Aims to Speed Up Process, Reduce Complexity (13 Sep 2013)
Consultancy guns for hire: What KPMG ignored when arguing for HS2 (13 Sep 2013)
7 Mind-Blowing Numbers From the Lehman Brothers Disaster (13 Sep 2013)
Pay of PwC partners is back at pre-crisis levels (13 Sep 2013)
Olympus in court for allegedly misleading EY auditors (13 Sep 2013)
Lehman Recovery Seen as Justifying $2 Billion Bankruptcy (13 Sep 2013)
Lehman collapse: the liquidator's story (13 Sep 2013)
Lehman Players Look Back on Historic Bankruptcy (13 Sep 2013)
How much has Weil Gotshal earned in Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy? (13 Sep 2013)
Insolvency: UK games developer Blitz Games Studios shuts down (13 Sep 2013)
Revolving Doors: KPMG's Oliver Tant to take Imperial Tobacco FD role (25 Sep 2013)
The Auditing Front In The Herbalife War (12 Sep 2013)
Ackman Questions Impartiality of Herbalife's Audito (PwC) (12 Sep 2013)
Insolvency: Lawyers and accountants log $3bn payday in Lehman aftermath (12 Sep 2013)
Fortune 100 Companies Disclosing More about Auditors (12 Sep 2013)
US Companies Disclosing More about Auditors (12 Sep 2013)
When Auditors Act as Bankers (12 Sep 2013)
Ernst& Young Ignored China Papers Request, Court Told (12 Sep 2013)
Banks may have to raise extra £50bn under emerging 'Basel IV' (12 Sep 2013)
Chinese Companies Outperform US Peers on Markets despite Accountng Fraud Risk (12 Sep 2013)
Revolving Doors: KPMG's Oliver Tant to take Imperial Tobacco FD role (12 Sep 2013)
Dell shareholders approve buyout (12 Sep 2013)
Deloitte buys Aussie firms for domination (12 Sep 2013)
Olympus Lied to Auditors to Conceal Losses, UK Prosecutors Say (11 Sep 2013)
Public Comment Period on Lease Accounting Draws Near (11 Sep 2013)
Crop Insurers' $14 Billion Some See as Money Laundering (11 Sep 2013)
Olympus Lied to Auditors to Conceal Losses, UK Prosecutors Say (10 Sep 2013)
Olympus accounting case opens in London (10 Sep 2013)
Deloitte is brought to book at last – but what about the Phoenix Four (10 Sep 2013)
Give MG Rover workers share of £14m Deloitte fine, says MP (10 Sep 2013)
India Companies Act draft rules bring clarity on auditor rotation, CSR spending (10 Sep 2013)
Tesco offloads loss making Fresh & Easy chain (10 Sep 2013)
New York freezes $24m of Magnitsky fraud assets (10 Sep 2013)
FCA chief confirms formal ISDAfix probe (10 Sep 2013)
PwC warns that reforms will cost it audit clients (10 Sep 2013)
Formal legal opinion: company directors have no fiduciary duty to avoid tax (9 Sep 2013)
FRC publishes Final Report of Disciplinary Hearing: MG Rover Group, Deloitte & Touche and Mr Maghsoud Einollahi (9 Sep 2013)
Tribunal Report: Deloitte& Touche and Mr Maghsoud Einollahi (9 Sep 2013)
Formal Complaint: Deloitte& Touche and Mr Maghsoud Einollahi (9 Sep 2013)
Deloitte fined £14m for conflict of interest over MG Rover (9 Sep 2013)
Deloitte fined record £14m over MG Rover advice (9 Sep 2013)
MP calls for compensation for Rover workers following £14m Deloitte fine (9 Sep 2013)
UK accountants find no shield from advisory status (9 Sep 2013)
Tax avoidance 'not a legal duty' (9 Sep 2013)
Fat Cats: PwC's Powell takes home £3.6m (9 Sep 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers U.K. Says 2013 Profit Rose 1.8 Percent (9 Sep 2013)
Banks face up to £10bn hidden bill for swaps mis-selling (9 Sep 2013)
Financial adviser who ran elaborate £600,000 tax fraud to help bankroll his son’s motor-racing career is jailed (9 Sep 2013)
Revolving Doors: Ex-FSA director Sheila Nicoll joins Ernst & Young (8 Sep 2013)
Jordan's Amwal Invest suing Ernst and Young over alleged fraud (8 Sep 2013)
Bank Leverage Is the Defining Debate of Our Time (8 Sep 2013)
Leverage rules may force €1.8trn of cuts (8 Sep 2013)
Tax avoidance is not company directors' priority, lawyers warn (8 Sep 2013)
Accountant who stole £180k from 91-year-old jailed (8 Sep 2013)
Amwal Invest sues Ernst & Young for hiding financial troubles (7 Sep 2013)
M&S tightening screw on suppliers in bid to improve cash flow (7 Sep 2013)
Blue-chip hacking: The battle to hide the truth revealed as police remove key names from Soca list of firms that used rogue private investigators - Deloitte on the list (7 Sep 2013)
Accountant committed fraud to fund drug habit, court hears (7 Sep 2013)
US prosecutors add China bribe allegations to GSK probe (7 Sep 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) link: Dolce & Gabbana: drama that could only be fashioned in Italy (7 Sep 2013)
Timing of Profits Spurs Debate on Accounting in IRS Code: Taxes (6 Sep 2013)
US banks stalk leading UK companies amid $3 trillion buying spree (6 Sep 2013)
Netherlands admits shame in being tax haven, pledges limited reforms (6 Sep 2013)
Founder of DIY share dealing firm rake in £72m: Accountants who company from scratch set for windfall after announcing record profits (6 Sep 2013)
Cartels and corruption with Siemens (6 Sep 2013)
EU clamps down on shadow banking (6 Sep 2013)
Is Transparency the Best Disinfectant? (6 Sep 2013)
Onyx CEO Could Make More Than $60 Million From Amgen Deal (6 Sep 2013)
Fuller's calls time on EY as auditor (6 Sep 2013)
Olympus faces prosecution in UK as its £1.1bn accounting fraud case spreads beyond Japan (5 Sep 2013)
Auditor EY blew the whistle on Olympus firm's 'irregularities' rather quietly (5 Sep 2013)
Opposition Mounts to Lease Accounting Changes (5 Sep 2013)
Barclays' £6bn cash-raising efforts to begin on Friday 13th (5 Sep 2013)
Former Co-op Bank boss says he warned bank over-stretched (5 Sep 2013)
Dixons Retail to sell loss-making online store Pixmania (5 Sep 2013)
Universal Credit IT programme not fit for purpose, sources warn (5 Sep 2013)
Olympus to be prosecuted by UK fraud agency (4 Sep 2013)
Kodak Moments Just a Memory as Company Exits Bankruptcy (4 Sep 2013)
Co-op Bank writes down £148.4m of IT investments (4 Sep 2013)
US standard-setter's advisory panel opposes leases proposal (4 Sep 2013)
Are you ready for a new lease accounting standard? (4 Sep 2013)
Ryanair warns that profits may miss forecast (4 Sep 2013)
Burberry and Hackett Accountant Victor Navarro Must Pay Back Stolen £114000 (4 Sep 2013)
Rising transfer pricing scrutiny dials up risk (4 Sep 2013)
Is Transfer Pricing The Fix To Corporate Tax Reform? (4 Sep 2013)
GSK ran hospital bribery programme, say Chinese police (4 Sep 2013)
Ronald Coase and his economics (4 Sep 2013)
Ronald Coase and the Misuse of Economics (4 Sep 2013)
Wonga posts £84.5m profit as one million people draw payday loans (3 Sep 2013)
Basic accounting errors on carrier jets cost taxpayer £74m (3 Sep 2013)
Revolving Doors: Ex-PwC director takes FRC role (3 Sep 2013)
Microsoft To Fund Nokia Acquisition With $60 Billion In Offshore Holdings (3 Sep 2013)
Aberdeen fined £7m for putting £650m of investors' money at risk (3 Sep 2013)
The Vodafine Tax Saga: DISPOSALS BY COMPANIES WITH SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDINGS (3 Sep 2013)
How Vodafone Managed the Tax Headache (3 Sep 2013)
Vodafone-Verizon deal: Margaret Hodge raises alarm over tax loss (3 Sep 2013)
KPMG stays top of auditor rankings list (3 Sep 2013)
Revolving Doors: BDO International audit partner joins Dragon Oil board (3 Sep 2013)
Co-op Bank loan value 'deficit' grows to £3.6bn (2 Sep 2013)
Vodafone: No UK tax to pay on £84bn sale (2 Sep 2013)
Vodafone will not pay tax on £84bn sale to Verizon (2 Sep 2013)
Vodafone's £84bn tax avoidance bonanza: Nothing for taxpayers in Verizon deal but bankers share £500m in fees (2 Sep 2013)
PCAOB uncovers audit failings at KPMG and PwC (2 Sep 2013)
Banks cancel smaller companies' overdrafts as cash crisis continues (2 Sep 2013)
Qantas takes a financial flight of fancy on accounting winds (2 Sep 2013)
HTC design executives detained for stealing trade secrets (2 Sep 2013)
Big Four's hold on the FTSE (1 Sep 2013)
Under an accounting quirk the $51 billion loss does not affect bank earnings but can reduce the book value of a bank (1 Sep 2013)
Wonga's profits soar to £100m as bid to curb payday lenders ends in failure (1 Sep 2013)
Co-op Bank investors express anger over rescue plan (1 Sep 2013)
Fat Cats: Anger over pay plan for bosses at Mulberry (1 Sep 2013)
Accounting for pensions must change, says report (1 Sep 2013)
Keep track of criminals? Serco is so big that it can't keep track of itself (1 Sep 2013)
Does Serco have culture of deception? (1 Sep 2013)

AUGUST 2013

Lloyd's faces probe from New York watchdog into Iranian deals (31 Aug 2013)
Swiss banks face fines for US tax dodgers (31 Aug 2013)
It's bleedin obvious: KPMG warns of Co-op Bank's going concern status (31 Aug 2013)

Vodafone shareholders expect £40bn payout from Verizon sale (31 Aug 2013)
The bizarre tax loophole that could save Vodafone £24 billion (31 Aug 2013)
Merrill Lynch settles US race discrimination suit for $160m (30 Aug 2013)
Johnston Press writes down £200m on titles (30 Aug 2013)
Johnston Press in the red after £200m write-down (30 Aug 2013)
Putting PwC on Serco's case adds another stink to a very smelly situation (30 Aug 2013)
PwC and KPMG audits fall foul of PCAOB (30 Aug 2013)
Business booming for pubs, restaurants and legal firms (30 Aug 2013)
JPMorgan Bribe Probe Said to Expand in Asia as Spreadsheet Is Found (30 Aug 2013)
Co-op bondholders demand options as bank posts £700m loss (30 Aug 2013)
BDO hands Farepak creditor payment to Insolvency Service (30 Aug 2013)
The rollercoaster ride that was RSM Tenon has reached a predictable end (29 Aug 2013)
US Regulator Finds Deficiencies in Audits (29 Aug 2013)
BP loses second bid to suspend oil disaster payments (29 Aug 2013)
Fraudster used online accountancy software to siphon money (29 Aug 2013)
Merrill Lynch poised to settle race bias claim in $160m deal (29 Aug 2013)
Huge Co-op Bank losses see group go almost £560m into the red (29 Aug 2013)
Co-op pays for past sins (29 Aug 2013)
Want a job where you can fail and still get paid lavishly? Try CEO (29 Aug 2013)
Government calls police over Serco prison escort fraud claims (29 Aug 2013)
Fat Cats: Finance director salaries up almost 5% (29 Aug 2013)
Johnston Press woes as auditors flag doubt over status (29 Aug 2013)
Standard Chartered could drop KPMG as its auditor (29 Aug 2013)
Crooked and ‘delusional’ accountant jailed for fraud (29 Aug 2013)
Brighton accountant jailed for stealing £235k (29 Aug 2013)
PCAOB Finds Audit Problems at KPMG and PwC (28 Aug 2013)
PCAOB Report on 2012 Inspection of KPMG LLP (28 Aug 2013)
PCAOB Report on 2012 Inspection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (28 Aug 2013)
Debt-laden security giant G4S unveils £600m fund-raising scheme (28 Aug 2013)
US seeks $6bn from JPMorgan to settle subprime lawsuits (28 Aug 2013)
Nationwide to boost capital by buying back securities (28 Aug 2013)
Russian Companies may be obliged to provide information on offshore status (28 Aug 2013)
Bank chairman bought luxury home with bailout money (28 Aug 2013)
M&G apologises to bond investors over accounting error (28 Aug 2013)
Trump faces two-front legal fight over 'university' (28 Aug 2013)
Donald Trump University Lawsuit Is Lesson For All For-Profit Colleges (28 Aug 2013)
Madoff trustee reaches $98 mln settlement with Maxam fund (28 Aug 2013)
US Regulator Bans Peregrine Auditor (27 Aug 2013)
CFTC Bars Accountant for Failing to Properly Audit Peregrine Financial (27 Aug 2013)
CFTC Permanently Bars Accountant, Jeannie Veraja-Snelling, for Failing to Properly Audit Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. (27 Aug 2013)
Finance bosses puzzled by UK audit reform plans (27 Aug 2013)
Conwoman accountant stole £17500 from client and faked documents to live out her fantasy of owning a £1MILLION mansion (27 Aug 2013)
Accountants and lawyers benefit from nascent UK economic recovery (27 Aug 2013)
Investors and managers oppose CC's five-year audit tenders (27 Aug 2013)
Ex-JP Morgan trader arrested in Spain (27 Aug 2013)
SEC Sanctions Portfolio Manager for Forging Documents and Misleading Chief Compliance Officer (27 Aug 2013)
Kodak bankruptcy might mark beginning of UK pension battle (27 Aug 2013)
IRS scrutinizes certain corporate buyouts involving debt (27 Aug 2013)
RSM Tenon administration leaves missing £600K DC contribution (27 Aug 2013)
Billabong shares plunge 15% after annual losses triple (27 Aug 2013)
Carphone Warehouse completes £650m refinancing with lenders (27 Aug 2013)
Are you ready for a new lease accounting standard? (26 Aug 2013)
Big Four accounting firms no longer biggest (26 Aug 2013)
Best Banks 'Barely' Covering Capital Cost in Risk-Weight Study (26 Aug 2013)
Bad debts to balloon at troubled Co-op Bank (26 Aug 2013)
Britons say company owners should not be allowed to hide their identity (26 Aug 2013)
UK Estate agency insolvencies 'up 57%' in last year (26 Aug 2013)
Auditor KPMG faces axe from standard chartered (25 Aug 2013)
The world’s biggest accountancy firm Deloitte – are all on a secret list belonging to a corrupt private detective (25 Aug 2013)
Lloyd's of London in sanctions inquiry (25 Aug 2013)
Clydesdale Bank hit by ratings downgrade (25 Aug 2013)
Share Buyback: Centrica could return more cash to shareholders (25 Aug 2013)
Revolving Doors: KPMG advisers appointed to Bglobal after boardroom tussle (25 Aug 2013)
PCAOB's reporting model proposal poses risks, rewards for audit firms (25 Aug 2013)
Insolvency: Dwell customers face uphill battle to recoup £5m following collapse (25 Aug 2013)
Fat Cats: BHP Billiton boss in shares bonanza as profits dive (25 Aug 2013)
Grant Thornton CEO on US Proposal for a New Kind Of Auditor's Report (25 Aug 2013)
Accounting for failure (23 Aug 2013)
Baker Tilly buys stricken rival RSM Tenon (23 Aug 2013)
Diamond Foods paying $11 million in investor lawsuit (23 Aug 2013)
Audit the auditors (23 Aug 2013)
Accounting for pensions must change, says report (23 Aug 2013)
John Lewis pays out £40m to staff over holiday pay error (23 Aug 2013)
Accountants are among the least proud of their profession (23 Aug 2013)
China pharma scandal widens as Eli Lilly accused of bribery (23 Aug 2013)
KPMG audit role is under threat at Standard Chartered (23 Aug 2013)
Microsoft faces US scrutiny over bribery allegations (23 Aug 2013)
Leveraged buy-outs face legal scrutiny (23 Aug 2013)
The race is on, but the field is limited in the auditing business (22 Aug 2013)
Ex-Grant Thornton Partner pleads guilty to stealing £2.6 million (22 Aug 2013)
Former Grant Thornton partner pleads guilty to stealing $4 million (22 Aug 2013)
Diamond Foods to settle investor lawsuit for about $100 million (22 Aug 2013)
Secrecy for Private Companies: UK set to abolish the annual return sent to Companies House (22 Aug 2013)
Lloyds takes £330m loss on German insurer sale (22 Aug 2013)
SEC Charges Former Oppenheimer Private Equity Fund Manager with Misleading Investors about Valuation and Performance (22 Aug 2013)
PwC& Deloitte receive puny ICAEW sanctions over audit work (22 Aug 2013)
Audit Fees Actually Dropped Post-Sarbox (22 Aug 2013)
ACCA and IMA pull out of mutual recognition agreement (22 Aug 2013)
Shareholders wiped out as RSM Tenon sold in pre-pack (22 Aug 2013)
Nigeria: ICAN president seeks law to promote local auditing firms (22 Aug 2013)
“Does it add up?: The US-China Auditing Dispute” (22 Aug 2013)
Deloitte boss to the UK government: stop this democracy nonsense (21 Aug 2013)
PCAOB Issues Second Progress Report on the Interim Inspection Program for Broker and Dealer Auditors (21 Aug 2013)
PCAOB Finds Continuing Problems with Most Broker-Dealer Audits (21 Aug 2013)
US Oversight Board Finds Problems With Broker-Dealer Audits (21 Aug 2013)
Glencore Xstrata writes down $7.7bn in assets (21 Aug 2013)
Questionable Accounting at Fannie and Freddie? (21 Aug 2013)
Two accountants charged over £1m charity relief tax fraud scheme (21 Aug 2013)
Accountants charged with £1m tax fraud over charity relief scheme (21 Aug 2013)
Montpelier directors charged over alleged £1m tax fraud (21 Aug 2013)
City bonuses soar as UK bankers profit from 45p tax (21 Aug 2013)
HMV pension fund among creditors set to lose £250m (21 Aug 2013)
Malaysia Audit Oversight Board takes four auditors to task (21 Aug 2013)
RSM Tenon shareholders to reject 'de minimus' buyout bid (21 Aug 2013)
Singapore Looks To Improve Corporate Accounting Standards (21 Aug 2013)
EU may force UK companies to reveal gender diversity targets (21 Aug 2013)
Insolvency: The Death Of Scale: Is Kodak's Failure An Omen Of Things To Come (21 Aug 2013)
Eastman Kodak gains approval to come out of bankruptcy (21 Aug 2013)
Accountancy minnows attack UK audit regulator (19 Aug 2013)
Vodafone in multimillion tax deal over Irish office (19 Aug 2013)
UK Government ordered changes to report on Barclays use of loan scheme (19 Aug 2013)
Regulatory Headaches Worsen for JP Morgan (19 Aug 2013)
Do Board Quotas Cause Bad Accounting? (19 Aug 2013)
US aid pleas over financial scandals rise fivefold (19 Aug 2013)
Revolving Doors: UK fraud boss Jeremy Outen (KPMG) quits before taking up post (19 Aug 2013)
Jailed accountant told to pay back £340,000 (19 Aug 2013)
Bang& Olufsen makes third annual loss in five years (17 Aug 2013)
Unreliable Guesswork in Valuing Murky Derivatives Trades (17 Aug 2013)
Suspended Vatican accountant linked to suspect spiritual group (17 Aug 2013)
Shareholders face total loss at accountants RSM Tenon (17 Aug 2013)
Conrad Black fined and banned by US (17 Aug 2013)
Taxpayer funds business profits: Britain Starts Rollout Of High-End TV Tax Credit (17 Aug 2013)
Reforming derivatives (15 Aug 2013)
Big Four student applications on the up (17 Aug 2013)
Tendering changes will cost audit market £100m a year, says the UK audit industry but silence of the costs of status-quo (17 Aug 2013)
Comet Insolvency: Deloitte has so far been paid £10m in fees, while insolvency adviser GA Europe has earned £7m; unsecured creditors, who are owed £232m, will get less than 1p in the pound (16 Aug 2013)
BP Asks Judge to Deny Investors' Bid to Sue as Group (16 Aug 2013)
Ex-JPMorgan Traders Urged to Return to Face Whale Charges (16 Aug 2013)
FRC consults on strategic report guidance (16 Aug 2013)
Conrad Black ordered to pay $4.1 million to settle looting charges (16 Aug 2013)
No Thought Leadership and always opposing reforms: ICAEW “disappointed” by CC's tender proposal (16 Aug 2013)
Spotting and Responding to the Red Flags of Fraud (16 Aug 2013)
Investors sue Microsoft over Surface tablet (16 Aug 2013)
Insolvency: Comet backers recoup £54m from retailer (16 Aug 2013)
BHP Says May Face Regulator Sanctions in Anti-Corruption Probe (16 Aug 2013)
AOL chief apologises for public firing (16 Aug 2013)
US Audit Reports Add Beef (15 Aug 2013)
PCAOB proposes sweeping changes to the auditor's reporting model (15 Aug 2013)
PCAOB Proposes a New Auditing Standard to Enhance the Auditor's Reporting Model (15 Aug 2013)
PCAOB: Auditor's Reporting Model Proposal Fact Sheet (15 Aug 2013)
Blackberry: Why is the company struggling? (15 Aug 2013)
Why did BlackBerry crumble? (15 Aug 2013)
Ireland Accountants earn €87500 on average, survey shows (15 Aug 2013)
Eversheds takes advisory role as BPP gains full university status (15 Aug 2013)
CDC used tax havens for almost 50% of aid investments, data reveals (15 Aug 2013)
Novartis dragged into China bribery scandal (15 Aug 2013)
US Accounting Regulator Proposes More In-Depth Reports From Auditors (14 Aug 2013)
New Rules Expected for Annual US Audit Reports (14 Aug 2013)
What You Need to Know About the Audit-Report Changes (14 Aug 2013)
Isoft audit failure costs firm almost £1m (14 Aug 2013)
iSoft co-founder Patrick Cryne may face disciplinary action (14 Aug 2013)
Five-year tendering of audits will backfire, says audit firm cheerleader FRC (14 Aug 2013)
The Cheerleader speaks: FRC rubbishes mandatory five year audit tendering (14 Aug 2013)
HMRC saves taxpayer £68m in avoidance victory (14 Aug 2013)
DV3 loses £2.6m SDLT appeal over Dickens & Jones site (14 Aug 2013)
FRC orders Early Equity to change auditors (13 Aug 2013)
BPP awarded university status (13 Aug 2013)
Accountancy firms eye legal licence that could bolster secrecy (13 Aug 2013)
Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Profits: A Creative Accounting Technique (13 Aug 2013)
Fat Cats: Diageo paid former boss £15m in his final year (13 Aug 2013)
US watchdog to unveil plan to overhaul audit reports (13 Aug 2013)
For SEC, Any JPMorgan Settlement Could Serve as a Template (13 Aug 2013)
“Does it add up?: The US-China Auditing Dispute” (13 Aug 2013)
Insolvency: Nicole Farhi collapsed with debts of almost £20m (13 Aug 2013)
Fat Cats: Deloitte UK pays 740 partners average of £772000 (12 Aug 2013)
Cheerleader, not a Regulators: FRC responds to Competition Commission's Provisional Decision on Remedies (12 Aug 2013)
European banks need to sell £2.8 trillion of assets (12 Aug 2013)
Barclays in need of €12bn capital to meet tough new regulations (12 Aug 2013)
Shareholder revolts double in three years (12 Aug 2013)
Big firms' audit switches set to double, EY claims (12 Aug 2013)
Tesco set to withdraw brand from China in new joint venture (12 Aug 2013)
Deloitte - the corporate propaganda machine: Companies spurn UK over taxation (12 Aug 2013)
City regulator proposes targets for women in top financial services posts (12 Aug 2013)
Monday Interview: Head of Deloitte UK David Sproul (12 Aug 2013)
Tesla beats expectations, thanks to some fun with accounting (11 Aug 2013)
Government says sex, romance flourished in Madoff offices (11 Aug 2013)
US mulling arrest of former JP Morgan employees in 'London Whale' case (11 Aug 2013)
Accountancy firms eye legal licence that could bolster secrecy (11 Aug 2013)
The race is on, but the field is limited in the auditing business (10 Aug 2013)
BAE and KPMG accounts probe 'must stay open' (10 Aug 2013)
Investors Differ from Standard-Setters on Accounting Disclosures (10 Aug 2013)
How SEC's New RoboCop Profiles Companies For Accounting Fraud (10 Aug 2013)
Fiddling with Fannie and Freddie only sets us up for another crash (10 Aug 2013)
FRC unveils standard for insurance companies (10 Aug 2013)
£8.5 Million Harlequin Property Fraud Revealed In Court (9 Aug 2013)
Wilkins Kennedy duo implicated in Harlequin fraud verdict (9 Aug 2013)
Serious Fraud Office admits losing thousands of documents linked to BAE (9 Aug 2013)
SFO loses BAE al-Yamamah investigation documents (9 Aug 2013)
Publication Of Disciplinary Tribunal Reports: iSOFT Group PLC (9 Aug 2013)
JP Morgan to face criminal and civil investigations over mortgages (9 Aug 2013)
SEC Is Said to Press JPMorgan for an Admission of Wrongdoing (9 Aug 2013)
Obama Fraud Task Force Takes on the Big Banks (9 Aug 2013)
Mazars faces accounting tribunal over First Quench pension advice (8 Aug 2013)
Prudential financial posts $521 million loss on derivatives, yen (8 Aug 2013)
US Department of Justice Sues Bank of America for Defrauding Investors in Connection with Sale of Over $850 Million of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (8 Aug 2013)
Revolving Doors: Ireland Finance industry won key tax concessions from Government (8 Aug 2013)
Shell, KPMG and Corruption in Ireland (8 Aug 2013)
How Academia is Bought: Deloitte, Wal-Mart fund new UT masters program (8 Aug 2013)
UBS to Pay $50 Million to Settle SEC Charges of Misleading CDO Investors (8 Aug 2013)
Richard Desmond sues Credit Suisse over £50m derivatives deal (8 Aug 2013)
Cucinotta v. Deloitte & Touche, LLP (8 Aug 2013)
Summary of Cucinotta v. Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P., 129 Nev. Adv. Op. 35 (May 30, 2013) (8 Aug 2013)
Absolute Privilege Recognized For Auditors That Act As Required By Law (8 Aug 2013)
KPMG targets corporate lawyer hires as accountant mulls ABS move (8 Aug 2013)
PCAOB Finds Continuing Audit Deficiencies at Ernst & Young (7 Aug 2013)
Ernst & Young Audit Flaws Increase (7 Aug 2013)
Investigation announced in connection with Grant Thornton UK LLP and Manchester Building Society (7 Aug 2013)
Grant Thornton faces probe into auditing independence (7 Aug 2013)
Deloitte should apologise for its role in Rover farce (7 Aug 2013)
Companies may rearrange leases to keep off balance-sheet (7 Aug 2013)
IFRS “legally flawed”, say readers (7 Aug 2013)
Grant Thornton probed over auditing of Nichols (6 Aug 2013)
Investigation announced in connection with Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditors to Nichols plc. (6 Aug 2013)
French watchdog fines SocGen for poor auditing (7 Aug 2013)
US Audit Regulator Stresses Professional Skepticism (7 Aug 2013)
Number of UK accountancy firms falls (7 Aug 2013)
Fitch Predicts Challenges in Applying Lease Accounting Proposals (6 Aug 2013)
HSBC revenues sag, says may face $1.6 bln US lawsuit hit (6 Aug 2013)
Investors Need to Take a Closer Look at EU's Banks ( 6Aug 2013)
HSBC mulls banker pay rises to combat bonus cap rules (6 Aug 2013)
The BP Settlement: How the Lawyers See Their Role (6 Aug 2013)
The Gender Gap in Accounting Salaries (5 Aug 2013)
Whistleblower fighting Olympus for original job (5 Aug 2013)
Whistleblowers sue Olympus for continuing to ignore court order (5 Aug 2013)
Mazars London managing partner faces pensions tribunal (5 Aug 2013)
Glass-Steagall now: Because the banks own Washington (5 Aug 2013)
Hang Seng Bank Profit Doubles to Record on Accounting Gain (5 Aug 2013)
Another day, another audit rotation (5 Aug 2013)
HSBC vows to get round EU bonus cap (5 Aug 2013)
City lawyers and accountants hit out at partnership tax reform plans (3 Aug 2013)
US Senate Introduces Bill to Expose Hidden Corporate Owners (3 Aug 2013)
China's Sinovel Wind Group Sets Rules to Prevent Accounting Errors (3 Aug 2013)
Fat Cats: Royal Mail boss's £1.5m pay and bonus deal incenses unions (3 Aug 2013)
Fat Cats: Royal Mail chief Moya Greene was given £250000 of public money to buy UK house (3 Aug 2013)
Bank of England gives lenders six years to plug £121bn black hole (3 Aug 2013)
HSBC replaces long-time auditor KPMG with PwC (3 Aug 2013)
UK Insolvency figures rise slightly in second quarter (3 Aug 2013)
UK Watchdog drops probe into KPMG's audit of BAE (2 Aug 2013)
Auditor Rotation: Hargreaves hits out at auditors (2 Aug 2013)
Survey: UK Audit Fees Rose for Public and Private Companies in 2012 (2 Aug 2013)
Lloyds sets aside £50m for investigation of Deloitte-run PPI centre (2 Aug 2013)
Ex-Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre liable in $1bn fraud (2 Aug 2013)
Ackman Throws More Shots at Herbalife; Questions Earnings, Auditor (2 Aug 2013)
Audit relationships criticised by Hargreaves Lansdown (2 Aug 2013)
KPMG BAE probe ended (2 Aug 2013)
Banks Replacing Enron in Energy Incite Congress as Abuses Abound (2 Aug 2013)
Balance-sheets at big banks are slowly being repaired (2 Aug 2013)
FDs prioritise short-term reputation over profits (2 Aug 2013)
Hewlett-Packard Says Ex-SEC Counsel Advising on Autonomy (2 Aug 2013)
Shell profits drop on shale write-down and Nigerian woes (2 Aug 2013)
Barrick Gold posts $8.5B loss on accounting charge (2 Aug 2013)
Mobile networks hand small fortune to shareholders – but little to taxpayers (1 Aug 2013)
IBM Defends Cloud-Computing Accounting Amid SEC Probe (1 Aug 2013)
FRC tribunal calls for financial records in MG Rover case (1 Aug 2013)
Another FRC Whiewash: Closure of investigation into the conduct of: KPMG Audit plc, Member Firm of the ICAEW (1 Aug 2013)
New Study: 82 of Top 100 US Companies Used Tax Havens in 2012 (1 Aug 2013)
Offshore Shell Games: The Use of Offshore Tax Havens by the Top 100 US Publicly Traded Companies (1 Aug 2013)
Big Four bean counters down, but they are hardly out (1 Aug 2013)
Lloyds reports £2bn profit as PPI provisions hit £7.3bn (1 Aug 2013)
OECD REVISED DISCUSSION DRAFT ON TRANSFER PRICING ASPECTS OF INTANGIBLES (1 Aug 2013)
IFRS for consolidated accounts could raise issues for shipping (1 Aug 2013)
Auditors' duties: The burden of expectation (1 Aug 2013)

JULY 2013

Grant Thornton administrators to sue PwC for €1bn (31 Jul 2013)
Corporate avoidance 'undermining' tax system (31 Jul 2013)
Punish tax-dodging multinationals, says Lords committee (31 Jul 2013)
Lords say Amazon-style tax avoidance schemes must end (31 Jul 2013)
House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs Report: Tackling corporate tax avoidance in a global economy: is a new approach needed? (31 Jul 2013)
The use of staff seconded from the Big Four accountants by HM Treasury and HMRC to help design taxes is counterproductive (31 Jul 2013)
Biggest US Firms Park $1.2 Trillion in Profits Offshore, Study Finds (31 Jul 2013)
Fair Market Value Could Have Contributed to the Crash (31 Jul 2013)
Fewer women being appointed to FTSE boards (31 Jul 2013)
PwC replaces Deloitte as auditors of Hargreaves Lansdown (31 Jul 2013)
RBS succeeds in attempt to force lawsuits over £12bn rights issue (31 Jul 2013)
OECD avoidance plan is no quick fix (30 Jul 2013)
'Fishy' accountants reject Remploy bid (30 Jul 2013)
Quinn Insurance: Administrators sue PriceWaterhouseCoopers (30 Jul 2013)
Administrators of Quinn Insurance suing PwC over alleged negligence (30 Jul 2013)
Barclays to issue £5.8bn new shares to plug shortfall (30 Jul 2013)
Barclays calls on investors for £5.8bn to help fill £12.8bn capital hole (30 Jul 2013)
Deloitte considers appealing Tribunal findings in Rover case (30 Jul 2013)
2006 National Audit Office Report: The closure of MG Rover (30 Jul 2013)
2009 REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF PHOENIX VENTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED, MG ROVER GROUP LIMITED AND 33 OTHER COMPANIES VOLUME I (30 Jul 2013)
2009 REPORT ON THE AFFAIRS OF PHOENIX VENTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED, MG ROVER GROUP LIMITED AND 33 OTHER COMPANIES VOLUME II (30 Jul 2013)

Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against Grant Thornton (30 Jul 2013)
BP warns Gulf spill costs will exceed $42.4bn as compensation costs rise (30 Jul 2013)
Deloitte to face £20m fine over MG Rover sale (29 Jul 2013)
Deloitte loses appeal over MG Rover ruling (29 Jul 2013)
Deloitte in danger of fine over alleged MG Rover failings (28 Jul 2013)
Deloitte failed to manage conflicts of interest before demise of MG Rover (29 Jul 2013)
Outcome of disciplinary hearing: MG Rover Group, Deloitte & Touche and Mr Maghsoud Einollahi (29 Jul 2013)
PWC sued for €1bn by Quinn Insurance over 'negligence' (29 Jul 2013)
Irish administrators sue PwC sue for 1 billion euros (29 Jul 2013)
Revolving Doors: PricewaterhouseCoopers is quietly administering a key lobbying organisation trying to block reforms of the accountancy profession (29 Jul 2013)
Grant Thornton accused of wrongdoing in Tchenguiz case (29 Jul 2013)
Tchenguiz brothers prepare £2.5bn action against Grant Thornton liquidators (29 Jul 2013)
MEPs cast doubt on compatibility of IFRS with EU law (29 Jul 2013)
New FASB Chairman Makes Plans for Future Accounting Standards (29 Jul 2013)
Reckitt Benckiser takes £225m legal hit amid NHS claim (29 Jul 2013)
UK Taxman to clamp down on accountants who set up aggressive tax dodging schemes by checking rogue firms daily (28 Jul 2013)
Unilever puts PwC audit up for tender (29 Jul 2013)
Country-by-Country Reporting – Capital Requirements Directive – Article 86a (28 Jul 2013)
Country-by-Country reporting for the financial services industry Capital Requirements Directive IV (28 Jul 2013)
EU lawmakers seek review of accounting standards compatibility (28 Jul 2013)
Germany's Bafin: Some Banks May Still Need Writedowns on Ship Assets (28 Jul 2013)
Barclays tipped to raise £7bn in capital (28 Jul 2013)
SEC launches new war on Wall Street (28 Jul 2013)
Globalization: top 500 corporations now control almost one third of global GNP and 76% of world trade (28 Jul 2013)
Globalization: Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill, and Louis Dreyfus, commonly referred to as the "ABCDs," and which collectively control anywhere from 75 to 90 percent of global grain trade (28 Jul 2013)
Globalization Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus, collectively known as the ABCD controlling as much as 90 per cent of the global grain trade (28 Jul 2013)
Tchenguiz brothers poised to sue accountants Grant Thornton (27 Jul 2013)
Court orders Grant Thornton to release Tchenguiz documents (27 Jul 2013)
Tchenguiz brothers plan £2.5bn legal action over arrests by SFO (27 Jul 2013)
Tchenguiz brothers win key victory (27 Jul 2013)
US judge approves IBM's foreign bribery case settlement with SEC (27 Jul 2013)
UK MP calls for a 'windfall tax' on water companies (27 Jul 2013)
Transfer Pricing Implications of the BEPS Action Plan (27 Jul 2013)
SAC Capital enters not guilty plea (27 Jul 2013)
Barclays tipped to raise £7bn in capital as talks with regulator draw to a close (27 Jul 2013)
Renault profits plunge after Iran write-off (27 Jul 2013)
SAC Capital faces fraud charges (26 Jul 2013)
US seeks asset forfeiture, money laundering fines from SAC (26 Jul 2013)
FCA investigating three more banks over money laundering (26 Jul 2013)
Tower Radio bonus scheme stopped by UK tax tribunal (26 Jul 2013)
Avoidance scheme for director bonuses closed (26 Jul 2013)

TOWER RADIO LTD, TOTAL PROPERTY SUPPORT SERVICES LTD v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE & CUSTOMS; The scheme was devised by Barnes Roffe, a firm of accountants (26 Jul 2013)
Revolving Doors: Former Deloitte head joins Balfour Beatty (26 Jul 2013)
Pensions lose their first claim on assets when firms fail (26 Jul 2013)
200000 victims of Equitable Life collapse may miss out on compensation (26 Jul 2013)
Apple's record cash haul could repay Detroit's debt eight times over (26 Jul 2013)
Three Former UBS Executives Sentenced toTime in Prison for Frauds Involving Contracts Related to the Investment of Municipal Bond Proceeds (26 Jul 2013)
Halliburton to plead guilty to destroying Gulf evidence (26 Jul 2013)
Criminal Indictment Is Expected for SAC Capital Advisers (25 Jul 2013)
UK Fines RBS Over Accounting Failures (25 JUl 2013)
RBS 'casino bank' fined £5.6m over misreporting (25 Jul 2013)
Anonymous companies: How hidden company ownership is a major barrier in the fight against poverty and what to do about it (25 Jul 2013)
FRC statement following the publication of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee’s Report on The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-Term Decision Making (25 JUl 2013)
Why didn't Glaxo spot the alleged Chinese fraud? (25 Jul 2013)
GlaxoSmithKline CEO: London HQ knew nothing of China scandal (25 Jul 2013)
FRC updates guidance for the audit of financial instruments (25 Jul 2013)
How Goldman Sachs games the commodities market (25 Jul 2013)
The Goldman Sachs Guide To Manipulating Commodities (25 Jul 2013)
Ex-Goldman Sachs trader, SEC spar in civil trial over 2007 mortgage deal (25 Jul 2013)
Formula One pays £1m corporation tax on £300m profit (24 Jul 2013)
Fraud: Fast Cars And Speeding Tickets: How The Boss's Behavior In Private Life Predicts A Company's Wrongdoing (24 Jul 2013)
GlaxoSmithKline admits some staff in China involved in bribery (24 Jul 2013)
In the Pockets of the Big Four: FRC queries costs of Competition Commission proposed remedies (24 Jul 2013)
British trio jailed over £85m fraud (24 Jul 2013)
FRC highlights the audit risks of housing associations (24 Jul 2013)
MG Rover auditors in £7.7m trust fund row (24 Jul 2013)
Royal Bank of Scotland fined £5.6m for failing to properly report over a third of transactions (24 Jul 2013)
US Senate probes banks' aluminium warehouse role (24 Jul 2013)
The Competition Commission has gone soft in its final report on auditors (23 Jul 2013)
Focus: Breaking the grip of the audit oligarchs (23 JUl 2013)
Why we need a regulator with clout to hold the big accountants to account (23 Jul 2013)
Audit contracts must be put up for tender every five years, says Competition Commission (23 Jul 2013)
Firms challenge CC’s five year re-tendering (23 Jul 2013)
Audit remedies fail to please Big Four's critics (23 Jul 2013)
Regulator sees case against iSoft collapse over missing file (23 Jul 2013)
iSoft's former directors trial collapses (23 Jul 2013)
UK regulator's case against iSoft collapses again (23 Jul 2013)
Special report: How big tech stays offline on tax (23 Jul 2013)
GlaxoSmithKline admits some staff in China involved in bribery (23 Jul 2013)
Banks Must Retain $269 Billion Capital Raised in 2012, EBA Says (23 Jul 2013)
Private gain, public loss: Mailbox companies, tax avoidance and human rights (23 Jul 2013)
FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND ITS USEFULNESS TO FINANCIAL (23 Jul 2013)
IAS/IFRS AND FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY: FROM THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE (23 Jul 2013)
OECD tax avoidance plan is no quick fix for EU (22 Jul 2013)
The obstacles to country-by-country reporting (22 Jul 2013)
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has ordered an urgent review of the legality of Britain's accounting rules (22 Jul 2013)
Audit market competition plans unveiled (22 Jul 2013)
UK to Make Companies Tender Their Audits Every 5 Years (22 Jul 2013)
Audit firms spared mandatory switching rule (22 Jul 2013)
Competition Commission outlines measures to promote a more competitive audit market (22 Jul 2013)
STATUTORY AUDIT SERVICES MARKET INVESTIGATION: Summary of provisional decision on remedies (22 Jul 2013)
UK Regulator rejects mandatory switch of auditors (22 Jul 2013)
Will Big Four auditors become more powerful? (22 Jul 2013)
Simple changes could significantly improve regulation of accountants (22 Jul 2013)
Tyrie anger after banking poposals ignored (22 Jul 2013)
DP World (audited by KPMG) pledges to appeal after exposure of £14m tax relief scheme (22 Jul 2013)
The muddied waters of derivative accounting (22 Jul 2013)
GlaxoSmithKline says executives 'breached Chinese law' (22 Jul 2013)
AstraZeneca employee detained in China (22 Jul 2013)
Fitch: Lease Accounting Proposal Expected to Challenge Lessors (22 Jul 2013)
US House of Representatives Counts On Honor Amongst Thieves: Votes Against Mandatory Auditor Rotation (21 Jul 2013)
Governments for Sale: US Bill H. R. 1564 to prohibit the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or require the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (21 Jul 2013)
The House Sticks its Nose into Audit Rotation (21 Jul 2013)
Yes, the House Bill That Bans Auditor Rotation Is Terrible But There May be An Upside (21 Jul 2013)
A bitter pill for Glaxo in China (21 Jul 2013)
British firms caught in Motor City crash: Smith & Nephew and G4S are amongst creditors as Detroit defaults (21 Jul 2013)
G20 backs plan to stop global tax avoidance and evasion (21 Jul 2013)
G20 deal opens way for developing countries to hunt down unpaid tax (21 Jul 2013)
Parliament needs to wake up about banking (21 Jul 2013)
Investors battle to make claims in farm tax loophole losses (21 Jul 2013)
Workers' pain, while rich gain: Sustainable economic recovery can't be built by hitting workers (20 Jul 2013)
BEPS reaction – Deloitte reveal their paranoia about accountability (20 Jul 2013)
UK's Big Four accountants to learn their fate (20 Jul 2013)
SEC Eyes Data Mining to Boost Fraud Detection (20 Jul 2013)
SEC Charges Steven A. Cohen With Failing to Supervise Portfolio Managers and Prevent Insider Trading (20 Jul 2013)
Hedge fund founder Steven Cohen charged over 'insider trading' (20 Jul 2013)
How Audit Skepticism Has Fallen Short (20 Jul 2013)
SEC Obtains $13.9 million penalty against former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat K. Gupta for illegally tipping corporate secrets to former hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam (20 Jul 2013)
Batista Chides Auditors as GE Writes Down Investment in EBX (20 Jul 2013)
Panasonic and Its Subsidiary Sanyo Agree to Plead Guilty in Separate Price-Fixing Conspiracies Involving Automotive Parts and Battery Cells (20 Jul 2013)
Probe into 'big four' accountants delayed (19 Jul 2013)
IFRS8: First post-implementation review of IFRS (19 Jul 2013)
UK Accountancy firm tot up fees of £11bn (19 Jul 2013)
Firms' 'schizophrenic performance' as Top 50 hits £11bn (19 Jul 2013)
OECD tax avoidance plan is no quick fix for EU (19 Jul 2013)
G20-OECD tax plan 'papering over cracks in a broken system' (19 Jul 2013)
G20 report warns of global tax chaos (19 Jul 2013)
Network Rail bosses could get £11 million in pay and bonuses (19 Jul 2013)
ENRC sues ex-director Sir Paul Judge over alleged leak (19 Jul 2013)
Accountants hid bid-rigging fees (19 Jul 2013)
Corporate governance “mechanistic”, says FRC (19 Jul 2013)
P&O tax dodge the latest to be sunk in Treasury crackdown (18 Jul 2013)
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE & CUSTOMS (18 Jul 2013)
PwC tax avoidance case helps HMRC hit 1bn (18 Jul 2013)

Another PricewaterhouseCoopers tax avoidance scheme bites the dust: VOCALSPRUCE LIMITED v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS (18 Jul 2013)
IASB releases rationale for changes after the fact (18 Jul 2013)
Mutual Back-Scratching: FRC highlights importance of IASB Discussion Paper on its Conceptual Framework (18 Jul 2013)
Fitch Predicts Challenges in Applying Lease Accounting Proposals (18 Jul 2013)
Paying Auditors for Honest Appraisals (18 Jul 2013)
Europe: Accordant accounting (18 Jul 2013)
PCAOB Mulls Deregistering Hundreds of Accounting Firms (18 Jul 2013)
Prince Charles must go public with tax dealings (17 Jul 2013)
Transfer Pricing: Why arm’s length pricing does not work (17 Jul 2013)
US energy regulator orders Barclays to pay £299m fine (17 Jul 2013)
US Corporate Tax Rates Plummet As Profits Soar (17 Jul 2013)
Goldman Sachs profits double in second quarter (17 Jul 2013)
Trial under way for 'Fabulous Fab' Fabrice Tourre, the Goldman Sachs poster boy (17 Jul 2013)
IFRS transition costs ‘significant' for Canadian business (17 Jul 2013)
Survey reveals IFRS transition costs in Canada were generally in line with expectations (17 Jul 2013)
Pensions: Is new IAS19 another 'DB death knell'? (17 Jul 2013)
Here's the Full Guide to Apple's Irish Tax Haven (17 Jul 2013)
AIG's ex-CEO Greenberg files lawsuit vs. Spitzer (17 Jul 2013)
Deloitte disciplinary hearing over MG Rover to resume (16 Jul 2013)
Co-op prepares to write down capital reserves to almost nothing (16 Jul 2013)
Sexual Favors Spur Glaxo's $1.5 Billion China Sales (16 Jul 2013)
More than 2400 UK bankers paid €1m-plus, EU regulator says (16 Jul 2013)
EBA presents data on high earners in EU banks (16 Jul 2013)
EBA Report: High Bank Earners 2010 and 2011 data (16 Jul 2013)
A UK tax tribunal has ruled against a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance scheme, protecting £135 million in tax (16 Jul 2013)

A Stamp Duty Avoidance Scheme involving companies in Jersey, Guernsey, Clifford Chance, BNP Paribas, Calyon Credit Agricole CIB and HSBC: Project Blue Ltd v Revenue& Customs [2013] UKFTT 378 (TC) (16 Jul 2013)
BIS reviews of IP fees and pre-packs (16 Jul 2013)
A report from TheCityUK indicates that average daily volume in traditional FX market transactions totalled $4.6 trillion in April 2012 (16 Jul 2013)
Vince Cable warns of 'zombie companies' littering UK economy (16 Jul 2013)
By prosecuting Fabrice Tourre but not Goldman Sachs, the SEC courts failure (16 Jul 2013)
More Rhetoric than substance in the UK Governemnt Proposals: Measures to help improve corporate transparency and strengthen director disqualification laws have been outlined (15 Jul 2013)
Disappointing UK Government Proposal - Company ownership: transparency and trust discussion paper (15 Jul 2013)
Cable clamps down on firms that 'operate in the shadows' (15 Jul 2013)
Directors to be liable for corporate collapses (15 Jul 2013)
Notice of tribunal hearing: MG Rover Group, Deloitte & Touche, Mr Maghsoud Einollahi (15 Jul 2013)
Insolvent Abuse to Continue - Insolvency Fees Review: Report from Professor Kempson (15 Jul 2013)
Bill Gates among investors who face G4S cash call (15 Jul 2013)
China accuses GlaxoSmithKline of paying £300m in bribes (15 Jul 2013)
BIS push to promote UK accountancy capabilities (15 Jul 2013)
PwC drags rivals into Cattles lawsuit (15 Jul 2013)
Ailing Co-op Bank could seek billions from taxpayers (15 Jul 2013)
NHS hit for millions by overcharging 'scam' (15 Jul 2013)
Accounting scandal hooks Spanish frozen fish giant (15 Jul 2013)
Accounting and fair value (14 Jul 2013)
Apple controversy lays bare complex Irish tax web (14 Jul 2013)
Petrobras changes foriegn exchange accounting (14 Jul 2013)
Prudential Regulation Authority gets off to a bad start on bank leverage (14 Jul 2013)
Yorkshire Water to explain its use of tax haven (14 Jul 2013)
This privatisation of the Royal Mail would be a national disaster (14 Jul 2013)
JP Morgan and Wells Fargo post big jump in profits (14 Jul 2013)
Governments for Sale: US accountants applaud mandatory audit rotation block (14 Jul 2013)
US senators introduce 'new' legislation to separate banks (14 Jul 2013)
Summons served on PricewaterhouseCoppers (PwC) auditors of Quinn Insurance (13 Jul 2013)
China Agreement on Deloitte Docs Marks Break in Longtop Saga (13 Jul 2013)
China to Hand Over Audit Documents (13 Jul 2013)
Ernst& Young may have paid €50m to settle Landis claim (13 Jul 2013)
G4S faces criminal probe after overcharging taxpayer millions for electronic tags (13 Jul 2013)
Amazon's German tax bill of €3m prompts call for investigation (13 Jul 2013)
Scottish land owners accused of being country's greediest benefit claimants over £40 million tax avoidance schemes (13 Jul 2013)
G4S and Serco face £50 million fraud inquiry (12 Jul 2013)
GlaxoSmithKline executives face China bribery probe(12 Jul 2013)
Fannie Mae's role in debt reduction is merely creative accounting (12 Jul 2013)
The magical world of Fannie Mae accounting (12 Jul 2013)
Former KPMG partner pleads guilty to insider trading (12 Jul 2013)
More Useless Gestures: FCA publishes Code of Practice for the relationship between the external auditor and the supervisor (12 Jul 2013)
Deutsche Bank Opaque Loans From Brazil to Italy Hide Risk (12 Jul 2013)
Treasury Secretary says China to hand audit work to SEC (12 Jul 2013)
China to hand over documents for US accounting probes (12 Jul 2013)
Insolvency: Internacionale rescued by pre-pack deal (12 Jul 2013)
Lithuanian Labor Leaders Jailed for Accounting Fraud, BNS Says (12 Jul 2013)
US SEC says audit firms hinder accounting fraud probes (9 Jul 2013)
Dark hole in accountancy rules still exists as prudence is clearly lacking in standards (9 Jul 2013)
Andrew Tyrie: UK bank reform legislation 'so weak as to be virtually useless (9 Jul 2013)
PwC and KPMG criticised over audits (9 Jul 2013)
BP in court over Deepwater Horizon oil spill payouts (9 Jul 2013)
FRC response to Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s ‘Consultative Document - External Audits of Banks (9 Jul 2013)
Leasing: KPMG urges shipping to fight accountancy shake-up (9 Jul 2013)
Charmed life for bad bankers (9 Jul 2013)
DB pensions set for change under FRS 102 (9 Jul 2013)
A sorry saga of Co-op blunders (9 Jul 2013)
PwC admits: Our male managers tend only to promote men (9 Jul 2013)
RBS sell-off investigation ruled out (9 Jul 2013)
Revolving Doors: Citi Adds Former GE, Ernst & Young Executives To Its Board (9 Jul 2013)
Deloitte to Acquire SAP Consulting Firm Quattro (9 Jul 2013)
More Useless Gestures: Banks face stringent new audit controls (8 Jul 2013)
Getting a Better Framework: THE ROLE OF A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK (8 Jul 2013)
BP in court hearing alleging misconduct in oil-spill payments (8 Jul 2013)
$8.5 million lawsuit against audit firm ends with settlement (8 Jul 2013)
Olympus to raise £790m to rebuild finances after scandal (8 Jul 2013)
US watchdog warns on auditor failings (8 Jul 2013)
Former Anglo Irish Bank boss to stand trial in October 2014 (8 Jul 2013)
Four Contemptible Examples of Corporate Tax Avoidance (8 Jul 2013)
Ireland Accountants salaries up over 7pc in past year (8 Jul 2013)
More Propaganda on the way: IAESB revises strategy on accounting education standards (7 Jul 2013)
Eric Schmidt could end up paying more to the UK government in stamp duty for his new £30m home than Google paid in tax (7 Jul 2013)
Eurozone faces 'lost decade' unless action taken on banks (7 Jul 2013)
Watchdog: aggressive banks will have to raise capital buffer (6 Jul 2013)
Shareholders could disrupt plan to split RBS split into ' good ' and 'bad' bank (6 Jul 2013)
Tax avoidance: UK effort to collect from assets hidden in Switzerland fails (6 Jul 2013)
Banks should introduce extra accounts for regulators (6 Jul 2013)
Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski denied bid for new parole hearing (6 Jul 2013)
Fraud is a hidden cost of hard times (6 Jul 2013)
Fraudsters better at bypassing procurement (6 Jul 2013)
Dell's dilemma: bringing overseas cash back without tax hit (6 Jul 2013)
Is Dell Playing a High-Stakes Tax Game to Pull Off Buyout? (6 Jul 2013)
Twitter UK reports retained profits of less than £100000 (5 Jul 2013)
Banks Overstating Health, Says Basel Committee (5 Jul 2013)
Basel Probes Banks' Diverging Views of Risk-Weighted Assets (5 Jul 2013)
Petronas senior managers charged with bribery, money laundering (5 Jul 2013)
25 bribery cases investigated in City police clampdown (5 Jul 2013)
SEC Freezes Assets Of Insider Traders in Onyx Pharmaceuticals (5 Jul 2013)
Bill to Establish Gambia Institute of Chartered Accountants Approved (5 Jul 2013)
Bad governance to blame for creative accounting (4 Jul 2013)
Satyam Scam: SC setback for 2 Price Waterhouse auditors (4 Jul 2013)
Patriotic? After 40 Years Wandering In Tax Havens, IKEA Comes Home (4 Jul 2013)
US should press corrupt practices charges against Murdoch, says MP (4 Jul 2013)
BP oil spill payments to be investigated by ex-FBI chief (4 Jul 2013)
US House may vote soon on controversial auditor issue (4 Jul 2013)
Spain May Sanction Deloitte for Failure to Probe Bankia Assets (3 Jul 2013)
Spanish regulator puts heat on Deloitte over role in Bankia (3 Jul 2013)
Ernst & Young rebrands under new global chairman (3 Jul 2013)
HSBC's $1.9bn money-laundering settlement approved by US judge (3 Jul 2013)
Japanese executives at centre of Olympus fraud avoid jail (3 Jul 2013)
Ex-Olympus Chairman Gets Suspended Sentence for Accounting Fraud (3 Jul 2013)
London banker arrested on suspicion of tax fraud (3 Jul 2013)
New proposals to increase competition in insolvency (3 Jul 2013)
US Firms Paid 12.6% Tax Rate in 2010 (3 Jul 2013)
Big Companies Paid a Fraction of US Corporate Tax Rate (3 Jul 2013)
GAO Press Release: Corporate Income Tax:Effective Tax Rates Can Differ Significantly from the Statutory Rate (3 Jul 2013)
US GAO Report: Corporate Income Tax:Effective Tax Rates Can Differ Significantly from the Statutory Rate (3 Jul 2013)
'Spanish companies more profitable than German firms' (3 Jul 2013)
Insolvency: Nicole Farhi fashion chain enters administration (3 Jul 2013)
Rip-off: FCA fines Policy Administration Services Ltd £2.8 million for poor complaints handling of mobile phone insurance policies sold by Phones 4u Ltd (3 Jul 2013)
Profits halve at insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor as fewer firms go bust (3 Jul 2013)
Ernst and Young accidentally rebrands itself as a gay mag (3 Jul 2013)
Former KPMG partner Scott London pleads guilty to insider trading (2 Jul 2013)
Former KPMG Partner Pleads Guilty in Insider Trading Case (2 Jul 2013)
Apple 'avoided paying corporation tax in UK last year by giving staff £40million share bonuses'(2 Jul 2013)
RBS and Barclays face yet another banking scandal (2 Jul 2013)
Barclays 'continues to sail close to the wind,' says former FPC member (2 Jul 2013)
FASB and IASB Plan Roundtables on Leasing Proposals (2 Jul 2013)
FRC publishes new disciplinary arrangements for accountants (2 Jun 2013)
Tax officials failed to collect £9.6bn in VAT in 2010-11, auditors find (2 Jul 2013)
SEC Creates Task Forces to Detect Accounting and Microcap Fraud (2 Jul 2013)
Revolving Doors: Ex-Ofgem CEO moves back to KPMG (2 Jul 2013)
Ocado's losses widen despite increase in sales (2 Jul 2013)
Accounting rule change undermines US banks (1 Jul 2013)
Barclays backs 'Big Four' against audit shake-up (1 Jul 2013)
Apple Paid No UK Corporate Taxes In 2012 (1 Jul 2013)
Sainsbury's accused of tax hypocrisy over Vodafone mobile deal (1 Jul 2013)
Price Fixing: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Bear Stearns (now part of JP Morgan), BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS and the Royal Bank of Scotland accused of colluding on derivatives (1 Jul 2013)
Weak UK banks trail the French in levels of capital and profits (1 Jul 2013)
Accenture shares slump as it misses analyst estimates (1 Jul 2013)

JUNE 2013

Lord Lawson: City reform has a long way to go (30 Jun 2013)
Charles in tax storm as top MP compares the Prince to Starbucks and calls for him to pay more (30 Jun 2013)
Lawyers and accountants row over probate (30 Jun 2013)
An Unstoppable Climb in CEO Pay (30 Jun 2013)
Insolvency: UK High Street failure creditors owed £2bn - report (29 Jun 2013)
Companies won't get plea bargains if they delay reporting wrongdoing, SFO says (29 Jun 2013)
Tesco's ex-chief Sir Terry Leahy attacked by predecessor (29 Jun 2013)
Starbucks reports UK loss, pays no tax for 2012 (29 Jun 2013)
Anglo Irish Bank scandal 'damages democracy', Angela Merkel says (29 Jun 2013)
Delaware corporate law: directors have no obligation to minimise taxes (28 Jun 2013)
The Delaware Chancery Court decision in the case of In Seinfeld v Slager (2012) - “there is no general fiduciary duty to minimize taxes (28 Jun 2013)
Former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow Confronts the Fraud Examiners (28 Jun 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is behind this scheme - NHS Trusts in England accused of avoiding tax (28 Jun 2013)
MF Global's Jon Corzine charged by CFTC (28 Jun 2013)
SEC Charges Medical Imaging Device Company and Its CEO with Fraud (28 Jun 2013)
PwC accused of helping NHS avoid tax (28 Jun 2013)
UK Water and power firms 'have avoided £1billion in tax' (28 Jun 2013)
SEC, ex-Goldman VP Tourre battle over key fraud trial witness (28 JUn 2013)
EU makes bank creditors bear losses as Cyprus bail-in becomes blue-print for rescues (28 Jun 2013)
Insolvency: Modelzone goes into administration (28 Jun 2013)
New Rules Expected for Insurance Accounting May Lead to Erratic Earnings (27 Jun 2013)
Auditors' (Ernst & Young) Sino-Forest settlement stands, court rules (27 Jun 2013)
FASB Proposes Corporate Survival Disclosures (27 Jun 2013)
FASB Proposes Improving Going Concern Uncertainty Disclosures (27 Jun 2013)
UBS Unit Fined $13 Mln, Reprimanded by French Regulator (27 Jun 2013)
Anglo Irish Bank tapes: executives mock Germans amid bailout (27 Jun 2013)
Tapes show Anglo Irish boss demands (27 Jun 2013)
Italy Sees No Threat to Finances From Derivatives Deals (27 Jun 2013)
ICAEW hits back against Law Society's probate criticism (27 June 2013)
Analysis: Law Society's beef with the ICAEW's probate plans (27 Jun 2013)
Sainsbury's boss says corporate tax row is a question of morality not legality (26 Jun 2013)
Anglo Irish tape revelations spark official investigation (26 Jun 2013)
'Stick two fingers up at Britain and Germany' joked Anglo Irish Bank boss (26 Jun 2013)
How Canada's banks help money move in and out of tax haven (26 Jun 2013)
Revolving Doors: FRC recruits Deloitte and BDO partners to Accounting Council (26 Jun 2013)
UBS France fined 10m euros amid tax evasion probe (26 Jun 2013)
Insolvency Sharks: No end in sight to Nortel fees frenzy (26 Jun 2013)
Financial Reporting Council: Feedback Statement Thinking about disclosures in a broader context (26 Jun 2013)
Blood on the high street as big names set for insolvency (26 Jun 2013)
Canadian Regulator Targets Ernst& Young Over Chinese Firm (25 Jun 2013)
Anglo Irish tapes: executives deny misleading authorities (25 Jun 2013)
Former Anglo Irish CEO Drumm happy to abuse State guarantee (25 Jun 2013)
Carpetright hit by Europe slowdown (25 Jun 2013)
Sweett Group probe Arab bribe allegations (25 Jun 2013)
SEC to Put More 'Targeted Resources' Into Accounting Fraud (25 Jun 2013)
The 441 TRILLION Dollar Interest Rate Derivatives Time Bomb (25 Jun 2013)
UK Law Firms Face Collapse (25 Jun 2013)
ACCA and IMA Team on Finance Leader Initiative (25 Jun 2013)
OSC alleges Ernst & Young failed on Zungui Haixi audit (24 Jun 2013)
OSC accuses Ernst & Young of shoddy audit of Toronto-listed Zungui Haixi (24 Jun 2013)
Germany Launches Tax Avoidance Probe on Barclays' 'Dividend Stripping' (24 Jun 2013)
Starbucks pays UK corporation tax for first time since 2009 (24 Jun 2013)
Starbucks pays corporation tax, promising the Exchequer £20m over two years (24 Jun 2013)
Regulatory threat hangs over long-term auditing links (24 Jun 2013)
Nationwide draws up plan to plug £1bn hole (24 Jun 2013)
Ex-Anglo Irish chief faces fraud charges (24 Jun 2013)
Irish bankers 'hoodwinked' government over bailout, secret recordings show (24 Jun 2013)
The Ostrich Position: Accountancy giants hit back over auditing 'dominance' (24 Jun 2013)
Torex Group financial accountant jailed for false accounting (24 Jun 2013)
Co-op bondholders form action group to fight losses (24 Jun 2013)
G8 Summit: High on vague promises, low on delivery (23 Jun 2013)
Stop these havens being the first port of call for avoidance (22 Jun 2013)
Spinwatch Film: links between global accountancy firms and the UK government (23 Jun 2013)
Who really runs this place? A short report on the Big 4 accountancy firms and their ties to government (23 Jun 2013)
Barclays under German taxman's gaze over tax credits (23 Jun 2013)
Starbucks pays first tax since 2008 (23 Jun 2013)
Insurance Accounting Overhaul Moves Toward Final Phase (23 Jun 2013)
U.K. Pension Fund Group Says Accounting Rules Clash With Law (23 Jun 2013)
Ex-Enron boss Jeffrey Skilling's sentence cut to 14 years (23 Jun 2013)
Former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling has 10 years cut from jail term (23 Jun 2013)
Insolvency: Ex-Metalrax Group business enters pre-pack (23 Jun 2013)
World Bank: Money Laundering Criminals | Interview with Whistleblower Karen Hudes (22 Jun 2013)
Accounting rules mask banks' financial health-investors (22 Jun 2013)
Final conviction in Torex Retail false accounting case (22 Jun 2013)
Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever (22 Jun 2013)
Tchenguiz lawyers claim HBOS could have rigged Libor (22 Jun 2013)
Madoff victims can't sue big banks, court rules (22 Jun 2013)
Insolvency: Lehman Brothers Europe To Repay Creditors Another $5.5 Billion (22 Jun 2013)
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has rejected a proposal from the Competition Commission (CC) which sought to give the regulator a ‘secondary duty’ to promote competition between audit firms (22 Jun 2013)
Sage Payroll error sees P35 returns filed incorrectly (22 Jun 2013)
Accountant is guilty of fraud conspiracy in Torex case (21 Jun 2013)
Ebix's Raina Loses Magic Touch as US Probes Accounting (21 Jun 2013)
Goldman Sachs Drops Ebix Deal as Prosecutors Open Probe (21 Jun 2013)
Regulator tells Barclays, Lloyds and RBS to plug £27bn hole in finances (21 Jun 2013)
HSBC Unit Liability on Verdict $1.5 Billion, Lawyer Says (21 Jun 2013)
Ex-HSBC boss Lord Green who oversaw bank as it laundered money for terrorists quits as a minister after scathing report (21 Jun 2013)
Barclays and Nationwide forced to strengthen (21 Jun 2013)
Nationwide caught off-guard by leverage hurdle (21 Jun 2013)
Cadbury accused of 'highly aggressive' tax avoidance schemes (21 Jun 2013)
Cadbury's aggressive tax avoidance exposed (21 Jun 2013)
SEC charges China MediaExpress, CEO with fraud (21 Jun 2013)
SEC Charges China-Based Company China MediaExpress and CEO with fraudulently misleading investors (21 Jun 2013)
Insolvency: Furniture retailer Dwell ceases trading, 300 jobs at risk (21 Jun 2013)
Bumi's directors criminally liable for poor records, claims Pirc (20 Jun 2013)
IFRS is illegal, investors claim (20 Jun 2013)
UK Company accounts do not comply with the Companies Act requirements, says a leading QC (20 Jun 2013)
Dolce and Gabbana fashion designers get 20 months in prison for tax evasion -failing to declare €1bn (£860m) of income (20 Jun 2013)
RBS, Lloyds and Barclays 'make up 90pc of £25bn black hole' (20 Jun 2013)
Thew Financial and Political Influence of Big Four Accounting firms: US Bill to Ban PCAOB From Forcing Auditor Rotation Advances (20 Jun 2013)
Tenet posts £ 4.5 m loss and reveals PwC settlement (20 Jun 2013)
Penford finds accounting errors, restates sales (20 Jun 2013)
CIMA's May can now move on (20 Jun 2013)
FRC bans internal, external auditor links (20 Jun 2013)
HMRC halts £31m film tax avoidance scheme probe following tax officer arrest (20 Jun 2013)
Governments in their pockets: Bill to Ban PCAOB From Forcing Auditor Rotation Advances (20 Jun 2013)
European Commission Extends PCAOB Cooperation Pact (20 Jun 2013)
Country-by-country reporting is now an officially endorsed tool to beat tax avoidance (19 Jun 2013)
Deloitte fined $10m over Standard Chartered (19 Jun 2013)
Deloitte gets one-year New York ban (19 Jun 2013)
Deloitte settles with NY over Standard Chartered money laundering (19 Jun 2013)
CUOMO ADMINISTRATION REACHES REFORM AGREEMENT WITH DELOITTE OVER STANDARD CHARTERED CONSULTING FLAWS (19 Jun 2013)
CIMA's Margaret May disciplinary findings quashed in court (19 Jun 2013)
Investors call for IFRS review as legal opinion finds it 'substantially flawed' (19 Jun 2013)
FRC prohibits the use of internal audit staff on the external audit team (19 Jun 2013)
Banking Commission: Auditors are 'cheerleaders' of poor bank accounts (19 Jun 2013)
Auditors let down shareholders, says report (19 Jun 2013)
Accounting standards changes create more uncertainty for insurers (19 Jun 2013)
Auditors acted as “cheerleaders” for questionable bank reporting (19 Sep 2013)
Accounting giants split on 'separate accounts' for banks and their regulators (19 Jun 2013)
Bosses of collapsed banks should be sent to jail, banking standards commission says (19 Jun 2013)
Jail reckless bankers, standards commission urges (19 Jun 2013)
will banking ever change? (19 Jun 2013)
Banking reform: after the crash (19 Jun 2013)
UK Bankers Face Proposed Decade's Delay for Bonuses (19 Jun 2013)
Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards: Changing banking for good (Volume 1) (19 Jun 2013)
Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards: Changing banking for good (Volume II) (19 Jun 2013)
US can pursue Deloitte's China documents (19 Jun 2013)
Canada Auditors reject mandatory rotation schedule (19 Jun 2013)
Bank Of America Paid Foreclosure Bonuses While Lying To Homeowners (19 Jun 2013)
Where Should SEC Start A Fraud Crack Down? Maybe Look At Fake Restatements (19 Jun 2013)
How Corporate Fraud Costs You Money: Four Red Flags (19 Jun 2013)
What These Ratios Tell Us About Vodafone Group plc (19 Jun 2013)
Audit Confirmation Technology Uncovers Financial Fraud (19 Jun 2013)
Without curbing corporate power the G8 have no chance of combating tax avoidance (18 Jun 2013)
War on accountants and lawyers who have helped Australians avoid tax by setting up secretive offshore companies and trusts (18 Jun 2013)
KPMG Link: Co-op Bank angers investors as it sacrifices cherished mutual status to plug £1.5bn void (18 Jun 2013)
Audit committees need to get cracking on Companies Act reform (18 Jun 2013)
Ex-KPMG's exec: I got $70K for insider tips (18 Jun 2013)
Arraignment postponed for ex-KPMG auditor in insider-trading case (18 Jun 2013)
UK Banks talk to taxman over lost £3.2bn through corporate tax schemes (18 Jun 2013)
GAO Partly Blames Accounting Rules for Community Bank Failures (18 Jun 2013)
United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Causes and Consequences of Recent Community Bank Failures (18 Jun 2013)
Accountants Face Competition from Other Industries (18 Jun 2013)
Investors claim law, accounting firms hid woes of auto loan company (18 Jun 2013)
FTSE 100 providing more audit tenure information (18 Jun 2013)
More Evidence That Wall Street Is Clueless About Electric Utilities (18 JUn 2013)
Co-op Bank unveils rescue deal to plug £1.5bn hole (17 Jun 2013)
Co-operative Bank to list on stock market in rescue deal (17 Jun 2013)
Companies have 'moral' duty to reveal owners (17 Jun 2013)
UK banks face crackdown over £3bn in tax avoidance (17 Jun 2013)
AA and Saga owner Acromas to reveal £3bn refinancing package (17 Jun 2013)
Co-op draws up plan to fill £1.5bn black hole (16 Jun 2013)
Embarrassment for UK Government as it emerges contractor Telereal Trillium sends £163million to offshore tax haven (16 Jun 2013)
Fears raised over close ties between RBS and top accountant KPMG (16 Jun 2013)
Spanish audit body to review Deloitte's role in Bankia flotation (16 Jun 2013)
Spanish watchdog probes Deloitte work for Bankia (16 Jun 2013)
Ofwat chairman Jonson Cox attacked over his old water company's tax affairs (16 Jun 2013)
Cash draining away – how the water industry avoids tax (16 Jun 2013)
Deloitte helped Barclays to process PPI complaints, the bank confirms (15 Jun 2013)
A Day of Accounting Scandals and Irrational Market Exuberance (15 Jun 2013)
UK Government publishes greenhouse gas reporting regulations (15 Jun 2013)
Retail giants including Tesco, Sainsbury's and John Lewis criticised over their tax affairs (15 Jun 2013)
The Ostrich Position: ICAS challenges PAC view on Google tax avoidance (15 Jun 2013)
EU vote marks birth of global transparency standard (14 Jun 2013)
SEC Charges Revlon with Misleading Shareholders in Going Private Transaction (14 Jun 2013)
Former Mutual Fund Directors Agree to Settle Claims That They Failed to Properly Oversee Asset Valuation (14 Jun 2013)
EU abolishes quarterly reporting (14 Jun 2013)
How the Co-op Bank got into the mess it's in today (14 Jun 2014)
PAC member Mitchell to assemble group to apply for GAAR panel posts (13 Jun 2013)
Michel Barnier suggests something closer to true EU country-by-country reporting is on its way - (13 Mar 2013)
GFI Praises EU, Canada for Moving Forward with Extractives Transparency (13 Jun 2013)
PAC member Mitchell to assemble group to apply for GAAR panel posts (13 Jun 2013)
Oil, gas, mineral and logging firms obliged to disclose payments to governments (13 Jun 2013)
EU commission pushes for wider tax disclosure (13 Jun 2013)
UK MPs recommend comprehensive inquiry into Google's 'unconvincing' tax affairs (13 Jun 2013)
Watchdog accuses internet giant Google of failing to pay its fair share of tax (13 Jun 2013)
HMRC must fully investigate Google over tax, say MPs (13 Jun 2013)
House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Report: Tax Avoidance–Google (13 Jun 2013)
PAC accuses Big Four firms of promoting artificial tax structures (13 Jun 2013)
Big accountancy firmsare increasingly seen as being part of the problem of corporate tax avoidance, rather than the solution (p. 6) (13 Jun 2013)
There is no clarity over where the large accountancy firms draw the line between acceptable tax planning and aggressive tax avoidance (p.11) (13 Jun 2013)
Mr Dixon (Ernst & Young partner) refused to provide any answers specifically about Google’s affairs (p.11) (13 Jun 2013)
FRC issues draft Auditor Regulatory Sanctions Procedure: Sanctions Guidance for consultation (13 Jun 2013)
The 50 largest European companies are all heavily present in tax havens with an average of 117 offshore subsidiaries each (13 Jun 2013)
Tax avoidance and the Vodafone twist (13 Jun 2013)
Should Small Businesses Adopt New Accounting Standards? (13 Jun 2013)
Google tax whistleblower says he was motivated by Christian beliefs (13 Jun 2013)
Three advisers rearrested over Olympus accounting scandal (12 Jun 2013)
Autonomy accounting fraud probe 'could last for two years' (12 Jun 2013)
Groups Propose to Simplify Accounting for Small Firms (12 Jun 2013)
FRC severely reprimands former Farepak boss (12 Jun 2013)
Outcome of disciplinary hearing against William Rollason, member of the ICAEW (12 Jun 2013)
Audit fee income up for Big Four (12 Jun 2013)
FRC issues Key Facts and Trends in the Accountancy Profession (12 Jun 2013)
Key Facts and Trends in the UK Accountancy Profession (12 Jun 2013)
FASB Chair Leslie Seidman Previews Revenue Recognition Standard in Farewell Address (12 Jun 2013)
Fat Cats: Afren pay deal rejected by 80% of shareholders (12 Jun 2013)
Changes to Lease Accounting Standards Could Affect Construction Industry (12 Jun 2013)
Punch plans to slash £2.1bn debt as trading improves (12 Jun 2013)
Ex-HBOS chief James Crosby stripped of knighthood (12 Jun 2013)
Lloyds ditches Deloitte after PPI claims handling problems (11 Jun 2013)
Lloyds Bank salesmen 'faked' loan agreements to include PPI (11 Jun 2013)
Co-op Bank sits on £1.2bn mountain of risky home loans (11 Jun 2013)
Millionaire Iranian businessman who was granted asylum in UK at age of 12 WON'T have to pay £850,000 tax bill, High Court rules (11 Jun 2013)
Thames Water pays no corporation tax on £1.8bn turnover (11 Jun 2013)
Punch Taverns in fresh crisis as debt restructuring 'fails to win investor support' (11 Jun 2013)
Mehjoo v Harben Barker: Lessons for accountants (10 Jun 2013)
Directors have a duty beyond just enriching shareholders (11 Jun 2013)
Deloitte Buys Assets of a Boutique Bank (11 Jun 2013)
Tech giants' offshore cash-stashing is only ever a delaying tactic (11 Jun 2013)
The Ostrich Position of the ICAEW: Tax experts challenge Cable on avoidance (11 Jun 2013)
Glencore Investigated by Italy on $158 Million Tax-Evasion Claim (10 Jun 2013)
Thames Water paid no UK corporation tax for the year (10 Jun 2013)
Obama Urged to Back Plan to List Owners of Shell Firms (10 Jun 2013)
The truth about Richard Branson's Virgin Rail profits (10 Jun 2013)
Deloitte's Hartnett appointment “inappropriate”, say readers (10 Jun 2013)
KPMG overhauls PwC as top quoted company auditor (10 Jun 2013)
HSBC tops list of Europe's biggest banks (10 Jun 2013)
Bank bonuses ceiling under fire already (9 Jun 2013)
Bankers face 10-year delay on bonuses (9 Jun 2013)
Top bankers may have their bonuses delayed for up to 10 years (9 Jun 2013)
Apple's True U.S. Tax Rate: 8.2% (9 Jun 2013)
Fat Cats: Sainsbury's chief executive awarded 23% pay rise (9 Jun 2013)
Corporate Tax Pros Concerned about Tax Reform and Transfer Pricing (9 Jun 2013)
Real Effects of Accounting Rules: Evidence from Multinational Firms’ Investment Location and Profit Repatriation Decisions (9 Jun 2013)
This is not country-by-country reporting – Vodafone, please note (8 Jun 2013)
Schumer Urges US to Press China on Accounting (8 Jun 2013)
Vodafone paid no corporation tax in Britain last year (8 Jun 2013)
Vodafone publishes 16-page defence of its tax affairs after paying no corporation tax in UK for second year (8 Jun 2013)
No shame or remorse: KPMG Finds Its Safeguards 'Sound and Effective (8 Jun 2013)
CIMA tie-up with HK institute (8 Jun 2013)
FRC may be handed audit market competition remit (8 Jun 2013)
Google set to be severely criticised over alleged tax avoidance by MPs (8 Jun 2013)
Neoliberalism has spawned a financial elite who hold governments to ransom (8 Jun 2013)
Sustainability Standard Setters Sign Agreement (7 Jun 2013)
Hornby falls into red after disappointing Olympic sales (7 Jun 2013)
UK House of Lords Debate on Tax Evasion and Avoidance (7 Jun 2013)
Investors have lost trust in company reports (7 Jun 2013)
Accountants' Negligence: L High Court judge appeared to rule that a firm of accountants has a duty to advise wealthy clients to avoid tax (7 Jun 2013)
Mehjoo v Harben Barker (A Firm) & Anor [2013] EWHC 1500 (QB) (05 June 2013) (7 Jun 2013)
The toothless regulaor backtracks: FRC to adopt lessons from consultation on going concern guidance (7 Jun 2013)
Vodafone pays no UK corporation tax for second year running (7 Jun 2013)
ncentives encourage us to rip off customers, admit bankers as three quarters say excessive pay can encourage them to break the law. (7 Jun 2013)
UBS under formal investigation in France over tax evasion (7 Jun 2013)
Fourth issue of the Conceptual Framework newsletter (7 Jun 2013)
More security chaos for G4S in face of investor and activist fury (7 Jun 2013)
IASB sets new leasing rules, but there's a catch (7 Jun 2013)
IFRS Makes Progress Around the World (7 Jun 2013)
UK accounting watchdog may get competition remit (6 Jun 2013)
Loss of trust in corporate reporting (6 Jun 2013)
Accountants must advise on tax loopholes, court rules (6 Jun 2013)
FRC backs down on auditors making long-term predictions (6 Jun 2013)
FRC drops controversial going concern proposals (6 Jun 2013)
UK accountancy regulation 'toothless' (6 Jun 2013)
Moneysupermarket founder is accused of being a £60m tax 'traitor after packing up and moving to Jersey (6 Jun 2013)
Wal-Mart's low pay drives employees onto public benefits (6 Jun 2013)
HP's Lane Faces $100 Million Tax Bill (6 Jun 2013)
The fig leaf of shareholder value covering corporate tax avoidance removed (5 Jun 2013)
Presentation but no subsitance - This won't clean-up the insolvency industry: A single gateway for complaints against insolvency practitioners (5 Jun 2013)
Insolvency Practitioner (IP) Complaints Gateway (5 Jun 2013)
UK mergers and takeovers at record low (5 Jun 2013)
fastjet future hangs in balance, warn auditors (5 Jun 2013)
The SEC Is 'Bringin' Sexy Back' to Accounting Investigations (5 Jun 2013)
Auditors told to reveal more in their reports on companies (5 Jun 2013)
Corporate power has turned Britain into a corrupt state (5 Jun 2013)
Fee pressure pushing audit profitability down (5 Jun 2013)
UK shadow economy worth £150bn: Thinktank estimates paid work not declared to taxman worth 10% of national income in 2012 (4 Jun 2013)
SEC Charges Fortune 200 Company for Accounting Deficiencies (4 Jun 2013)
SEC Suspends Trading of 61 Companies Ripe for Fraud in Over-The-Counter Market (4 Jun 2013)
SEC charges Paccar with accounting violations (4 Jun 2013)
ICAEW celebrates self-interest: Big firms welcome audit changes (4 Jun 2013)
HSBC sued by New York state over US home loans (4 Jun 2013)
EU-wide public sector accounting standards 'could be introduced in stages' (4 Jun 2013)
Barclays executive accused of lying in £140m case (4 Jun 2013)
Ex-AIG chief Maurice Greenberg seeks end to accounting fraud case (4 Jun 2013)
ISA 700 revision improves binary audit report model (4 Jun 2013)
FRC issues revised auditing standard: making auditors’ work more transparent to investors (4 Jun 2013)
International Standard on Auditing (UK and Ireland) 700: The independent auditor’s report on financial statements (4 Jun 2013)
Illustrative example of a UK auditor's report (4 Jun 2013)
Tax dilemma for Vodafone over Verizon Wireless sale (4 Jun 2013)
The SEC Is 'Bringin' Sexy Back' to Accounting Investigations (4 Jun 2013)
Liberty Reserve: Barclays aiding money-laundering probe (3 Jun 2013)
France to force big companies to disclose foreign tax bill (3 Jun 2013)
FRC publishes Audit Quality Inspection Reports for Deloitte LLP, Ernst& Young LLP, KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (3 Jun 2013)
AQI: Goodwill impairment issues persist at Ernst & Young (3 Jun 2013)
AQI focuses on ethical standards at KPMG (3 Jun 2013)
AQI tells PwC to improve audit consistency (3 Jun 2013)
Bumi refused asset freeze over sale, says Rothschild (3 Jun 2013)
Hassans: the law firm with close links to Gibraltar's government (3 Jun 2013)
UBS France put under formal tax evasion investigation (2 Jun 2013)
Lord Feldman faces new row over corporation tax: Conservative chairman in row over news his company Jayroma made large donations to party but paid no corporation tax (2 Jun 2013)
Apple's tax evasion disguised under economies of agglomeration (2 Jun 2013)
Rip-off: Consumers 'paying price for water profit' (2 Jun 2013)
Google donates just 90 seconds' profit to charity policing child abuse (2 Jun 2013)
Tax fraud fugitive director Jonathan Nugent jailed (2 Jun 2013)
James Comey And KPMG: Isn't It Ironic (1 Jun 2013)
Watchdog hits out at quality of KPMG bank audits (1 Jun 2013)
Wrangling persists over who should oversee auditing in the EU (1 Jun 2013)
New EU auditing rules come closer (1 Jun 2013)
In HP-Autonomy lawsuit, auditors Deloitte, KPMG out of gunsights (1 Jun 2013)
Bumi reveals $200m black hole in financial results (1 Jun 2013)
Bumi ready for lawsuit over £133m 'black hole' (1 Jun 2013)
The float of Bumi has become one of the great City scandals (1 Jun 2013)
Small businesses still being starved by banks as lending falls by £3 billion (1 Jun 2013)
Revolving Doors: Former head of RWE npower, Volker Beckers was working as a non-executive director for HM Revenue and Customs (1 Jun 2013)
Financier Hands' EMI lawsuit vs. Citigroup revived (1 Jun 2013)

MAY 2013

Banks play guessing game on losses, says Barclays (31 May 2013)
Big banks are 50% out on default predictions (31 May 2013)
Bumi chief Nick von Schirnding vows to clean up mess after losses of $2.4bn (31 May 2013)
Bumi Audit Details Accounting Issues at Subsidiary (31 May 2013)
Coal Miner Bumi to Seek to Recover $152M in Unexplained Expenses - CEO (31 May 2013)
SEC Refocuses on Accounting Fraud (31 May 2013)
Prosecutor Recommends Corruption Trial for Total, CEO (31 May 2013)
Total settles US bribe probe for $398 million; CEO may be tried (31 May 2013)
Levy free: How billions of pounds have been siphoned off to tax havens (31 May 2013)
Retail billionaire Philip Green racks up net debt of £725million (31 May 2013)
Revised EU Transparency Directive set for August (31 May 2013)
How US Treasury's tax loophole mistake saves companies billions each year (31 May 2013)
Lloyds sells US subprime mortgage portfolio for £3.3bn (31 May 2013)
HSBC money-laundering investigation letters spark questions over rushed fine (31 May 2013)
Florida Accountant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Two Fraud Schemes (31 May 2013)
Deloitte at the heart of energy companies’ claims for tax allowances they aren’t due (30 May 2013)
Partner at KPMG faces 20 years for insider deals (30 May 2013)
KPMG partner sold insider info for sacks of cash during side-street meetings (30 May 2013)
There's No Accounting for China's auditing (30 May 2013)
EU states say bloc's accounting reform too strict (30 May 2013)
EU presidency calls for six-year audit rotation (30 May 2013)
SEC Charges NASDAQ for Failures During Facebook IPO (30 May 2013)
UK Accountants' questioning of UK banks 'insufficient', says FRC (30 May 2013)
Accountants 'Not Sceptical Enough' Over Firms' Financial Reporting
Utility companies accused of attempting to claw back £900m worth of unjustified tax rates as part of an accountancy scam (30 May 2013)
U.K. Treasury to End 900 Million-Pound Tax Breaks for Utilities (30 May 2013)
How Does Apple Avoid Taxes? (30 May 2013)
IASB issues narrow-scope amendments to IAS 36 Impairment of Assets (30 May 2013)
Country by country reporting: the first people-led accounting standard (29 May 2013)
Former KPMG Partner Agrees to Plead Guilty in Insider-Trading Scheme (29 May 2013)
Ex-KPMG senior partner to plead guilty to insider trading (29 May 2013)
Questions for KPMG over audit of troubled Co-op Bank (29 May 2013)
FRC publishes Audit Quality Inspections Annual Report 2012/13 (29 May 2013)
Financial Reporting Council to investigate ethics at audit firms (29 May 2013)
UK watchdog says accountants must quiz banks more (29 May 2013)
FRC Audit Quality Inspections Annual Report 2012/13 (29 May 2013)
Audit inspector warns against cost-cutting (29 May 2013)
Auditors regulator should take stock (29 May 2013)
IASB calls for rethink on financial disclosure (29 May 2013)
Wal-Mart Pleads Guilty to US Federal Environmental Crimes, Admits Civil Violations and Will Pay More Than $81 Million (29 May 2013)
Deloitte asks court to dismiss SEC audit case; cites China deal (29 May 2013)
Governments for Sale: KPMG, Deloitte and PwC give parties £1m in kind since 2010 poll (29 May 2013)
US prosecutors: Liberty Reserve ran $6bn money-laundering schem (29 May 2013)
Country-by-country reporting by the summer - EC (29 May 2013)
Former Corporate Officers of China North East Petroleum Holdings LimitedCharged with Fraud and False Statements (29 May 2013)

Country by country reporting is a victory for citizens over companies (28 May 2013)
Revolving Doors: Deloitte appoints official criticised over 'sweetheart' tax deals: Dave Hartnett has been hired by accountancy firm which faced tax avoidance allegations during his time as head of HMRC (28 May 2013)
'Sweetheart deal' taxman, Dave Hartnett, joins Deloitte (28 May 2013)
Accounting Fraud Targeted (28 May 2013)
Auditors' fees come under shareholder scrutiny (28 May 2013)
Bakery tycoon charged with bribery and money laundering after police probe into £11.7m roll company (28 May 2013)
Kickbacks as 'a natural part of business' at Fannie Mae alleged (28 May 2013)
Interview: New IFAC chief executive Fayez Choudhury, former partner at PwC (28 Mar 21013)
Globalisation isn't just about profits. It's about taxes too (28 May 2013)
HSBC investor concerns show bank failure still haunts KPMG (27 May 2013)
Co-op bank crisis claims two more directors (27 May 2013)
Revolving Doors: Royal Bank of Scotland recruits former FSA regulator (27 May 2013)
Margaret Hodge calls for company tax secrets to be exposed to MPs (27 May 2013)
Ireland is third largest tax haven for US companies says new report (27 May 2013)
Google tax policy is 'just capitalism' (26 May 2013)
China Reaches Deal With US Audit Regulators (26 May 2013)
Banks to take £18m fees from FirstGroup shares bid (26 May 2013)
India: Over 100 MNCs seek advance transfer pricing ruling to avoid tax disputes (26 May 2013)
Trading firm sues BP, Shell and Statoil in oil pricing probe (26 May 2013)
IFRS Foundation cuts provision for HMRC tax inquiry (26 May 2013)
China, US Reach Accord for Sharing Auditors' Records (25 May 2013)
Massachusetts' Madoff feeder fund investors can keep suing KPMG, panel rules (25 May 2013)
Banks Forced to Use Shortsighted Accounting (25 May 2013)
KPMG Fails In Its Professional Duty (25 May 2013)
A nervous wait for Co-op bondholders (25 May 2013)
Pension Liabilities climb by 60% over five years (25 May 2013)
IFRS Foundation reports drop in income (25 May 2013)
Revolving Doors: Alan Milburn takes PwC health role (25 May 2013)
The Ostrich Position: Country-by-country reporting “daft”, House of Lords told (25 May 2013)
Marks& Spencer criticised over transfer pricing (25 Mar 2013)
How to take a serious bite out of corporate tax avoidance: A new system of unitary taxation must be debated at the next G8 meeting. It isn't perfect, but it would be a huge step forward (24 May 2013)
From January 2003 to May 2013 – progress with country-by-country reporting (24 May 2013)
The rush to country-by-country reporting is on (24 May 2013)
Coutry by Country Reporting: Sustainability and reporting: Europe at the forefront, a speech by EU Commissioner Michael Barnier (24 May 2013)
CBI does not support full country-by-country reporting on tax (24 May 2013)
US Audit Regulators Unseal Past Criticisms Of Ernst & Young (24 May 2013)
US Regulator Cites Flaws in Ernst & Young's Audit Procedures (24 May 2013)
PCAOB Exposes Further Problems with Ernst & Young Audits (24 May 2013)
PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD: In the Matter of Ernst & Young LLP's Quality Control (24 May 2013)
Auditor Rotation: Set 15-year limit on firms' accountants, investors urge UK watchdog (24 May 2013)
An Agreement Opens Some Chinese Audit Papers to the US (24 May 2013)
Almost two-thirds of Australia’s top 100 companies listed on the stock exchange have subsidiaries in tax havens (24 May 2013)
Accounting rules could lead to artificial lease structures (24 May 2013)
Bank's Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills (25 May 2013)
Companies and tax Cook lightly grilled (24 May 2013)
Two "murky" accounting firms shut down (24 May 2013)
Soccer boss Carson Yeung asked to explain irregular deposits (24 May 2013)
More Chinese firms go private (24 May 2013)
We are light years away from the days of Cadbury capitalism (23 May 2013)
The case of vanishing subsidiaries: the problem country-by-country would tackle (23 May 2013)
Let's facilitate a deal on auditing while it's on the agenda (23 May 2013)
Lease-Accounting Rules: Tinker, Don't Trash (23 May 2013)
Push for firms to publish tax payments by country (23 May 2013)
Apple Tax Rate Ignores Profit Shifting Offshore (23 May 2013)
Mixed results in FAF review of FASB business combinations standard (23 May 2013)
Penguin Group to pay $75M in e-book price-fixing case (23 May 2013)
JP Morgan fined £3m for advice failings (23 May 2013)
Q&A with a London derivatives trader (23 May 2013)
Tax charges against corporations: Legal enemies of the state (22 May 2013)

Companies could 'apportion profits within EU' (22 May 2013)
Firms to be told to spell out how much tax they pay in every European country (22 May 2013)
Former Saab Automobile chiefs arrested for accounts fraud (22 May 2013)
New Accounting May Prompt Shift to Short-Term Leases, Fitch Says (22 May 2013)
Lloyds and RBS get thumbs up from watchdog on capital (22 May 2013)
Progress on China-US Accounting Dispute? (22 May 2013)
Ernst& Young wrong over tax transparency warning, say readers (22 May 2013)
SSE fuels consumer anger as retail profits rise 30% to £410m (22 May 2013)
Fraudster (former Vantis partner) told to pay back £800k (22 May 2013)
Should The Government Use Fair Value Accounting (22 May 2013)
Where is the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) on the matter of tax ethics? (21 May 2013)
Ex-KPMG Auditor's Friend Pleads Guilty in Insider Case (21 May 2013)
Guilty plea in KPMG insider-trading case (21 May 2013)
Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (21 May 2013)
Apple avoids taxes with 'complex web' of offshore entities, Senate inquiry finds (21 May 2013)
Apple 'tried to find Holy Grail of tax avoidance', US Senate committee claims (21 May 2013)
Apple Paid Little Or No Taxes To Any Government On Billions In Profits (21 May 2013)
Apple accused of 'highly questionable' billion-dollar tax avoidance scheme (21 May 2013)
Apple avoids BILLIONS in taxes with offshore headquarters in Ireland (21 May 2013)
US senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Offshore Profit Shifting and the U.S. Tax Code - Part 2 (Apple Inc.) (21 May 2013)
Marks and Spencer announces fall in profits (21 May 2013)
SEC Loses Case Against Securities Felon (21 May 2013)
Ex-Saab executives arrested on accounting charges (20 May 2013)
Former Google employee provides evidence on tax deals (20 May 2013)
Marks& Spencer under fire over online tax arrangements (20 May 2013)
Reason for the UK's Economic Decline: Over half of FTSE 100 CEOs are accountants (20 May 2013)
JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon in shareholder revolt over role (20 May 2013)
Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn (10 May 2013)
UK SMEs are too reliant on short-term debt from just five banks (20 May 2013)
Tax avoidance and CSR: how to change corporate behaviour (20 May 2013)
Prem Sikka: The Pin-Stripe Mafia: How Accountancy Firms Destroy Societies (19 May 2013)
Mervyn King’s rosy recovery prediction means little for a shattered nation (19 May 2013)
We must demand curbs on tax avoidance (19 May 2013)
The moral case for country-by-country reporting has been won: now we just need to beat off the accountants to get it (19 May 2013)
Amazon pays just 4.5% on European profit in tax haven (19 May 2013)
'Google is cheating British taxpayers out of millions... what they are doing is just immoral': Web giant accused of running 'scandalous' tax avoidance scheme by whistleblower (19 May 2013)
MPs consider new inquiry into London listing rules after mining scandal (19 May 2013)
Shareholders Denied Access to JPMorgan Vote Results (19 May 2013)
Investor group calls on SEC to review change in JPMorgan voting (19 May 2013)
Fury at corporate tax avoidance leads to call for a global response (19 May 2013)
Taxpayers subsidize CEO salaries with 'performance pay' loophole (19 May 2013)
Lease Accounting Proposal May Not Be Popular (18 May 2013)
A Long Time for Lease Overhaul — 8 Years and Counting (18 May 2013)
Caterpillar to pay less for Chinese firm mired in accounting woes (18 May 2013)
After Google, Amazon to be grilled on UK tax presence (18 May 2013)
Computer Sciences Corp. Reaches $97.5 Million Settlement (18 May 2013)
Eccles accountant is charged in £4m illegal party drugs probe (18 May 2013)
Digging Into Apple's Overseas Cash Pile (18 May 2013)
Why is the ACCA willing to use misinformation to oppose measures intended to capture those committing tax crimes? (17 May 2013)
Lease Accounting Change Could Boost Companies' Debt (17 May 2013)
Much-awaited leases proposal includes dual-recognition approach (17 May 2013)
Amazon faces whistleblower's claims over UK business tax practices (17 May 2013)
Hewlett Packard Faces $1 Billion Lawsuit from Shareholders (17 May 2013)
Prudential shareholders in pay protest (17 May 2013)
Golden Parachutes Face Clampdown in EU Law on Executive Pay (17 May 2013)
Apple saves $9bn tax with bond manoeuvre (17 May 2013)
Former Chester City FC director's (an accountant) £120000 Aston Martin seized by police (17 May 2013)
Fresh questions for Amazon over pittance it pays in tax (16 May 2013)
Amazon received more money from UK grants than it paid in corporation tax (16 May 2013)
IASB and FASB propose changes to lease accounting (16 May 2013)
Proposal to Overhaul Lease Accounting Revised (16 May 2013)
IASB Lease Accounting Exposure Draft (16 May 2013)
FASB Lease Accounting Exposure Draft (16 May 2013)
Impression Management and Charades: Consultation on implementation of Sharman Panel recommendations issued by FRC (16 May 2013)
UK Uncut loses legal challenge over Goldman Sachs tax deal with HMRC (16 May 2013)
HMRC cleared of letting Goldman off £20m in 'sweetheart' deal (16 May 2013)
SocGen's Rosbank CEO Detained in $1.5 Million Bribery Sting (16 May 2013)
HMRC has questions to answer over Amazon and Google's tax bills (16 May 2013)
MPs challenge Google over UK tax (16 May 2013)
Insurance industry faces claims probe (16 May 2013)
Invensys to hand £625m to shareholders (16 May 2013)
BP and Shell raided in European commission price-rigging inquiry (15 May 2013)
Petrol price fixing investigation into BP and Shell 'serious and important' (15 May 2013)
Twitter CEO resigns as UK boss after accounting fiasco (15 May 2013)
Ex-partner of accounting firm PwC fails in disability discrimination appeal (15 May 2013)
Material uncertainties over FRC going concern guidance (15 May 2013)
Citigroup and Lehman Settle $1.2 Billion Dispute Over Trades (15 May 2013)
Amazon UK pays £2.4m tax on total sales of £4.2bn (15 May 2013)
ICAEW posts loss as disciplinary funding bites (15 May 2013)
Banks Urge FASB and IASB to Agree on Credit Loss Standards (15 May 2013)
OECD Report :Taxing Wages 2011-2012 (15 May 2013)
OECD Report :Taxing Wages 2013 (15 May 2013)
'Accountant for Somali pirates' arrested as asylum seeker in Germany (13 May 2013)
Accountants told not to sign confidentiality agreements with AIB (13 May 2013)
US Taxpayers Could Foot Bill For Fannie Mae Fraud Settlement (13 May 2013)
Arqiva wins £150m govt contract despite tax avoidance (13 May 2013)
UK's top companies condemned for prolific use of tax havens (13 May 2013)
FTSE 100's use of tax havens – get the full list (13 May 2013)
Uncertainty emerges over size of Co-operative Bank's capital shortfall (13 May 2013)
Co-op Bank capital hole may reach £1.8bn (13 May 2013)
HMRC puts brakes on car warranty VAT scheme (13 May 2013)
Another Deloitte Scheme bites the dust: WHA Limited and another (Appellants) v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (13 May 2013)
2004 Hearing of WHA Limited and another (Appellants) v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (13 May 20-13)
Never mind tax havens – the real hidden billions are in company coffers. (13 May 2013)
Tata Steel writes down value of European assets (13 May 2013)
Tata Steel to write down $1.6 bn of goodwill and assets (13 May 2013)
Losses at ICAEW despite member growth (13 May 2013)
ICAEW council elections declared invalid (13 May 2013)
Chesapeake Ruling Shocks With $117 Million Loss: Credit Markets (13 May 2013)
Street School Economics: For public understanding of Corruption and Economics... ...and building a better Future (12 May 2013)
Study Examines Role of Auditors in Financial Fraud (12 May 2013)
Accountant sent to prison for false tax return claims (12 May 2013)
Study Reveals Top Nonaccounting Skills Sought in Accountants (12 May 2013)
Scandal: Just how corrupt is Britain? (12 May 2013)
ICAEW council election re-runs after voting bungle (12 May 2013)
Are accountants and CFOs killing innovation? (12 May 2013)
China State Auditor Finds Irregularities at Huaneng, Other State Firms (12 May 2013)
Hewlett-Packard faces $1bn lawsuit from shareholders over Autonomy deal (12 May 2013)
HP and Autonomy: how to lose $8.8bn (12 May 2013)
WNS under tax scanner on transfer pricing issue (12 May 2013)
Country-by-country reporting could help stop the plunder of Africa (11 May 2013)
Insolvency Sharks: KPMG administrators rack up £2.4m fees for JJB (11 May 2013)
JJB's unsecured creditors will share only £600000 (11 May 2013)
RBS Investors Urged to Vote Down Accounts at Shareholder Meeting (11 May 2013)
Why Shares In Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc Should Be 450p (11 May 2013)
Deloitte to pay Xplore $700K to settle negligence suit (11 May 2013)
China State Auditor Finds Irregularities at Huaneng, Other State Firms (11 May 2013)
ICAEW Accountant jailed for income tax scam (11 May 2013)
Queen's Speech: Abolition of Audit Commission to be completed (11 May 2013)
Queen's Speech: Audit Commission finally killed off - three years after it was axed (11 May 2013)
A back door attack on oil payment transparency (11 May 2013)
IAG reports bigger loss over troubled Iberia (11 May 2013)
FRC launches KPMG audit probes (11 May 2013)
£4.1bn secured by HMRC through transfer pricing challenges (11 May 2013)
Ernst& Young: an organisation that sees intellectual credibility, public opinion and economic opportunity slipping away from them (10 May 2013)
KPMG faces double inquiry by reporting watchdog (10 May 2013)
Investigation announced in connection with KPMG Audit Plc as auditors to Pendragon PLC (10 May 2013)
FRC has launched an investigation into the conduct of KPMG Audit Plc and a Member regarding breaches of the Ethical Standards for Auditors (10 May 2013)
Seven held in raids over pension access scam (10 Apr 2013)
200 UK advisers in HMRC offshore evasion probe (10 May 2013)
Investor protests revive memories of shareholder spring (10 May 2013)
Arriva gets £330m to run London buses but pays no corporation tax (10 May 2013)
SEC Charges Traders in Massive Kickback Scheme Involving Venezuelan Official (10 May 2013)
Hedge fund billionaire Philip Falcone agrees two-year ban with SEC (10 May 2013)
Vietnamese boycotting Coca-Cola on the suspicion about transfer pricing (10 May 2013)
HMRC Paper: Taxing Multinationals: Transfer Pricing Rules (10 May 2013)
Fannie Mae and KPMG Settles Investor Accounting Suit for $153 Million (9 May 2013)
Investors Get a Settlement by Fannie Mae and KPMG (9 May 2013)
Brussels mulls shake-up of Big Four auditors (9 May 2013)
EU Parliament to challenge international accounting standards (9 May 2013)
Controversial accounting standard IAS 39 to be adopted (9 May 2013)
US companies' overseas earnings hit record $1.9 trillion: study (9 May 2013)
Baroness Hogg to step down from FRC (9 May 2013)
PCAOB Gets Closer to New Auditing Rules for Related Parties (9 May 2013)
More than 220 charities have at least one trustee in a tax haven. (9 May 2013)
Enron boss Jeffrey Skilling set to have sentence reduced (9 May 2013)
Lubbock Fine appoints first female partner (9 May 2013)
The Ostrich Position: Greater tax transparency “may not be panacea”, warns Ernst & Young (9 May 2013)
Ernst & Young lobbies against tax transparency at Downing Street (7 May 2013)
HSBC Profit Rises as It Cuts Costs (7 May 2013)
Twitter subsidiary TweetDeck shut down over accounting failures (7 May 2013)
Jeweler agrees to plead guilty in KPMG insider-trading case (7 May 2013)
Jeweler Is Charged in KPMG Insider Case (7 May 2013)
Ernst & Young: Company Bosses 'Cook the Books' to Meet Tough Targets (7 May 2013)
The €1trillion a Year Dilemma: What Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion Really Costs Europe (7 May 2013)
Vodafone shareholders could be in for $130bn windfall if firm sells stake in Verizon (7 May 2013)
Hopes of a truce for Vodafone and India are fading (7 May 2013)
US Senate Passes Bill to Widen Tax Collection on the Web (7 May 2013)
New York to Sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America Over Settlement Violations (6 May 2013)
Goldman Sachs tax deal: UK minister backed plan to challenge whistleblower (6 May 2013)
RSM Tenon wins £5.5m payout after insurance dispute (6 May 2013)
Brazil wants shareholders to pay for rescue of troubled banks (6 May 2013)
SPECIAL REPORT-How Google UK clouds its tax liabilities (5 May 2013)
Game pays OpCapita owners more than £3.2m (5 May 2013)
Private hospital chain Nuffield Health in 'charity tax dodge' while boss earns £860,000 (5 May 2013)
How 'nudge' influences financial decisions (5 May 2013)
Through the Looking Glass into Public Pension Accounting (5 May 2013)
HP Ignored Autonomy Accounting Warnings, Shareholders Say (4 May 2013)
JPMorgan shareholders urged to reject three directors (4 May 2013)
This accounting trick by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will mean $60 billion for the US government (4 May 2013)
Lease accounting fight tests resolve of global standard setters (4 May 2013)
Google and Ernst & Young summoned before PAC (4 May 2013)
Lease Accounting Proposal Still Seen Costing Companies, Investors (3 May 2013)
Lease accounting fight tests resolve of global standard setters (3 May 2013)
For Herbalife, Finding a New Auditor Isn't Easy as 1-2-3 (3 May 2013)
HMRC gets tough on transfer pricing rules (3 May 2013)
Guess How Much Apple Saved in Taxes (3 May 2013)
Commerzbank Admits Defeat in $66 Million Dresdner Bonus Case (3 May 2013)
Vodafone's Verizon Payday Seen Leaving UK Empty Handed (3 May 2013)
UK Tax chief waived £20m owed by Goldman Sachs 'for fear of embarrassing chancellor' (3 May 2013)
Google and its auditor Ernst & Young recalled by MPs to answer tax questions (1 May 2013)
Accounting firm faces claim of conflict of interest in audit of US development agency (3 May 2013)
Special Report - How Google UK clouds its tax liabilities (1 May 2013)
Court denies HealthSouth's motion over dismissal of Ernst & Young claims (1 May 2013)
NPower's £100m tax dodge through Malta (1 May 2013
Insolvency: Comet closure costs £15m in administration fees - bonanza for Deloitte (1 May 2013)
They can't deliver worthwhile audits want moremoney grabbing opportunities: Paper moots for audit standards for human rights reporting (1 May 2013)
Herbalife Auditor Hunt Hampered by Small Pool, Big Needs (1 May 2013)
Insolvency: UK's largest coal producer 'seeks voluntary liquidation' (1 May 2013)
UK film executives charged with tax fraud of £125m (1 May 2013)
Argos, Homebase and Habitat owner reports profits down for fifth year (1 May 2013)

APRIL 2013

Greene King continues fight over controversial tax scheme - Ernst & Young designed the scheme (30 Apr 2013)
Ernst and Young sued over alleged negligence at WorldSpreads Ltd (30 Apr 2013)
FCA charges 24-year-old currency trader Alex Hope with fraud (30 Apr 2013)
RBS US subsidiaries in $14m settlement with regulators (30 Apr 2013)
ENRC faces inquiry over sale of subsidiary to founder's nephew (30 Apr 2013)
'Sweetheart' tax deals worth over £1bn each (30 Apr 2013)
Lloyds profits jump to £2bn after toxic losses fall (30 Apr 2013)
Big Pharma: social impact index reveals a lack of transparency (30 Apr 2013)
Exposing The Inner Workings Of Revenue Accounting Inflation At InnerWorkings (30 Apr 2013)
Mexico sues BP over Gulf disaster as oil giant faces 2200 new lawsuits (30 Apr 2013)
Archant suspends dividends in the shadow of £13m tax bill (30 Apr 2013)
The shabby NHS audits cover-up (29 Apr 2013)
Accountants are braced for attack over bank audits (29 Apr 2013)
Accounting move sends Williams into the red (29 Apr 2013)
Greggs bakery in profits warning after sales fall (29 Apr 2013)
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $2.3 billion financial wizardry (29 Apr 2013)
Shareholder influence on director pay increases (29 Apr 2013)
UK companies accused of money laundering in Magnitsky probe (29 Apr 2013)
Balfour slumps after shock profit warning (29 Apr 2013)
ENRC investigated for bribery in Africa and Kazakhstan (29 Apr 2013)
Rentokil rises as it sells struggling parcels business City Link for £1 (29 Apr 2013)
SFO inquiry to examine ENRC's offshore payments (28 Apr 2013)
Serious Fraud Office income from asset seizures soars (28 Apr 2013)
EU weakens audit reforms, but rotation, tax in the mix (28 Apr 2013)
Did Novartis Violate Its Corporate Integrity Agreement? (28 Apr 2013)
Banks cleared to begin £2bn swaps payouts (28 Apr 2013)
UANI Applauds Grant Thornton, RSM, Crowe Horwath for Ending Business in Iran (27 Apr 2013)
Tiny tax bills of IT firms paid millions by the state: Microsoft, one of Government's biggest contractors, make £1.8bn but paid only £19million tax (27 Apr 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers quits as Sands auditor, no dispute cited (27 Apr 2013)
Archbishop of Canterbury criticises bankers for 'culture of entitlement' (27 Apr 2013)
US Accuses Novartis of Kickbacks (27 Apr 2013)'
Big four' accountants 'use knowledge of Treasury to help rich avoid tax' (26 Apr 2013)
PwC created 'extraordinary' structure 'to avoid tax on UK properties', say MPs (26 Apr 2013)
Ban 'insider' tax accountants from government - MPs (26 Apr 2014)
"This is a ridiculous conflict of interest which should be banned" - New Statesman (26 Apr 2013)
Five questions answered on the call to ban "insider" tax accountants (26 Apr 2013)
Tax avoidance: HMRC 'too cosy' with accountancy giants (26 Apr 2013)
House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts: Tax avoidance: the role of large accountancy firms (26 Apr 2013)
Starbucks is right not to pay UK tax because it makes no profit, says coffee chain's advisor from Deloitte (26 Apr 2013)
The Ostrich Position: Judgement the key to accountants' reputation (26 Apr 2013)
Pensions stars align to drag auditors into new orbits (26 Apr 2013)
Investors call for Cable to investigate ENRC and Bumi (26 Apr 2013)
Insolvency: Government to introduce new sanctions on IPs this summer (26 Apr 2013)
Shareholder Spring part two as angry investors confront company executives over pay (26 Apr 2013)
French Connection's finance director unexpectedly leaves (26 Apr 2013)
If Cameron is serious about corporate fraud then he has to start at home – where the UK company registry is dire (25 Apr 2013)
MEPs dilute audit reform rules (25 Apr 2013)
Europe imposes mandatory rotation on audits (25 Apr 2013)
Extra time threatens to dilute audit firms shake-up (25 Apr 2013)
Auditors' odd jobs 'threaten their independence' (25 Apr 2013)
ENRC: Serious Fraud Office launches criminal investigation (25 Apr 2013)
'Taking the British tax system for a ride': Barclays and HSBC questioned over structure of their affairs (25 Apr 2013)
Divorce Cases Hold Potential Liabilities for Accountants (25 Apr 2013)
Integrated reporting takes a big step with international framework draft (25 Apr 2013)
Herbalife to reassure investors (25 Apr 2013)
Accountants 'confused' over Saudi license plan (25 Apr 2013)
Era of Big Oil Secrecy is Over (25 Apr 2013)
Legal accountancy firms, anyone? (25 Apr 2013)
France probes HSBC tax fraud claims (24 Apr 2013)
How To Shatter The Public Accounting Glass Ceiling ? (24 Apr 2013)
FASB Releases Standard on Liquidation Basis of Accounting (24 Apr 2013)
Equitable Life compensation hit by mistakes and delays (24 Apr 2013)
Equitable Life: 20pc of savers may never be found (24 Apr 2013)
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined EFG Private Bank Ltd (EFG) £4.2 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) controls (24 Apr 2013)
Tax questions for Michael Gove's £1000-a-day advisers (24 Apr 2013)
Barclays profits fall 25pc in first quarter (24 Apr 2013)
Profits tumble at Barclays as it bears cost of overhaul (24 Apr 2013)
Deloitte Gymnastics: Bill Dodwell can’t face both ways at once (23 Apr 2013)
Deloitte Loses Bid to Delay SEC Suit Over China Documents (23 Apr 2013)
They have no shame: KPMG chief dismisses 'one-day wonder' scandal (23 Apr 2013)
SEC Announces Non-Prosecution Agreement With Ralph Lauren Corporation Involving FCPA Misconduct (23 Apr 2013)
French tax probe targets HSBC (23 Apr 2013)
200000 policyholders may miss payouts from Equitable Life (23 Apr 2013)
Lawyers "should abandon tax privilege" (23 Apr 2013)
Bank of Ireland loses court battle with HMRC over subsidiary's £30m tax bill (23 Apr 2013)
UK Government borrowing falls, but only thanks to accounting fiddles (23 Apr 2013)
Classic FM, Capital and Heart Radio owners pay no UK tax after sending millions offshore (23 Apr 2013)
Florida accountant 'stole $170K from her boss to pay for breast implant and a divorce (23 Apr 2013)
Who should be running HMRC if it isn’t to be the Big 4 and ‘senior business people’? (22 Apr 2013)
KPMG's Inside Trader: What The Auditor, and Skechers, Don't Want To Talk About (22 Apr 2013)
The Role of the Audit in the Global Economy (22 Apr 2013)
Bumi shares halted while auditor examines figures (22 Apr 2013)
Who will audit the auditors? (22 Apr 2013)
S&P Early Victory in US Fraud Suit Seen as Unlikely (22 Apr 2013)
Auditors in the dock? (22 Apr 2013)
Tweedie: Audit reports "hopeless" (22 Apr 2013)
Ex-Honister adviser jailed for tax fraud (22 Apr 2013)
Glencore traded with Iranian supplier to nuclear weapon's programme (22 Apr 2013)
Even the Bank for International Settlements is now calling for country-by-country reporting (21 Apr 2013)
Power giants 'hide profits to dodge price controls' (21 Apr 2013)
Missteps marked KPMG insider-trading scandal (21 Apr 2013)
Why George Osborne should raise corporation tax to 50% (21 Apr 2013)
The tax drain: Britain's top firms pay billions - but six pounds in every seven go ABROAD (21 Apr 2013)
Criticism as SEVEN watchdog members set to investigate KPMG role in the HBOS debacle are revealed as current and former employees (21 Apr 2013)
Insolvency: PwC pockets £652m from Lehman's collapse...so far (21 Apr 2013)
Audit market “flirting with stagnation”, says PCAOB chair (21 Apr 2013)
The flying taxman: Bank secrecy is dying in Europe—thanks mainly to America (21 Apr 2013)
Accountancy chief reveals concerns on audit reports (21 Apr 2013)
How a Potter Took Accounting Into the Industrial Age (19 Apr 2013)
Professional Negligence claims rise following tax avoidance crackdown (19 Apr 2013)
KPMG snaps up Makinson Cowell in £15m deal (19 Apr 2013)
U.S. Bank Profits Disappoint Most in 3 Years (19 Apr 2013)
Morgan Stanley Reports Profit, but Investors Have Doubts (19 Apr 2013)
Secret to big bank profits - Financial Review (19 Apr 2013)
GlaxoSmithKline accused of paying rivals to delay release of cheap alternatives (19 Apr 2013)
Fat Cats: Jupiter shareholders refuse to back executive pay deal (19 Apr 2013)
Carbon bubble will plunge the world into another financial crisis (19 Apr 2013)
Auditors Must Make a Positive First Impression (19 Apr 2013)
Integrating the reporting clutter (18 Apr 2013)
CFTC Charges Accounting Firm Tunney & Associates (18 Apr 2013)
npower faces customer anger as petition calls for full payment of taxes (18 Apr 2013)
Insider Trading Continues Unabated Despite the US Feds' Focus (18 Apr 2013)
Bank of America closes one mortgage lawsuit, another lingers (18 Apr 2013)
The importance of knowing who does the auditing (18 Apr 2013)
German utility EnBW raided in fraud, tax evasion probe (18 Apr 2013)
Accountants took £84m in fees from lenders HBOS before they collapsed (17 Apr 2013)
Big banks cut provisions to cover bad mortgages (17 Apr 2013)
Investors can only trust capital markets if they trust their auditors, (17 Apr 2013)
Auditors Should Open the Books (17 Apr 2013)
Rosengren Says Banks With Broker-Dealer Units Need More Capital (17 Apr 2013)
Npower pays no tax for three years despite rising energy bills and .profits (17 Apr 2013)
Tesco to Pay Dearly to Leave United States (17 Apr 2013)
US IRS Overlooks Fraud Indicators (17 Apr 2013)
Corporate Social Responsibility: Considerations on COM(2013)207 - Directive amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups (16 Apr 2013)
Corporate Social Responsibility: DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards disclosure of nonfinancial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups (16 Apr 2013)
Following the Money Trail to Fight Terrorism, Crime and Corruption (16 Apr 2013)
Barclays Restates 2012 Profit on New Pension, Accounting Rules (16 Apr 2013)
Question in KPMG Case: Why? (16 Apr 2013)
Fired KPMG auditor can't explain 'lapse of judgment' (16 Apr 2013)
Stalking the Big Four (16 Apr 2013)
Accounting scandal deepens at Spain's Pescanova (16 Apr 2013)
FASB Previews Framework for Deciding on Accounting Standards (16 Apr 2013)
Bumi warns of new delay to results (13 Apr 2013)
Scandal-hit accountants KPMG facing 'secrets leak' court fight (13 Apr 2013)
Troubles deepen for RBS as rate-rigging scandal spreads to Far East (13 Apr 2013)
Court ruling goes against Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) (13 Apr 2013)
KPMG To Sue Former Partner Scott (13 Apr 2013)
Grant Thornton Wins Dismissal of 10-Year-Old Parmalat Case (13 Apr 2013)
Fresh questions over ENRC clean-up as investigator fired (13 Apr 2013)
Directors' deals highlight confidence (13 Apr 2013)
EU losing 1 trillion euros a year to tax dodging (13 Apr 2013)
Were auditors carried away by the crazy optimism of bankers? (12 Apr 2013)
Don't Trust The Accountants: Insider Selling A Better Sign Of A Failing Firm (12 Apr 2013)
KPMG Insider Trading Scandal Latest Blow to Accounting Industry's Reputation (12 Apr 2013)
Former KPMG partner Scott London 'given Rolex and cash for inside information' (12 Apr 2013)
KPMG partner's stock tips earned golf buddy $1m (12 Apr 2013)
Friend of ex-KPMG partner 'profited substantially' from stock tips (12 Apr 2013)
Former KPMG senior partner charged over insider trading (12 Apr 2013)
KPMG partner accused of selling information charged after FBI sting (12 Apr 2013)
How Herbalife Was Drawn Into KPMG Insider Trading Inquiry (12 Apr 2013)
Salmond’s £1.7 million bung to KPMG is a kick in the teeth for taxpayers (12 Apr 2013)
SEC Asks Judge to Allow Deloitte Subpoena Suit to Proceed (12 Apr 2013)
Tesco U.S. Exit Could Cost $382 Million in Cash (12 Apr 2013)
Banks lobby against auditor rotation (12 Apr 2013)
US SEC tells banks to improve structured note disclosures -filings (12 Apr 2013)
Standard Life shocks BP AGM with vote against pay and bonuses (12 Apr 2013)
Transfer Pricing: FBR unearths tax avoidance by pharma firms (12 Apr 2013)
Internal Audit Shines Brighter with Boards (12 Apr 2013)
Madoff auditor's sentencing postponed again (12 Apr 2013)
Fifth of UK accountants increased debt (12 Apr 2013)
KPMG cannot be put in charge of the hen house, let alone HMRC and financial regulation (11 Apr 2013)
Downing Street says 'consciences' of other HBOS chiefs should steer them as Crosby gives up knighthood and £175k pension (11 Apr 2013)
Scandal-hit KPMG could face probe over HBOS audit (11 Apr 2013)
EU agrees country-by-country reporting for extractive industries (11 Apr 2013)
FRC considering probe of HBOS auditor KPMG (11 Apr 2013)
Auditors of HBOS should also be held to account (11 Apr 2013)
HBOS accused of misleading investors (11 Apr 2013)
Meet KPMG's Scott London, the Alleged 'Rogue' Partner (11 Apr 2013)
So, who was KPMG's LA guy allegedly leaking to? (11 Apr 2013)
KPMG Adds to the Big Four's Troubles (11 Apr 2013)
KPMG insider trading scandal caused by 'lapse of judgment' (11 Apr 2013)
FBI found KPMG auditor via golf buddy, his lawyer says (11 Apr 2013)
Visit from FBI the end for auditor in KPMG insider-trading scandal (11 Apr 2013)
After KPMG, Audit Firms Reconsider Procedures (11 Apr 2013)
HBOS heat turns on head of new City regulator John Griffith-Jones (11 Apr 2013)
EU seals deal to boost transparency of oil, gas and logging firms (11 Apr 2013)
Reaction to EU agreement on transparency of extractive industries (11 Apr 2013)
BP faces pay row at AGM (11 Apr 2013)
They don't like change Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclusions lacking (11 Apr 2013)
Big banks 'more dangerous than ever', IMF's Christine Lagarde says (11 Apr 2013)
AIG Investors' $115 Million Greenberg Settlement Approved (11 Apr 2013)
US Accounting Class Action Suits Plunged in 2012 (11 Apr 2013)
A big win for campaigners: EU agreement on transparency of extractive industries (10 Apr 2013)
HBOS chief Crosby gives up knighthood and £175k of his pension as KPMG may be sued by Lloyds for not spotting HBOS black hole (10 Apr 2013)
US Prosecutors Said to Be Investigating Tips at KPMG Involving Herbalife and Skechers (10 Apr 2013)
KPMG Resigns as Skechers Auditor (10 Apr 2013)
Herbalife's KPMG Auditor Was a Cheerleader, Too (10 Apr 2013)
The Herbalife saga is practically a made-for-Hollywood script (10 Apr 2013)
KPMG Resigns as Auditor for Herbalife, Skechers Amid Insider-Trading Allegations (10 Apr 2013)
KPMG Fires a Senior Partner in an Insider Trading Episode (10 Apr 2013)
The Mystery of Herbalife's KPMG Auditor (10 Apr 2013)
FBI probes alleged insider trading by former KPMG partner: Source (10 Apr 2013)
The near-impossible standard for showing auditor fraud (10 Apr 2013)
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and KPMG all show up on the cooked books of Cook Island sanctuaries (10 Apr 2013)
The Regulation sham: FRC says KPMG HBOS audit investigation “not on agenda” (10 Apr 2013)
EU to agree transparency rules for oil and mining firms (10 Apr 2013)
EU to force mining firms to disclose foreign payments (10 Apr 2013)
Grant Thornton rapped for 'reputational harm' over Iranian business (10 Apr 2013)
RSM and Grant Thornton taken to task over Iran (10 Apr 2013)
Drive to appoint more women to boardroom failing, study shows (10 Apr 2013)
FASB-IASB's new Revenue Recognition Standard is Coming to Town (10 Apr 2013)
IASB chair defends IFRS amid market short-termism (10 Apr 2013)
Diamond Foods: The Empire Scales Back (10 Apr 2013)
Accounting regulator says won't budge on insurance rules (10 Apr 2013)
Transfer Pricing: Like most pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer registers its patents in a low-tax offshore haven, and then charges a high price for the use of this “intellectual property.” (9 Apr 2013)
Former Treasurer Accused of Embezzling from Institute of Internal Auditors (9 Apr 2013)
Big Four find Competition Commission audit conclusions lacking (9 Apr 2013)
Country by Country Reporting: Reaction to EU agreement on transparency of extractive industries (9 Apr 2013)<>
<>Country by Country Reporting: Statement by Commissioner Michel Barnier welcoming the agreement reached on disclosure requirements for the extractive industry and loggers of primary forests and on simpler accounting requirements for small companies (9 Apr 2013)
Europe's Best-Kept Secret: A Tax Haven For Rock Stars And Starbucks To Stash Earnings: Bono, Bowie, and the Rolling Stones, not to mention Apple, Google and Microsoft keep an address in the Netherlands, which doesn't tax profits by foreigners (9 Apr 2013)
What did Maggie do for investors? Privatisation revolution saw Sid turn a tasty profit but left a mixed legacy (9 Apr 2013)
Gordon Ramsay sued by New York accountants over $75000 bill (9 Apr 2013)
Corporate opacity is not inadvertent: PWC, KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte should hang their heads in shame (8 Apr 2013)
The leverage story banks want to hide (9 Apr 2013)
New City watchdog's chairman urged to resign over auditors' role (KPMG) in HBOS debacle (8 Apr 2013)
KPMG faces possible audit inquiry over HBOS failure (8 Apr 2013)
Tesco faces £1bn writedown to quit America (8 Apr 2013)
Is Wall Street Wrong About Con Edison? Probably. (8 Apr 2013)
Emerald miner loses fifth of market value on Zambian anti-corruption plans (8 Apr 2013)
In pursuit of the $21 trillion - David Cameron has one chance to target the tax dodgers (8 Apr 2013)
What the company registry in Cyprus tax haven actually looks like (8 Apr 2013)
Prof Prem Sikka and John Christensen April 2013 with Jersey ATTAC (7 Apr 2013)
Prof Prem Sikka - interview on leaving Jersey 4 April 2013 (7 Apr 2013)
Inquiry into private equity-owned business over 'lax accounting' (7 Apr 2013)
Investors Put Auditors in the Hot Seat (7 Apr 2013)
Executive pay: problems that could spark a second shareholder spring (7 Apr 2013)
Executive pay: the likely flashpoints (7 Apr 2013)
Fat Cats: BP under fire over directors' pay as Deepwater Horizon costs soar (7 Apr 2013)
Fat Cats: Oracle's Ellison Highest-Paid CEO as Pay Gains (7 Apr 2013)
Former Walmart District Manager Accuses Company of Widespread Inventory Manipulation (6 Apr 2013)
Offshore world: 2.5 million leaked files reveal stunning extent of global tax havens (6 Apr 2013)
South Dakota drops KPMG, auditors accused by SEC in TierOne case (6 Apr 2013)
India can consider Shared Auditing (Joint Audits) System (6 Apr 2013)
RSA under pressure over audit firm fees (6 Apr 2013)
BP Spill Judge Rejects Request to Halt Some Payments (6 Apr 2013)
HP chairman quits as fallout over Autonomy sale rolls on (6 Apr 2013)
HP chairman Ray Lane steps down amid investor revolt (6 Apr 2013)
Ex-BizJet Executives Charged by U.S. Over Bribery Claims (6 Apr 2013)I
nsolvency: HMV branches sold to Hilco, saving 141 branches (6 Apr 2013)
Lawyers and accountants help rich manage their money (5 Apr 2013)
Insolvency practitioners handed cross-border guidelines (5 Apr 2013)
Barclays' tax avoidance unit made £9.5bn (5 Apr 2013)
Barclays moves to boost its cash safety net by issuing £660m of debt (5 Apr 2013)
Mythbusters: "Britain is broke - we can't afford to invest" (5 Apr 2013)
Company profits depend on the 'welfare payments' they get from society (5 Apr 2013)
Vodafone adopts IFRS accounting; restates results (5 Apr 2013)
Bundesbank probes Deutsche over claims it hid billions (5 Apr 2013)
Bafin Said to Open Probe of Alleged Deutsche Bank Losses (5 Apr 2013)
The Ostrich Position: Interview with KPMG senior partner and UK chairman Simon Collins (5 Apr 2013)
Dell takeover battle set to generate $400m fees bonanza for banks (5 Apr 2013)
Averting the Pension Cliff with Commonsense Accounting Principles (5 Apr 2013)
Bahamas Institute Of Chartered Accountants' Suspension Lifted (5 Apr 2013)
Australia Accountants urged to ban commissions (5 Apr 2013)
The evidence is clear: lawyers, bankers and accountants run a web of corruption in tax havens (4 Apr 2013)
Barclays investors are fleeced by rewards (4 Apr 2013)
Shame of bank that paid £170million a year in bonuses: Barclays staff 'lost all sense of humility' says report (4 Apr 2013)
Barclays tax avoidance division generated £1bn a year – Salz review (4 Apr 2013)
Audit Commission retenders £25m of contracts (4 Apr 2013)
Ex-Goldman Trader Pleads Guilty to Fraud (4 Apr 2013)
Ex-Goldman Sachs Trader Admits Hiding $8.3 Billion Position (4 Apr 2013)
How Matthew hid $7.6 billion (4 Apr 2013)
Fred Goodwin and three other directors at RBS served with £4bn lawsuit by shareholders (4 Apr 2013)
Australia Accounting firms told to disclose outsourcing to clients (4 Apr 2013)
US Judge dismisses suit against Paulson for China Sino-Forest bet (4 Apr 2013)
RSA under fire for 'cosy' relationships and conflicts of interest between its board and external auditors (3 Apr 2013)
Investors launch £3.5bn compensation claim against RBS (3 Apr 2013)
SSE fined record £10.5m by Ofgem for mis-selling (3 Apr 2013)
Harlequin auditors BDO resign alleging 'lack of communication' (3 Apr 2013)
UK Finance firms hit with £560m in fraud fines since 2007 (3 Apr 2013)
Australia to force multinationals to disclose tax arrangements (3 Apr 2013)
Australia Proposal may allow ATO to disclose big businesses' tax returns (3 Apr 2013)<>
Tension grows as EU audit decision looms (3 Apr 2013)
Fannie Mae reports $17.2B profit for 2012 (3 Apr 2013)
Wait Continues for Lease Accounting Clarity (2 Apr 2013)
Tension grows as EU audit decision looms (2 Apr 2013)
Bank of America Finds Profit in Foreign Tax Credit Moves (2 Apr 2013)
Regulators Let Big Banks Look Safer Than They Are (2 Apr 2013)
Shell and ABN Amro 'masters in tax avoidance' (2 Apr 2013)
Dolce & Gabbana designers furious over $440million tax evasion fine (2 Apr 2013)
BDO and PKF complete merger deal (2 Apr 2013)
The Truth About Profits and Austerity (1 Apr 2013)
Banks still being too risky, say executives (1 Apr 2013)
Panasonic's Avionics Unit Under US Bribery Probe, (1 Apr 2013)
Dolce and Gabbana fined €343million for tax evasion (1 Apr 2013)
Dolce& Gabbana slapped with fine for tax evasion (1 Apr 2013)
Deloitte queries Dubai Bank's earnings report (1 Apr 2013)
Lease accounting's impact on company balance sheets (1 Apr 2013)

MARCH 2013

Standard Life Chief in call for auditing reforms (31 Mar 2013)
Accounts at EU banks are 'a joke', warn analysts (31 Mar 2013)
Derivatives: Hidden Numbers Make Banks Even Bigger (31 Mar 2013)
Chronicle of mis-deeds: How long will DCHL survive? (31 Mar 2013)
Russian FinMin says no to profit-based taxation of oil firms (31 Mar 2013)
Western Tax Havens Exploiting Emerging Oil Economies (31 Mar 2013)
Overseas firms steal a march on UK in 'patent box' tax break hunt (31 Mar 2013)
Deloitte: playing the transfer pricing game (30 Mar 2013)
Hong Kong is suing Ernst & Young for failing to hand over documents relating to a suspect client (30 Mar 2013)
SAC hedge fund executive Michael Steinberg charged over insider trading (30 Mar 2013)
Insider Trading Cases at a Top Hedge Fund (30 Mar 2013)
Eighth hedge fund employee arrested and charged with insider trading (30 Mar 2013)
Slash corporate tax rates? Let's start with ending the business breaks (30 Mar 2013)
Punch Taverns debt plan rejected by bondholders (30 Mar 2013)
Restatements Resurrected?: Accounting Fraud By The Numbers (29 Mar 2013)
Battle brewing over new rules for auditors (29 Mar 2013)
RBS sued for 'untrue and misleading' rights issue in 2008 (29 Mar 2013)
Why the British Banking Industry has become identical with an Organised Criminal Enterprise (29 Mar 2013)
Daimler sees one-off accounting gain from EADS revaluation (29 Mar 2013)
AIB announces 2.8bn euro losses (29 Mar 2013)
Home sweet tax shield – how the Dutch do property (29 Mar 2013)
HMRC Scores Victory Against Land Securities Tax Planning Scheme (29 Mar 2013)
Insolvency: Camera chain Jessops re-opens two months after closing (29 Mar 2013)
Indian banks open 55 branches in global tax havens (29 Mar 2013)
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND THE PROFIT-SHIFTING LURE OF TAX HAVENS (29 Mar 2013)
Why is the Bank of England ignoring the negligence of the auditors who’re signing off accounts that understate losses by £50 billion? (28 Mar 2013)
Ernst & Young in court over secrets kept from the SFC (28 Mar 2013)
Ernst& Young Says China Firm has Papers Regulator Seeks (28 Mar 2013)
Hong Kong quizzes Big Four partner as audit battle broadens (28 Mar 2013)
RBS and Lloyds have overstated their capital (28 Mar 2013)
RBS and Lloyds must raise extra £9bn (28 Mar 2013)
Doubts over Bank of England's £25bn confidence game (28 Mar 2013)
Accountants counting the cost of cutbacks in their pay packets (28 Mar 2013)
Land Securities loses $91 million battle over British tax bill (28 Mar 2013)
HMRC wins long-running Land Securities tax case (28 Mar 2013)
UK Tribunal rules against £60m Morgan Stanley tax scheme (28 Mar 2013)
UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGEMENT: The Land Securities plc v HMRC [2013] UKUT 0124 (TCC) (28 Mar 2013)
FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL JUDGEMENT: Land Securities Plc v Revenue & Customs [2011] UKFTT 599 (TC) (28 Mar 2013)
Citizens' role in Cyprus bailout 'shows need for accrual accounting' (28 Mar 2013)
It's Livent — the Sequel (28 Mar 2013)
The Public Interest Sham: Deloitte claiming that it is the duty of an accountant acting as a corporate finance or tax adviser to act in the best interests of his or her client (28 Mar 2013)

Pay gap between male and female accountants remains but is narrowing (27 Mar 2013)
Financial policy committee identifies £25bn capital shortfall in UK banks (27 Mar 2013)
Eurostat sets out potential next steps for EU accounting standards (27 Mar 2013)
SinoTech, banks to pay $20 mln to end shareholder fraud lawsuit (27 Mar 2013)
FSA fines Prudential £30 million and censures CEO for failing to inform regulator of 2010 acquisition plans (27 Mar 2013)
FSA fines Prudential £30m and censures chief Tidjane Thiam over AIA deal (27 Mar 2013)
US Federal Reserve Faults Citigroup Over Money Laundering Controls (27 Mar 2013)
PCAOB attempting to make auditing standards easier to navigate (27 Mar 2013)
Nick Clegg to announce tax break for employee ownership (27 Mar 2013)
PwC wins Schroders audit back (27 Mar 2013)
Stern magazine calls Big Four bosses Legal Enemies of the State (26 Mar 2013)
Legal public enemies - Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PWC (26 Mar 2013)
Financier who ran £32m fraud ordered to pay back £1 (26 Mar 2013)
Five 'Hollywood' fraudsters who conned Loose Women host into starring in a low budget film for £1million tax scam are jailed (26 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Lloyds Banking Group pays more than £1m to 25 staff (26 Mar 2013)
IASB publishes proposals for amendments to IAS 19 Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Employee Contributions (26 Mar 2013)
UK banks 'still short of capital', says BoE (26 Mar 2013)
Five-year jail sought for ex-Olympus head (26 Mar 2013)
BASF Lowers Mid-Term Profit Goals on New Accounting Standards (26 Mar 2013)
New union body will challenge executive pay and all-male boardrooms (26 Mar 2013)
And we have lift off . . . TJN celebrates a major anniversary (26 Mar 2013)
Big five UK banks rue 'dire year' as £11bn of fines erase profit gains (25 Mar 2013)
FRC takes BDO to task over disclosures (25 Mar 2013)
Ex-Deutsche Bank Accountant Parse Gets 42 Months for Tax Fraud (25 Mar 2013)
Grant Thornton warned over growth plans and audit quality (25 Mar 2013)
Banks Still Too-Big-To-Fail: Six Things The US Fed Must Do
Press Release: The identification of beneficial owners in the fight against money laundering (25 May 2013)

The identification of beneficial owners in the fight against money laundering (25 Mar 2013)
Laura Ashley accused by FPB of 'supplier squeeze' (25 Mar 2013)
Laura Ashley seeks 10% supplier discount (25 Mar 2013)
Banks' profits in 2012 hit by fines and accounting measures (24 Mar 2013)
Rihanna lawsuit against accountants lands in Barbados (24 Mar 2013)
Payouts at last for 9000 victims of maladministration at Equitable Life (24 Mar 2013)
Discount supermarket Lidl keeps its UK tax bill secre (24 Mar 2013)
Ontario court approves $117M settlement between Ernst & Young, Sino-Forest (24 Mar 2013)
Fears grow as UK banks reveal exposure to Cyprus euro crisis (24 Mar 2013)
They speak with a forked tongue: We don't do tax dodge schemes says Deloitte boss David Cruickshank (24 Mar 2014)
Ernst& Young's multiple Nortel roles shrouded in mystery (23 Mar 2013)
Barclays accidentally buys £600m stake in a Dutch cable TV business (23 Mar 2013)
Ex-state attorney general probes Tech Data CEO's sale of $2m shares (23 Mar 2013)
US Accounting Watchdog Raps Small Audit Firms (23 Mar 2013)
PCAOB may propose reorganization of auditing standards (23 Mar 2013)
Online dating firm Cupid plc sees share value plunge (23 Mar 2013)
Russian auditors launch probe into the Bolshoi theatre (23 Mar 2013)
Auditing the auditor-general (22 Mar 2013)
Grant Thornton and BDO told to buck up professional scepticism (22 Mar 2013)
FRC publishes Audit Quality Inspection Reports on BDO LLP and Grant Thornton UK LLP (22 Mar 2013)
BP to buy back $8bn in shares after Russian sale (22 Mar 2013)
Financial Conduct Authority chief says increasing fines will not change culture (22 Mar 2013)
Barclays gets caught out by $900m trade (22 Mar 2013)
Mulberry out of fashion on profit warning (22 Mar 2013)
Shildon accountancy firm director jailed over building industry tax scam (22 Mar 2013)
Swiss banks face US Libor lawsuit (22 Mar 2013)
Ex-HMRC employee jailed over £360000 fraud (22 Mar 2013)
PwC wins Cairn Energy audit tender (22 Mar 2013)
Barclays to retender PwC audit contract (22 Mar 2013)
Vestas Opposes Investor Call for Probe Into Accounting Change (21 Mar 2013)
Tyco must face accounting whistle-blower claims: Appeals court (21 Mar 2013)
PwC slammed for its JPMorgan Whale trades (21 Mar 2013)
Analysis: Knives out for auditors as class actions go global (21 Mar 2013)
Lesson Learned After Financial Crisis: Nothing Much Has Changed (21 Mar 2013)
Share buybacks are for dummies – unless you follow the Wolfson rules (21 Mar 2013)
QAA highlights problems with UK's Oxford Brookes accounting degree (21 Mar 2013)
Co-op puts insurance arm up for sale amid £703m loss (21 Mar 2013)
KPMG launches 'intensive' route into accountancy (21 Mar 2013)
US Treasury wants banks to peer behind shell companies (20 Mar 2013)
Autonomy founder squares up to Hewlett-Packard on day of AGM (10 Mar 2013)
ENRC abolishes final dividend as it reports $550m pre-tax loss (20 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Barclays announces £38.5m bonuses on budget day (20 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: The Rich gets richer: Barclays chief Rich Ricci lands £18m windfall (20 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Barclays awards shares worth £39m to nine executives (20 Mar 2013)
Budget 2013: LLP self-employed status under review (20 Mar 2013)
Harvest Natural Drops After 'Going Concern' Warning (20 Mar 2013)
Budget 2013: 'forgotten' Equitable Life victims get £5000 (20 Mar 2013)
Humongous credit derivatives cake proves inedible (20 Mar 2013)
DOJ, SEC Investigating Microsoft on Bribery Claims (20 Mar 2013)
FRC disagrees with Competition Commission audit report (22 Mar 2013)
The Ostrich Position: FRC warns against mandatory audit tendering and rotation (19 Mar 2013)
UK National Audit Office chief accused of undermining judge's tax review (19 Mar 2013)
Lamprell plc fined £2,428,300 for systems and controls failings (19 Mar 2013)
FSA fines oil services firm £2.4m over profit warnings (19 Mar 2013)
Citigroup agrees $730m legal settlement with investors (19 Mar 2013)
HSBC accused of aiding tax evasion in Argentina (19 Mar 2013)
HSBC faces new money laundering claims in Argentina (19 Mar 2013)
China's Suntech Power in $541m debt default (19 Mar 2013)
Shell knew that US$1.1 billion payment was destined for convicted money launderer (19 Mar 2013)
BAE freezes management's pay after earnings fall (19 Mar 2013)
No Accounting For Auditor PwC At Levin's Whale Hearing (18 Mar 2013)
HMRC and Big Four secondments (18 Mar 2013)
Accounting profession: Fallen from grace? (18 Mar 2013)
EU committee votes for seven-year auditor rotation (18 Mar 2013)
You think the UK government is fighting tax avoidance? Think again (18 Mar 2013)
Number of Accounting Fraud Cases Filed by SEC Slows (18 Mar 2013)
European Banks must shed €3.4tn from balance sheets (18 Mar 2013)
Insolvency: HMV and Blockbuster 'owed £490m' (18 Mar 2013)
Insolvency: Creditors foot £500m bill for HMV and Blockbuster failure (18 Mar 2013)
Housebuilder Berkeley 'on course' to pay shareholders £500m (18 Mar 2013)
Crown Prosecution accountant faces jail after £1m taxi fraud (18 Mar 2013)
Noble Grossart extols virtues of conservative accounting (17 Mar 2013)
'Culture of leverage' slammed by Grossart (17 Mar 2013)
HP Shareholder Claims Over Autonomy Accounting Are Withdrawn (17 Mar 2013)
Aggressive Tax Planning and Corporate Social Responsibility in Israel by Moran Harari, Ofer Sitbon and Ronit Donyets-Kedar (17 Mar 2013)
Italy calls for careful accounting for derivatives after Monte Paschi hit (17 Mar 2013)
Damaging legacy of private equity in a string of high profile disasters (17 Mar 2013)
Introducing FRS 101: UK's Reduced Disclosure Framework - no disclosure is required of related party transactions with and between wholly owned subsidiaries (16 Mar 2013)
JP Morgan Executives Prodded Over Accounting 'Tweaks' (16 Mar 2013)
Banker denies responsibility for JP Morgan losses (16 Mar 2013)
JP Morgan accused by Senate panel of flouting rules and ignoring regulators (16 Mar 2013)
BDO, Rawlinsons & MacIntyre Hudson disciplined by ICAEW (16 Mar 2013)
SAC Capital fund pays $614m over insider trading (16 Mar 2013)
CR Intrinsic Agrees to Pay More than $600 Million in Largest-Ever Settlement for Insider Trading Case (16 Mar 2013)
Ex-chief of Serious Fraud Office apologises over £1m severance payments (16 Mar 2013)
Credit default swaps on emerging markets' sovereign debt and food speculation funds have been voted Europe's worst financial products (16 Mar 2013)
SunPower settles $20 million investor lawsuit (16 Mar 2013)
SEC Charges Oppenheimer & Co Private Equity Fund Advisers with Misleading Investors about Valuation and Performance (16 Mar 2013)
FRC has to decide, if it is a regulator or a cheerleader for the industry (15 Mar 2013)
FRC issues FRS 102 (15 Mar 2013)
FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable to the UK and Republic of Ireland (15 Mar 2013)
Impact Assessment: FRS 100 Application of Financial Reporting Requirements, FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework, FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (15 Feb 2013)
US Senate investigation finds JP Morgan hid mistakes as trade losses grew (15 Mar 2013)
JP Morgan accused of hiding losses by Senate report (15 Mar 2013)
US Senate Investigations Subcommittee Holds Hearing and Releases Report on JPMorgan Chase Whale Trades (15 Mar 2013)
JP MORGAN CHASE WHALE TRADES: A CASE HISTORY OF DERIVATIVES RISKS AND ABUSES (15 Mar 2013)
UK Banking Commission fails to ban banks taking risky proprietary bets (15 Mar 2013)
US Corporate coalition pressing to limit taxation of offshore profits (15 Mar 2013)
Exempting Foreign Profits From Taxes Will Hurt US Economy (15 Mar 2013)
Private equity crash could trigger next wave of financial crisis (15 Mar 2013)
Adviser Targets Accounting Firm Partners (15 Mar 2013)
The pinstripe mafia that’s threatening to steal countries’ tax revenues is made up of lawyers, bankers and accountants (14 Mar 2013)
Finance director of mining giant ENRC dragged into $100m corruption probe (14 Mar 2013)
Insolvency Service almost insolvent (14 Mar 2013)
THE AUDITOR'S EXPECTATIONS GAP…NOT AGAIN! EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES (14 Mar 2013)
In subpoena spat with Deloitte, no easy day for SEC lawyers (14 Mar 2013)
Swiss banker's leaked letter leads to $184m US tax-dodging case (14 Mar 2013)
Whoops! Swiss financial advisor accidentally mails US government list of the clients he was helping (14 Mar 2013)
FRC releases another standard to streamline UK accounting (14 Mar 2013)
The Leverage Ratio - World Bank Paper (14 Mar 2013)
Sir Win Bischoff calls for accounting reform (13 Mar 2013)
Europe's accounting rules are destroying its banks (13 Mar 2013)
Serious Fraud Office 'bungles' £3 billion Autonomy investigation (13 Mar 2013)
Fitch Predicts FASB Loan Impairment Proposal Would Hit Bank Reserves (13 Mar 2013)
Banks need more capital, says new regulator head (13 Mar 2013)
PwC under fire from US auditing regulators (13 Mar 2013)
Deloitte and FRC fire opening salvoes in MG Rover trbunal (13 Mar 2013)
Insolvency: Creditors could be given notice ahead of pre-pack deals (13 Mar 2013)
Insolvency: Government to review of pre-pack administrations (13 Mar 2013)
BHP Billiton faces US corruption investigation (13 Mar 2013)
Solicitor and accountant jailed over £1.8m VAT fraud (13 Mar 2013)
Accountant gets six years for tax scam (13 Mar 2013)
British banks may have £30bn hidden losses (12 Mar 2013)
Europe's Accounting Rules Are Destroying Its Banks (12 Mar 2013)
Instead of mandatory rotation of auditors, the EU lawmakers favoured companies having to put out their audit work to tender every seven years (12 Mar 2013)
Serious Fraud Office to investigate Autonomy, says HP (12 Mar 2013)
HP claims Autonomy is under investigation by Serious Fraud Office (12 Mar 2013)
Conflict of interest may prevent SFO investigating Autonomy (12 Mar 2013)
Archant's profits slide by 40% – and it could face £13m tax bill (12 Mar 2013)
Intrade auditors flagged unusual payments last month to ex-chief (12 Mar 2013)
Parmalat names auditor to check LAG purchase price (12 Mar 2013)
Intrade shuts amid investigation (11 Mar 2013)
Intrade Halts Service on Possible Financial Irregularities Probe (11 Mar 2013)
What's Behind the Mysterious Intrade Shutdown? (11 Mar 2013)
Branson's Virgin Atlantic faces record loss (11 Mar 2013)
More Public Contracts for the Tax Avoidance Industry: Whitehall enlists Deloitte to plug skills gap (11 Mar 2013)
Ernst& Young gets a slap on the wrist and a love note from prosecutors (11 Mar 2013)
Ernst& Young faces court grilling over listing bid by mainland China (11 Mar 2013)
Governments for Sale: Ministers' oil industry ties prop up high-carbon policy, report alleges (11 Mar 2013)
George Osborne's bank reforms inadequate, say MPs (11 Mar 2013)
Capital rules for banks 'still need to be tougher' (11 Mar 2013)
Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, said that he supported “country-by-country” reporting (10 Mar 2013)
Divisions over accounting standards exposed (10 Mar 2013)
A year after the shareholder spring, the green shoots of rebellion are withering (10 Mar 2013)
Are Banks Safe Enough? Risk Weighting, Regulatory Arbitrage, And Other Issues (10 Mar 2013)
The Class War- Accountants warn Chancellor Osborne: Don't mess up over tax cheats (10 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Barclays and RBS paid 523 staff more than £1m a year (9 Mar 2013)
Million pound salaries for 95 RBS employees (9 Mar 2013)
Barclays and RBS disclose number of staff paid £1m-plus (9 Mar 2013)
Accounting convergence – lost? (9 Mar 2013)
US companies expand offshore cash hoard by $183 billion (9 Mar 2013)
US auditor watchdog criticises PwC on quality control (8 Mar 2013)
Regulator Expresses Doubts About an PwC Auditor's Procedures (8 Mar 2013)
Fed 'stress test': banks would lose $460bn if crisis struck again (8 Mar 2013)
Nordic Council assembles elite squad to tackle international tax avoidance (8 Mar 2013)
Companies Expand Offshore Cash Hoard by $183B (8 Mar 2013)
Rewriting rating agency wrongs (8 Mar 2013)
Downgrade your expectations: it pays to be wary of credit ratings agencies (7 Mar 2013)
US Regulator to Rebuke PricewaterhouseCoopers (7 Mar 2013)
US audit watchdog to criticize PwC -internal memo (7 Mar 2013)
PCAOB Finds PwC Failed to Fix Auditing Problems (7 Mar 2013)
PCAOB Issues Report on 2007-2010 Inspections of Domestic Firms that Audit 100 or Fewer Public Companies (7 Mar 2013)
Accounting change could cost banks billions (7 Mar 2013)
IASB Diverges from FASB in Revised Loan Loss Proposals (7 Mar 2013)
Banks face accounting drive to recognise losses earlier (7 Mar 2013)
Adidas makes £231m Reebok write-off (7 Mar 2013)
Are Accountants and CFOs Killing Innovation? (7 Mar 2013)
Ex-SFO chief Richard Alderman attacked over "shocking" stewardship (7 Mar 2013)
HSBC considers switching auditors from KPMG (7 Mar 2013)
Insolvency: Bed retailer Dreams enters administration with loss of 400 jobs (7 Mar 2013)
Outrage at vast HSBC profits and bonuses despite role in drug money laundering (6 Mar 2013)
Hide in nuclear bunkers and run for your life: Bankers must raise standards to that of accountants, says former KPMG partner Rake (6 Mar 2013)
FASB Rethinks Business Segment Reporting (6 Mar 2013)
EITI board raises bar on global standards to report natural resource revenues (6 Mar 2013)
Paddy Power reports 15% surge in pre-tax profits to €139m (6 Mar 2013)
Expert: Fraudulent accounting prevalent among “most reputable" banks (6 Mar 2013)
Accounting Lessons From Corning (6 Mar 2013)
India says Cadbury used fake factory for tax claims; Danes in pursuit of Microsoft (6 Mar 2013)
Former tax president jailed for tax fraud (5 Mar 2013)
Campaign grows in UK for flexible accounting standards (5 Mar 2013)
HP Chairman Lane Among Directors Opposed by ISS (5 Mar 2013)
Deloitte MG Rover tribunal begins (5 Mar 2013)
Denmark Tax authority pursuing Microsoft for 5.8 billion kroner (5 Mar 2013)
Rolls-Royce paid zero corporation tax in 2012 (5 Mar 2013)
FSA Libor report: officials could not see the wood for trees (5 Mar 2013)
FSA was warned of 'significant' Libor problem in 2008 (5 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Glencore boss pays himself $172m dividend despite 75% plunge in profits (5 Mar 2013)
Debenhams shares crash on profits warning (4 Mar 2013)
Savills allows staff to defer bonuses to avoid 50% tax (4 Mar 2013)
UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards - Written Evidence Panel on Tax, Audit and Accounting (4 Mar 2013)
HSBC pays $4.2bn for fines and mis-selling in 2012 (4 Mar 2013)
Ernst& Young to pay US regulators $123m over tax avoidance schemes (4 Mar 2013)
UK banks face criminal probes in battle against corruption (4 Mar 2013)
Bank of Ireland makes 1.8bn-euro loss in 2012 (4 Mar 2013)
Tesla Motors Delays Filing Annual Report on Presentation Error (4 Mar 2013)
Tesla Delays Annual Report To Fix Accounting Error (4 Mar 2013)
IFRS and US GAAP: similarities and differences (4 Mar 2013)
Accountant suspended for drug charges (4 Mar 2013)
Country-by-country Reporting: UK firms will be forced to reveal where they pay tax as Britain will not fight EU proposals (3 Mar 2013)
UK pensions push for flexible accounting (3 Mar 2013)
One in four of UK's top companies pay no tax (3 Mar 2013)
Dozen FTSE 100 firms 'paying no tax' (3 Mar 2013)
Insolvency: HMV owed £109m to bankers and £20m to taxman at collapse (3 Mar 2013)
Ireland's 'bankruptcy tourists' face tougher treatment in English courts (3 Mar 2013)
Institute members unlikely to welcome another 'alliance' (3 Mar 2013)
Ernst& Young has admitted wrongful conduct in connection with the firm’s participation in four tax shelters in an effort to defer, reduce, or eliminate tax liabilities of more than $2 billion (2 Mar 2013)
Ernst & Young to pay $123m to settle US tax shelter probe (2 Mar 2013)
Ernst& Young to Pay $123 Million to End US Tax-Fraud Probe (2 Mar 2013)
Ernst & Young's $123M Non-Prosecution Agreement over Tax Shelters: Priceless (2 Mar 2013)
Ernst & Young agreement with the US Department of Justice (2 Mar 2013)
Express Scripts Sues Ernst & Young Alleging Theft of Trade Secrets (2 Mar 2013)
Warren Buffett says last year sub-par for Berkshire Hathaway (2 Mar 2013)
Warren Buffett points to Wells Fargo in discussing accounting's shortcomings (2 Mar 2013)
Ex-Lawyer Donna Guerin Gets 8-Year Sentence in Tax-Shelter Case (2 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Outrage as Lloyds loses £570m and then hands £1.5m bonus to boss (2 Mar 2013)
Dow Chemical Loses $1 Billion in Deductions in Tax Case - based on transactions with sham partnerships promoted by Goldman Sachs (2 Mar 2013)
Now Grant Thornton come out in favour of Channel Islands’ tax haven abuse (1 Mar 2013)
Auditors must take some blame for crash (1 Mar 2013)
China plans unionization push into Big Four accounting firms (1 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Lloyds bonus pool stands at £365m despite £570m loss (1 Mar 2013)
Fat Cats: Lloyds boss to pocket £1.5m bonus as government prepares to sell off stake (1 Mar 2013)
Lloyds Banking Group posts £570m loss as mis-selling bill rises (1 Mar 2013)
'Pervasive' Fraud by Our 'Most Reputable' Banks (1 Mar 2013)
BP Gulf probe 'did not address impact of cost concerns' (1 Mar 2013)
Convicted UBS Trader Adoboli Appeals Rogue-Trade Sentence (1 Mar 2013)

FEBRUARY 2013

We got it! Country-by-country reporting is on its way for banks! (28 Feb 2013)
A Legal Secret Weapon May Help Hold Deloitte US Firm Liable for ChinaCast Fraud (28 Feb 2013)
Fat Cats: £215m for investment bankers in £600m RBS bonus pot despite £5.2bn losses (28 Feb 2013)
RBS lost £5.2bn in 'chastening' year (28 Feb 2013)
Corporate Capture: Meet Baroness Hogg's Libor advisory committee (28 Feb 2013)
Deutsche Telekom Earnings Miss Estimates on U.S., German Costs (28 Feb 2013)
ICAEW and ICAS join global chartered accountancy group (28 Feb 2013)
HM Revenue & Customs has won a court case against a tax avoidance scheme sold by Jersey-based Dominion Fiduciary Services Group (28 Feb 2013)
Andrew Chappell v Revenue & Customs [2013] UKFTT 98 (TC) (28 Feb 2013)
Government lifts accounting requirements for small firms (27 Feb 2013)
Shares sell-off of accountancy firm RSM Tenon as it warns of key loan breach (27 Feb 2013)
RSM Tenon pays Bentley Jennison partners £2.47m (27 Feb 2013)
FRC boss defends 'comply or explain' audit tendering (27 Feb 2013)
Co-op's £1bn hole could derail Lloyds deal (27 Feb 2013)
Three GLG City workers arrested in FSA insider trading investigation (27 Feb 2013)
HMRC wins court battle against £156m avoidance scheme (27 Feb 2013)
Accountant facing jail for stealing £540000 from investors to fund gambling habit (27 Feb 2013)
Investors face two sets of rules for banks' loan losses (26 Feb 2013)
US offered seat on new global accounting panel (26 Feb 2013)
Competition Commission publishes full audit report (26 Feb 2013)
Investor power at core of Competition Commission remedies (26 Feb 2013)
Why would a big firm want a small auditor? (26 Feb 2013)
Banks suspected of tweaking risk measure (26 Feb 2013)
EU Bank Calculations of Capital Vary Widely, EBA Says (26 Feb 2013)
Fat Cats: Top 40 hedge fund managers earn total of $16.7bn (26 Feb 2013)
Fat Cats: Barclays to reveal as many as 600 staff earn more than £1m a year (26 Feb 2013)
IMF Paper: Taxation, Bank Leverage, and Financial Crises (26 Feb 2013)
Xerox chief accountant appointed to the IASB (26 Feb 2013)
Australia Watchdog gives auditors a wake-up call over reporting standards (25 Feb 2013)
Auditors still put management first (25 Feb 2013)
The audit market wasn't working: here's how to fix it (25 Feb 2013)
They always oppose change and side with accounting firms: Institutes cast doubt cast over CC's findings (25 Feb 2013)
Auditing the auditors: FTSE 350 survey (25 Feb 2013)
The Financial Director audit survey 2013 (25 Feb 2013)
EU probe launched into so-called 'revolving door' practice (25 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Portsmouth administrators PKF reveal cost £2.16 million to club (25 Feb 2013)
Grip of big four accounting group over Britain's blue-chip companies is doomed (25 Feb 2013)
UK Court Of Appeal Rules On Tax And Delaware LLC (25 Feb 2013)
Court of Appeal Decision: Revenue and Customs v Anson [2013] EWCA Civ 63 - see the Ernst & Young link (12 February 2013)
The uncompetitive culture of auditing's big four remains undented: The Competition Commission report's stale proposals will have little impact on a state-guaranteed and unscrutinised market (24 Feb 2013)
Audit firms, and other ancient corporate relics (24 Feb 2013)
Clash over mandatory rotation of auditors (24 Feb 2013)
Balancing the books: Competition Commission bares teeth over the Big Four (24 Feb 2013)
Apple loses shareholder vote lawsuit and drops plan (24 Feb 2013)
RBS plans cuts to investment bank in push to stem losses (24 Feb 2013)
Rate swap scandal: RBS mis-selling bill may exceed £1bn (24 Feb 2013)
Study Looks at How Clients Select an Accounting Firm (24 Feb 2013)
KPMG makes clear it’s a true friend of tax haven abuse (23 Feb 2013)
Disgraced judge Perrin now guilty of false accounting (23 Feb 2013)
Auditors too often 'focus on needs of bosses' (23 Feb 2013)
Deloitte sued by US funds (23 Feb 2013)
Deloitte Pledges Vigorous Defense in ChinaCast Lawsuit (23 Feb 2013)
Fat Cats: Lloyds chief executive in line for £1.4m bonus (23 Feb 2013)
They like Tax Dodging: Tax expert from KPMG urges Channel Islands not to follow Isle of Man on compliance deal (23 Feb 2013)
Russia to Fully Adopt International Accounting Rules by 2018 (23 Feb 2013)
Big four accountants 'insufficiently independent and sceptical' of City (22 Feb 2013)
Competition Commission raps Big Four accountants (22 Feb 2013)
Big Four chastised by Competition Commission (22 Feb 2013)
Auditors 'serving management instead of shareholders' (22 Feb 2013)
Regulator: Big-4 auditors cramping competition (22 Feb 2013)
OFT: UK Audit market not serving shareholders (22 Feb 2013)
OFT: STATUTORY AUDIT SERVICES MARKET INVESTIGATION: Summary of provisional findings (22 Feb 2013)
OFT STATUTORY AUDIT SERVICES MARKET INVESTIGATION: Notice of possible remedies under Rule 11 of the Competition Commission Rules of Procedure (22 Feb 2013)
Big Four's rivals welcome audit shake-up (22 Feb 2013)
Big Four deny acting against shareholders (22 Feb 2013)
AIG reports $4bn loss from sale of leasing business (22 Feb 2013)
Corporate Capture: Xerox Exec to Join IASB as Newest US Member (22 Feb 2013)
Why Should Taxpayers Give Big Banks $83 Billion a Year? (22 Feb 2013)
Shaming day for Square Mile as Rothschild fights against discredited Bumi board (22 Feb 2013)
Bumi: Coal miner's fate sealed after shareholder vote (22 Feb 2013)
Top Bosses 'Too Close To Auditors' (21 Feb 2013)
Plans to force firms to switch auditors don't go far enough (21 Feb 2013)
Regulator moves to break auditor ties (21 Feb 2013)
Deloitte sued by investment funds over ChinaCast Education losses (21 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Historic carpet maker Axminster heads towards administration (21 Feb 2013)
US Justice Department deal reduces BP's Deepwater Horizon fine by $3.4bn (21 Feb 2013)
Heinz faces FBI inquiry over 'insider trading' (21 Feb 2013)
BAE Systems' £1bn share buy-back plan surprises City (21 Feb 2013)
Russia loses £52bn a year in tax evasion and illegal transfers, (21 Feb 2013)
Libor setting 'still not clean' despite scandal (21 Feb 2013)
FSA to publish report on Libor-fixing (21 Feb 2013)
Country-by-country reporting is making progress despite the UK (20 Feb 2013)
U.S. Banks Bigger Than GDP as Accounting Rift Masks Risk (20 Feb 2013)
Banks' assets wrongly valued, says Andrew Bailey (20 Feb 2013)
European banks face tough dislosure rules (20 Feb 2013)
FRC excludes former Cattles directors (20 Feb 2013)
Credit Agricole Posts Record Loss on Write-Downs (20 Feb 2013)
Let the sun shine on banks' tax affairs (20 Feb 2013)
Making a Killing: Oil Companies, Tax Avoidance & Subsidies (20 Feb 2013)

Multinationals exploit loopholes and tax patience of governments (20 Feb 2013)
Eyes turn to corporate tax abuse as US Senator tackles tax haven crackdown (20 Feb 2013)
Seven fines in five years for undisclosed avoidance schemes (20 Feb 2013)
Novelist Patricia Cornwell Wins $50.9M Judgment against accounting firm (20 Feb 2013)
Locked up: The married tax accountant and father-of-one who led secret life as a pimp (20 Feb 2013)
'Big Four' accounting firms could lose tight grip on UK audit market (19 Feb 2013)
Deloitte& Touche Sued by Funds Over ChinaCast Losses (19 Feb 2013)
Behaviour of our auditors during crash can't be ignored any longer(19 Feb 2013)
Third of accountants "drink too much" (19 Feb 2013)
Express Scripts accuses accounting firm Ernst& Young of stealing data (18 Feb 2013)
Preparing for the Proposed New FASB Lease Accounting Standards (18 Feb 2013)
Senior RBS bankers in line for multimillion-pound share award (18 Feb 2013)
Firms must pay their fair share of tax, says David Cameron (18 Feb 2013)
No change in law to curb tax avoidance: Britain's PM Cameron (18 Feb 2013)
Transfer Pricing: India cracks down on taxation of transfers within foreign firms (18 Feb 2013)
Cameron Likens Multinationals' Tax Avoidance to Illegal Evasion (18 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Jessops collapsed with debts in excess of £80m (17 Feb 2013)
Joy Global CEO Hasn't Found Accounting Issues in China (17 Feb 2013)
Glencore 'to hire' female director (17 Feb 2013)
Bill Dodwell Deloitte) is the face of a frightened tax profession (16 Feb 2013)
US regulators probe insider dealing ahead of Heinz takeover (16 Feb 2013)
Banks to be pushed on arrears (16 Feb 2013)
Mark Carney 'sees logic' in tougher cap on banks' leverage (16 Feb 2013)
Enbridge Profit Drops on Derivatives, (16 Feb 2013)
SEC drops plan to rotate auditors (16 Feb 2013)
Rotation ensures a 'fresh pair of eyes' (16 Feb 2013)
Big UK tax avoiders will easily get round new government policy: These new proposals to beat tax avoidance won't work, as they expect opaque corporations to come clean (15 Feb 2013)
Nothing For Nothing: HP Pays Dearly For Ernst & Young Tax Testimony (15 Feb 2013)
MG Rover Group, Deloitte & Touche, Mr Maghsoud Einollahi (15 Feb 2013)
Express Scripts Sues Ernst & Young Alleging Document Theft (15 Feb 2013)
As HMRC Investigates Montpelier Accountants, Beware Fraudulent Tax Avoidancxe Schemes (15 Feb 2013)
Proposal Gives Banks More Freedom to Value Assets (15 Feb 2013)
Mark-to-market accounting: A volatility villain (15 Feb 2013)
Now water companies are caught avoiding tax (15 Feb 2013)
Six of Britain's biggest water companies 'use tax havens to avoid millions in tax (15 Feb 2013)
Banks Underestimate Currency-Trade Loss Risk: Basel Group (15 Feb 2013)
Tullett Prebon shares fall amid Libor claims (15 Feb 2013)
FASB proposal aims to simplify financial instruments accounting (15 Feb 2013)
MF Parent, Creditor Plan 'Not Confirmable' on Fees, Suits (15 Feb 2013)
India to cancel Finmeccanica deal following bribery allegations (15 Feb 2013)
Silvio Berlusconi says bribes are a 'necessary part of business' (15 Feb 2013)
To Limit Corporate Tax Avoidance, Tax Investors (15 Feb 2013)
Stanford's Accountants Face 20 Years in Prison at Sentencing (14 Feb 2013)
Bank-Accounting Rule Change Is Proposed - eliminate debt or debit valuation adjustment (14 Feb 2013)
As HMRC Investigates Montpelier Accountants, Beware Fraudulent Tax Avoidance Schemes (14 Feb 2014)
MF Global UK Unsecured Creditors to Get 40 Percent Payment (14 Feb 2013)
FASB Revises Proposed Changes in Financial Instruments Accounting Standards (14 Feb 2013)
Barclays forced to sell shares worth £1.2bn for just £750m, triggering huge profits for Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank (14 Feb 2013)
Canada's Effort to Unify Accounting Bodies Seeing Mixed Results (14 Feb 2013)
Barclays accused of 'cynical ploy' to avoid NICs for temporary workers (14 Feb 2013)
EC unveils plans for 'Tobin Tax' in eleven nations (14 Feb 2013)
Tax havens The missing $20 trillion (14 Feb 2013)
Giant companies using late payment code as "PR exercise" (14 Feb 2013)
Barclays and KPMG developed and promoted STARS tax avoidance scheme to U.S. banks (13 Feb 2013)
ANOTHER KPMG TAX AVOIDANCE SCHEMES DECLARED UNLAWFUL - UNITED STATES TAX COURT JUDGMENT- BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (13 Feb 2013)
RBS Warned Against 'Creative Accounting' Over Bonus Pledge (13 Feb 2013)
US audit watchdog says may take action against Chinese auditors (13 Feb 2013)
Struggling Man Group hires KPMG to review its governance (13 Feb 2013)
Peugeot Citroen reports record annual loss (13 Feb 2013)
Cbridge director's five year ban for £200k tax-dodge (13 Feb 2013)
IT groups' tax accounts face scrutiny (13 Feb 2013)
Coalition hardens stance over tax (13 Feb 2013)
Q&A: International tax loopholes (13 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Republic chain enters administration (13 Feb 2013)
UK banking reform bill won't curb reckless risk-taking (12 Feb 2013)
FASB Could Revisit Pension Accounting This Year (12 Feb 2013)
British regulator to probe Autonomy's accounting before HP deal (12 Feb 2013)
G4S Olympic security contract losses increase to £88m (12 Feb 2013)
Internal auditors banned from engagement teams (12 Feb 2013)
Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel sues Societe Generale for €4.9bn (12 Feb 2013)
OECD calls for crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals (12 Feb 2013)
BNY Mellon Barred From $199 Million of Foreign Tax Credit (12 Feb 2-13)
BNY Mellon to Take Charge of $850 Million Following Court Ruling (12 Feb 2013)
Barclays secret tax avoidance factory that made £1bn a year profit (12 Feb 2013)
Barclays coy about revealing how much it made from tax dodge operations (12 Feb 2013)
Barclays shows how structured finance means tax avoidance (12 Feb 2013)
Shutting Barclays tax avoidance unit to take up to 10 years (12 Feb 2013)
Finmeccanica's Giuseppe Orsi held on corruption charges (12 Feb 2013)
KPMG partner acquitted in US tax shelter trial (12 Feb 2013)
Autonomy Finance Reports Before HP Deal Probed by U.K. Regulator (11 Feb 2013)
Autonomy faces probe by Financial Reporting Council (11 Feb 2013)
FRC Investigation announced in connection with Autonomy Corporation plc (11 Feb 2013)
Barclays misled shareholders about source of £3bn (11 Feb 2013)
Barclays misled shareholders on investment: Panorama (11 Feb 2013)
Barclays admits mistake in reporting of ownership of 2008 investment lifeline (11 Feb 2013)
Accounting body IASB considers end to Debt Valudation Adjustment distortions (11 Feb 2013)
UK in-house auditors face more scrutiny after Libor scandal (11 Feb 2013)
Media Corporation uncovers national insurance liability (11 Feb 2013)
And Another Ineffective Gesture: New City code to crack down on scandals (11 Feb 2013)
Claims of a fat cat brain drain if firms refuse to pay top wages are a 'self-serving myth (11 Feb 2013)
OECD paper - Beneficial Ownership and Control: A COMPARATIVE STUDY DISCLOSURE, INFORMATION AND ENFORCEMENT (11 Feb 2013)
Accounting risk clouds big US business bets in China (11 Feb 2013)
Investors in United States are smarter says new Virgin Media boss (10 Feb 2013)
British sugar giant caught in global tax scandal (10 Feb 2013)
As Zambians demand fair tax rates, a British sugar giant grows fat (10 Feb 2013)
Sweet Nothings: The human cost of a British sugar giant avoiding taxes in southern Africa (10 Feb 2013)
Frail victims of Equitable Life deserve better (10 Feb 2013)
Barclays to close 'tax avoidance' unit (10 Feb 2013)
Transfer Pricing: Bring on the whistleblowers (10 Feb 2013)
Private hospital giant in talks on £2bn debt (10 Feb 2013)
Inquiry into secret files kept by banks (10 Feb 2013)
Canada Seeks to Unify Professional Accounting Bodies under CPA Designation (9 Feb 2013)
KPMG Gender-Discrimination Suit Can Proceed, Judge Rules (9 Feb 2013)
Former JJB chair charged over misleading market (9 Feb 2013)
Former boss of Next and JJB Sports charged (9 Feb 2013)
KPMG's Simon Collins: The profession that I joined was so much respected (9 Feb 2013)
Explaining The Secret Of Warren Buffett's Success: Double Leverage (9 Feb 2013)
Dell shareholder rejects bid by founder Michael Dell (9 Feb 2013)
Moody's shares fall amid rating agency legal fears (9 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Angel Biotech calls in KPMG as administrator (9 Feb 2013)
Libor scandal: 'This goes much, much higher than me,' says trader (9 Feb 2013)
S&P may face the same fate as accounting firm Arthur Andersen (8 Feb 2013)
Peugeot writes off 4bn euros as car market worsens (8 Feb 2013)
David Einhorn suing Apple over shareholder cash (8 Feb 2013)
Disney earnings fall partly due to 'Millionaire' lawsuit charges (8 Feb 2013)
EU standard setters wade into IFRS debate (8 Feb 2013)
Trials collapsing thanks to 'shambolic' privatisation of translation services (8 Feb 2013)
Private interpreting company received £8.5m for courts contract (8 Feb 2013)
Baugur boss guilty of tax evasion (8 Feb 2013)
Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising (8 Feb 2013)
How Drug Companies Are Boosting Profits Through Tax Gimmicks (8 Feb 2013)
London Lawyer Jailed Over Fraud That Funded Luxury Lifestyle (8 Feb 2013)
NY State appeals denial of objection to AIG shareholder deal (8 Feb 2013)
France moves towards country-by-country reporting for its banks (7 Feb 2013)
Greed and dishonesty laid bare as scale of Libor rigging revealed (7 Feb 2013)
Libor rigging: timeline (7 Feb 2013)
RBS Libor fixing – the transcripts (7 Feb 2013)
RBS Libor rigging emails: 'It's just amazing how Libor fixing can make you that much money', says trader. 'I'm like a whores drawers' adds another (7 Feb 2013)
Libor rigging fine: a fit punishment for RBS's tardiness (7 Feb 2013)
The oil industry wants to water down transparency rules (7 Feb 2013)
Spreading Accounting Think: Finance lessons in schools from 2014 (7 Feb 2013)
How the rules on tax work for sporting events in the UK (7 Feb 2013)
Lender does not 'acquire an asset' when a loan is repaid, tax Tribunal says (7 Feb 2013)
Graham Aaronson loses another tax case: DMWSHNZ LIMITED v THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE & CUSTOMS – also see the Ernst & Young link (7 Feb 2013)
Ex accounting partner charged in $4m NY theft (6 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Pre-pack administrations called into question by MPs (6 Feb 2013)
House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Report: The Insolvency Service (6 Feb 2013)
Shell India Denies Transfer Pricing Abuse (6 Feb 2013)
Japan exchange probes accounting of Universal's Philippine payments (6 Feb 2013)
Anglo Irish Bank successor 'to be liquidated' (6 Feb 2013)
Fat Cats: £42m for Virgin Media boss in Liberty Global deal (6 Feb 2013)
Virgin Media buyout creates £18bn company with no tax to pay (6 Feb 2013)
French updates: Hollande supports full country-by-country reporting, plus, data on information exchange (5 Feb 2013)
Cattles launches legal battle against former auditor PwC (5 Feb 2013)
Cattles creditors sue PwC over audits (5 Feb 2013)
Barclays adds £1bn to mis-selling compensation bill (5 Feb 2013)
Barclays increases PPI and swaps mis-selling provisions (5 Feb 2013)
Audits may need to flag risks and disagreements (5 Feb 2013)
Equitable Life: Compensation paid to 6000 savers after death (5 Feb 2013)
PCAOB Strikes Inspection Deal with French Auditing Firm Regulator (5 Feb 2013)
PCAOB reaches agreement with French, Finnish audit regulators (5 Feb 2013)
BP hit by new $34bn Deepwater Horizon claim (5 Feb 2013)
SEC Not Backing Down in Fight Against Chinese Auditors (5 Feb 2013)
Dell's Leveraged Buyout Is a Massive Tax Dodge (5 Feb 2013)
Japan regulator probes Okada gaming group (5 Feb 2013)
Australian NGOs call for greater transparency for multinationals (4 Feb 2013)
Anglo American warns of $225m loss over Amplats (4 Feb 2013)
Another Diversion from Audit Failures and rotten firm culture: FRC consults on proposals to improve the auditor’s report (4 Feb 2013)
Sino-Forest investors face off over deal with auditors Ernst & Young (4 Feb 2013)
BAE rejects calls for fresh Saudi investigation (4 Feb 2013)
Companies not aware of lease accounting changes (4 Feb 2013)
Former Transaero shareholder asks Interpol to investigate share theft (4 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Morrisons buys clutch of Jessops shops (4 Feb 2013)
Insolvency: Peter Jones snaps up Jessops brand (4 Feb 2013)
FSA and SFO probe Barclays over Qatar loan (3 Feb 2013)
Harlequin grapples with accounting problems (3 Feb 2013)
Peregrine Financial regulators lacked skepticism (3 Feb 2013)
Tax campaigners study multinationals' enthusiasm for going Dutch (3 Feb 2013)
The Ostrich Position: ICAEW hits back at politicians to defend the tax avoidance industry (3 Feb 2013)
Taxman refuses to pay out charity tax relief claims to investors (3 Feb 2013)
Numerous audits with deficiencies where auditors did not consistently and diligently apply professional skepticism (3 Feb 2013)
PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, and Amendments to other PCAOB Standards Approved by SEC (3 Feb 2013)
Barclays: the Qatar Question and the Companies Act (2 Feb 2013)
Barclays boss seeks to save bank's reputation after financial scandal with Qatar (2 Feb 2013)
Top audit firms brace for new UK, EU rules (2 Feb 2013)
India Tax Department summons PricewaterhouseCoopers in Nokia case (2 Feb 2013)
Cup Trust raised £176.5m in two years but gave only £55000 to its causes (2 Feb 2013)
PAC 4, Big Four 0 (1 Feb 2013)
Accountancy's Big Four are laughing all the way to the tax office (1 Feb 2013)
UK MPs grill accountancy firms over tax (1 Feb 2013)
Top accountancy firms accused of exploiting tax laws they helped to draft (1 Feb 2013)
We're proud to help firms make billions by avoiding tax, top accountants tell MPs (1 Feb 2013)
Jackpot! Bookies avoid £1bn tax (1 Feb 2013)
Credit Agricole to make 2.68bn-euro writedown (1 Feb 2013)
Spanish Banks' Earnings Hit by Cleanup (1 Feb 2013)
India's most trusted brand Nokia hit with £1.5bn tax bill (1 Feb 2013)

JANUARY 2013

Video of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee probe into the role fo Big Four Accountancy firms in Tax Avoidance (31 Jan 2013)
Big Four 'playing an illegitimate game' on tax advice, top accountants told (31 Jan 2013)
MPs press accountants on tax avoidance (31 Jan 2013)
MPs grill accountants over tax avoidance (31 Jan 2013)
Tax avoidance like David and Goliath, says Hodge (31 Jan 2013)
Biogen Misses Fourth-Quarter Estimates on Tax Correction (31 Jan 2013)
Top audit firms brace for new UK, EU rules (31 Jan 2013)
China Studies Proposal on U.S. Auditing, Securities Times Says (31 Jan 2013)
Auditors' going concern judgment to extend beyond 12 months (31 Jan 2013)
Santander's profits slide as €18bn of loans turn sour (31 Jan 2013)
Boeing uses new earnings measure of profit before pensions (31 Jan 2013)
Big Four accounatncy firms dominate list of preferred sustainability consultants (31 Jan 2013)
Transfer pricing into major tax havens is increasing in US multinationals (30 Jan 2013)
Harlequin grapples with accounting problems (30 Jan 2013)
Audit committees don't understand their annual reports (30 Jan 2013)
FRC proposes tougher accounting test on banks' health (30 Jan 2013)
Another Charade: Consultation on implementation of Sharman Panel recommendations issued by FRC (30 Jan 2013)
UK Watchdog drops Lehman case against Ernst & Young (30 Jan 2013)
Nokia suspected of flouting transfer pricing rules too (30 Jan 2013)
Kaplan Financial launch free accountancy reference site (30 Jan 2013)
If companies cannot pay tax then nor can they make profit, which means that every audit report ever issued is wrong (29 Jan 2013)
Ernst & Young Cleared in U.K.'s Lehman Client-Funds Probe (29 Jan 2013)
Outcome of investigation: Lehman Brothers International (Europe) - no action taken against Ernst & Young (29 Jan 2013)
Bank of England is wrong on accounting rules, says Sir David Tweedie (29 Jan 2013)
Anglo American in $4bn writedown on Brazil iron ore project (29 Jan 2013)
BP's record $4bn Deepwater criminal penalties approved (29 Jan 2013)
Accountant 'embezzled more than £1.2m' (29 Jan 2013)
Dutch tax haven has 20000 letter-box companies including U2's (29 Jan 2013)
UK Tax laws 'influenced by big firms' (29 Jan 2013)
Dell's Multiple Restructurings Aid It in Tax Avoidance (29 Jan 2013)
Ford shares down on Europe losses (29 Jan 2013)
Libor Lies Revealed in Rigging of $300 Trillion Benchmark (29 Jan 2013)
Charges against Farepak director "oppressive and unfair" (29 Jan 2013)
Haldane's accounting cover may cost £15bn ( 28 Jan 2013)
The Ostrich Position: Accountant joins backlash against tax dodge attacks (28 Jan 2013)
Ex-compliance officer: 'I had to tell the trader what to do – I had two minutes' (28 Jan 2013)
Coca Cola named in multi million dollar tax haven scam (28 Jan 2013)
Apple shelters almost $1bn a week from US tax man (28 Jan 2013)
IASB: Auditors fail to see reports as models of communication (28 Jan 2013)
Audit reform aboard the slow train of Europe (28 Jan 2013)
Sir Michael Rake to step down as easyJet chairman (28 Jan 2013)
'Big Four' accountants expected to defy MPs in interrogation over tax avoidance (27 Jan 2013)
KPMG Consultants paid £320k to help NHS Trust cut costs fail to come up with any money saving suggestion (27 Jan 2013)
Deloitte, Ernst & Young apparently botched Caterpillar's China due diligence (27 Jan 2013)
Rise in company profit warnings (27 Jan 2013)
Starbucks threatens Cameron after 'unfair' tax attacks (27 Jan 2013)
To stop firms gaming the tax system, make them admit what they're doing (27 Jan 2013)
Client numbers expected to drop: Ernst & Young (27 Jan 2013)
Japanese Accountants Signing up for US CPA License (26 Jan 2013)
US Century Bank shareholders sue accounting firm MBAF (26 Jan 2013)
Ex-Singapore Banker Chan Ming Fon Wins Bail in Olympus Case (26 Jan 2013)
Rip-off: Banks charge us £9bn a year for current accounts through complex fees (26 Jan 2013)
Should Caterpillar Have Noticed This Red Flag? (26 Jan 2013)
The Selfish Gene: Thumbs down from FTSE100 businesses to David Cameron's call for more tax disclosure (25 Jan 2013)
Microsoft Windows performance helps cash reserves grow by $5bn (25 Jan 2014)
Microsoft's Profit Falls 3.7% as Windows 8 Gets Off to a Slow Start (25 Jan 2013)
Hub jury rejects $580M claim against Goldman in Dragon sale (25 Jan 2013)
Secret Libor list names top Barclays executives (25 Jan 2013)
The Ostrich Position: Cameron’s attack on UK accountants draws professional ire (25 Jan 2013)
Paschi Pressed to Disclose Derivative Losses as Vote Looms (25 Jan 2013)
Deutsche Bank Derivative Helped Monte Paschi Mask Losses (25 Jan 2013)
The privilege of privilege: What the Supreme Court ruling means (25 Jan 2013)
Insolvency profession wins battle against legal cost reforms (25 Jan 2013)
Tim Geithner: banking bailouts looked like 'giving aid to the arsonist' (25 Jan 2013)
Deloitte and Ernst & Young named in Caterpillar-ERA debacle (24 Jan 2013)
"It's a world where some companies navigate their way around legitimate tax systems – and even low tax rates – with an army of clever accountants", says David Cameron (24 Jan 2013)
Britain urges EU to approve bank accounting rule (24 Jan 2013)
Red flags revealed in filings of firm linked to Caterpillar fraud (24 Jan 2013)
Someone tell David Cameron that tax avoidance starts at home (24 Jan 2013)
Britain's biggest companies see tax bill drop 18 percent (24 Jan 2013)
Accounting black hole sees PR firm sold in pre-pack (24 Jan 2013)
Separate rules for banks a "mistake", Lawson told (24 Jan 2013)
Judge denies Barclays staff anonymity in Libor case (24 Jan 2013)
Diamond, Del Missier Among Those Denied Libor Anonymity (24 Jan 2013)
Study: US States Waste Billions Luring Jobs from Each Other (24 Jan 2013)
The Job-Creation Shell Game: Ending the Wasteful Practice of Subsidizing Companies that Move Jobs from One State to Another (24 Jan 2013)

Son of OAP left to freeze on hospital trolley blames accountants and politicians (24 Jan 2013)

FRC plans 8.5% hike to levy rates (24 Jan 2013)
Accountants lose tax privilege fight in court (23 Jan 2013)
Tax advice not secret like legal counsel, UK court rules (23 Jan 2013)
Court refuses legal privilege to accountants (23 Jan 2013)
Press Summary: R (on the application of Prudential plc and another) (Appellants) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another (Respondents) [2013] UKSC 1 On appeal from [2010] EWCA Civ 1094 (23 Jan 2013)
UK Supreme Court Judgement: R (on the application of Prudential plc and another) (Appellants) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another (Respondents) (23 Jan 2013)
Corporate elites and Big Four partners become New non-executive directors at HMRC (23 Jan 2013)
Accounting Fraud Prompts $580 Million Write-Down at CAT (23 Jan 2013)
Five arrested as FSA launches latest assault on insider dealing (23 Jan 2013)
EU and UK audit reforms hit by delays (23 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Jessops: Hilco in talks over buying brand (23 Jan 2013)
A Nation of Accountants: UK faces shortfall of 10200 accountants by 2050 (23 Jan 2013)
UK calls accounting firms on the carpet as pressure mounts to curb tax losses (22 Jan 2013)
MPs to quiz big four accountants on tax avoidance (22 Jan 2013)
UK audit market probe findings delayed again (22 Jan 2013)
Blockbuster paid £250000 in tax despite sales of more than £3.5bn (22 Jan 2013)
Caterpillar's $580M-Headache And The Perils Of Chinese Accounting (22 Jan 2013)
Companies should come clean on bonus tax dodges, investor group says (22 Jan 2013)
HMRC uncovers £1bn transfer pricing (22 Jan 2013)
Goodwill is accounting at its most confused (22 Jan 2013)
Fraud on the rise as financial pressures bite (22 Jan 2013)
FTSE 100 chiefs probed over lack of women on boards (22 Jan 2013)
Dell Leveraged Buyout May Hinge on Cash Hoard Outside U.S. (22 Jan 2013)
Accounting Scandal Digs Deep Into Caterpillar (21 Jan 2013)
EU negligence on accounting standards allowed Irish banks to conceal losses (21 Jan 2013)
Labor group asks Hewlett-Packard to replace auditor Ernst & Young (21 Jan 2013)
Hastie directors, auditors 'may have breached duties' (21 Jan 2013)
Gambling Software Provider Disputes Transfer Pricing Ruling (21 Jan 2013)
UK's finance industry to axe another 18000 jobs, says CBI (21 Jan 2013)
BRICS join hands to address transfer pricing woes (21 Jan 2013)
Dell close to $22bn leveraged buyout amid decline in PC market (21 Jan 2013)
Auditors are not cheerleaders, says CAG (21 Jan 2013)
Deloitte Tightens Client Screening After China Scandals (20 Jan 2013)
Aon defers bonus payments to avoid 50% income tax (20 Jan 2013)
UK Treasury to snub EU financial transaction tax on share deals (20 Jan 2013)
Corporate Cature of the State: 'Buddy' scheme to give more multinationals access to UK ministers: Controversial scheme which gives corporations privileged government access to be extended to a total of up to 80 firms (20 Jan 2013)
Rate swap scandal: mis-selling bill to top £1.5bn (20 Jan 2013)
Accounting for asset impairment: a test for IFRS compliance across Europe (20 Jan 2013)
Caterpillar Finds Accounting Misconduct at Chinese Unit (19 Jan 2013)
Caterpillar writes off most of China deal after fraud (19 Jan 2013)
Boeing Accounting Method Could Smooth Out Dreamliner Problems (19 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Blockbuster announces closure of 129 stores (19 Jan 2013)
Jailed tycoon Asil Nadir could buy his freedom by paying £5m to creditors (19 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Axiom directors look to replace receiver KPMG with Grant Thornton (19 Jan 2013)
FAF Takes a Look Back at Standards for Segment Disclosures (19 Jan 2013)
Accounting Standard for Business Segment Reporting Mostly Works (19 Jan 2013)
Rio CEO Jumps With No Golden Parachute After Losing $14 Billion (18 Jan 2013)
SEC Purge of Madoff, Goldman Probe Files Upheld by Judge (18 Jan 2013)
Big four accountancy firms make up lion's share of £11bn accountancy fee income (18 Jan 2013)
How GM Accountants Killed The Pontiac And Oldsmobile Corvettes (18 Jan 2013)
Sir David Tweedie: Audit upheaval a "wonderful opportunity" (18 Jan 2013)
IASB boss comes under fire over accounting rules failure (17 Jan 2013)
Banks' accounts should be vetted by State auditor, MPs told (17 Jan 2013)
IFRS under fire at Parliamentary hearing (17 Jan 2013)
Achilleas Kallakis case: judge criticises banks who loaned the money: Judge says Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Scotland acted carelessly and imprudently for failing to make full inquiries (17 Jan 2013)
Tax havens: How offshore secrecy in British Virgin Islands lends itself to fraud (17 Jan 2013)
Euro audit vote delayed (17 Jan 2013)
Capture of the State: Former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner John Whiting takes non-exec role with HMRC (17 Jan 2013)
Rio Tinto CEO steps down after $14bn writedowns (17 Jan 2013)
Regulators “up the ante” on internal audit in banks (17 Jan 2013)
Ex-TierOne shareholders file suit against KPMG auditors (16 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Blockbuster calls in administrators (16 Jan 2013)
Britain should scrap IFRS accounting standards, MPs told (16 Jan 2013)
Accounting as lawsuit shield (16 Jan 2013)
Auditors must do their job properly (16 Jan 2013)
U.S. Accounting Board Plans Tighter Repurchase Transaction Rules (16 Jan 2013)
Confidence trickster who defrauded banks out of £750m faces jail (16 Jan 2013)
What US-China Auditing Dispute Means for Chinese Business Culture (16 Jan 2013)
Lloyds and RBS need billions more capital, BoE says (15 Jan 2013)
Nortel decision won't discourage accounting games (15 Jan 2013)
Court Acquits Ex-Nortel Executives of Fraud Charges (15 Jan 2013)
Nortel executives found not guilty on all counts of fraud (15 Jan 2013)
India Tax Authority summons Nokia auditor PwC arm in tax evasion case (15 Jan 2013)
UK Taxpayers face £500m bill for RBS Libor fraud (15 Jan 2013)
Rules-Based Accounting Protects Against Lawsuits (15 Jan 2013)
Russian Accounting Chamber to Audit Gazprom (15 Jan 2013)
Paying the Price, but Often Deducting It : How companies deduct fines for malpractices from their tax bills (15 Jan 2015)
Subsidizing Bad Behavior: How Corporate Legal Settlements for Harming the Public Become Lucrative Tax Write Offs, with Recommendations for Reform (15 Jan 2013)
US Must Challenge China's Accounting Standards (15 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: HMV music and film chain to appoint administrator (15 Jan 2013)
Tony Blair widens his web via the stock markets (15 Jan 2013)
Labour commits itself to tax transparency and country-by-country reporting for the UK (14 Jan 2013)
Nortel executives await judgment day (14 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Bare bones of why Comet skeleton staff failed to deliver (14 Jan 2013)
Largest UK companies paying tax at lower rate (14 Jan 2013)
UK leading firms pay nearly a third less tax than in 2009 as nations compete to offer lowest rates (14 Jan 2013)
Private NHS providers in line for corporation tax exemption (14 Jan 2013)
PCC Marks 'Cultural Change' in US Standard-Setting (14 Jan 2013)
An accounting shocker at Israel Electric Corporation (14 Jan 2013)
Follow the leader – why accountancy and law should swap notes on diversity (14 Jan 2013)
Fat Cats: FTSE companies warned over executive pay (14 Jan 2013)
Huge pay for big bosses fails to improve long-term success of their firms (14 Jan 2013)
Glaxo 'disregards' suppliers with 90-day payment terms (14 Jan 2013)
HMV in rescue talks with lenders as high street struggles (14 Jan 2013)
PwC administrators called to Jessops (14 Jan 2013)
AABA Director called to give evidence on accounting and auditing to Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (13 Jan 2013)
What Is The Liquidity Coverage Ratio For Banks And Why Should Care IThat It's Been Watered Down? (13 Jan 2013)
Case against KPMG auditors causes national stir (13 Jan 2013)
SEC charge sheet against KPMG partners for audit of TierOne Bank (13 Jan 2013)
AIG Sues Federal Reserve Vehicle in Dispute Over Lawsuit Rights (13 Jan 2013)
Operating leases: the old skool of off balance sheet vehicles (13 Jan 2013)
Row, row, row your boat gently off the balance sheet (13 Jan 2013)
Trina Solar: As Debts Come Due, $14 Billion In Off Balance Sheet Liabilities (13 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Jessops customers left with £800000 of gift vouchers (13 Jan 2013)
IASB could water down advisory forum membership criteria (12 Jan 2013)
SEC Calls Bank Auditors Rubber-Stampers (12 Jan 2013)
Big Four accounting firms had strong revenue growth in 2012 (12 Jan 2013)
Auditors claim Harvie firms overstated property values (12 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Jessops camera stores to close with loss of 1370 jobs (12 Jan 2013)
Reps. Cummings and Waxman Release Documents Showing that Wal-Mart’s CEO was Informed of Mexican Bribery Allegations in 2005 (12 Jan 2013)
Catholic University Launches Business School to Mix Faith and Finance (12 Jan 2013)
KPMG replaces PwC as Schroders auditor (12 Jan 2013)
Multi-curve hedge accounting models (11 Jan 2013)
Two Auditors Charged Over US Bank Failure (11 Jan 2013)
Auditing: another profession ripe for disruption (11 Jan 2013)
Goldman Sachs Tells Jury Dragon Rushed Toward Doomed Deal (11 Jan 2013)
Dewey's US LLP seeks to recover £36.7m from UK arm (11 Jan 2013)
AICPA Offers Fair Value Auditing Guide (11 Jan 2013)
E-mails suggest Walmart CEO knew of Mexico bribes in '05 (11 Jan 2013)
Wal-Mart CEO Knew of Mexico Bribery, Congressmen Say (11 Jan 2013)
JP Morgan faces US order to improve money laundering compliance (11 Jan 2013)
SEC Charges Two KPMG Auditors for Failed Audit of Nebraska Bank Hiding Loan Losses During Financial Crisis (10 Jan 2013)
Finally, the SEC Goes After a Failed Bank's Auditors (10 Jan 2013)
SEC Seeks to Penalize 2 Auditors in Bank Case (10 Jan 2013)
AIG Lawsuit: Insurance Giant Won't Join Ex-CEO's Suit Against The US (10 Jan 2013)
Accountants' profits threatened by fierce competition over fees (10 Jan 2013)
SEC Charges Three Former Bank Executives at Bank of the Commonwealth for Understating Loan Losses During Financial Crisis (10 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Jessops closure leaves customers adrift (10 Jan 2013)
Former Jessops chairman blames HSBC for collapse (10 Jan 2013)
UBS Libor traders branded 'mercenaries' by former chief (10 Jan 2013)
UBS bankers accused of 'gross negligence' over Libor by MPs (10 Jan 2013)
Ford doubles dividend to 10 cents (10 Jan 2013)
US SEC probes Ernst & Young over audit client lobbying (9 Jan 2013)
Canadian Regulator Adjourns Ernst & Young Hearing to March (9 Jan 2013)
88% of banks 'not expecting imminent accounting convergence' (9 Jan 2013)
A4e's Emma Harrison paid £1.5m dividend despite pre-tax loss (9 Jan 2013)
Former HBOS managers charged in £35m fraud investigation (9 Jan 2013)
Charges brought in HBOS corruption case (9 Jan 2013)
HBOS business loans: Eight charged (9 Jan 2013)
Deloitte asks US court to postpone case (9 Jan 2013)
RBS investors to file £4bn lawsuit against Fred Goodwin and former directors (9 Jan 2013)
KPMG expects bigger payouts to MF Global UK clients (9 Jan 2013)
Banks pessimistic on financial instrument convergence (9 Jan 2013)
Interview: MEP Sharon Bowles, advocate for audit change (9 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Jessops 'on verge of administration' (9 Jan 2013)
An accountant has been booted out of the ICAEW for failing to pay the Insolvency Service (IS) nearly £90,000 (8 Jan 2013)
Cambridge City Council makes £2.3m accounting error (8 Jan 2013)
Big Banks Systematically Hiding Potential Losses (8 Jan 2013)
Technology companies including IBM, Microsoft and Dell are paying little or no corporation tax despite recording billion of pounds of UK profits (8 Jan 2013)
UK House of Commons Debate on Corporate Tax Avoidance (8 Jan 2013)
Oracle, Xerox, Dell, CSC and Symantec paid no UK corporation tax whatsoever last year despite earning more than £474 million from Government contracts and having a UK turnover of £7 billion (8 Jan 2013)
10 technology companies in receipt of more than £1.8 billion of taxpayers’ money paid just £78 million in taxes on UK earnings of just over £17.5 billion of turnover (8 Jan 2013)
10 technology companies would have made more than £3.3 billion in profits in the UK, resulting in a tax liability of £879 million. UK tax actually paid was just £78 million (8 Jan 2013)
Corporate tax avoidance debate (8 Jan 2013)
Nokia under scrutiny in India for Tax evasion (8 Jan 2013)
Tax Avoidance Saves Wealthiest Americans $3 Trillion Each Year (8 Jan 2013)
The Bailout of AIG (8 Jan 2013)
Pressure grows to bring auditors to account (7 Jan 2013)
Bank of America to pay $10bn in Fannie Mae mortgage settlement (7 Jan 2013)
The number of “approved” staff working in the UK financial services industry has fallen to just under 152,000, the lowest level since 2004 (7 Jan 2013)
Weavering Founder Appears in Court Over Hedge Funds Collapse (7 Jan 2013)
Accounting error wipes £2.3m off Cambridge Council budget (7 Jan 2013)
Fraud email key phrases revealed (7 Jan 2013)
UK Tax fraud at highest level since start of crisis (7 Jan 2013)
HSBC N.J. Client Admits Conspiracy in Offshore Tax Case (7 Jan 2013)
Bankers among hundreds to be questioned over Isle of Man offshore tax avoidance scheme (7 Jan 2013)
10 Banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase, to pay $8.5bn to settle home foreclosure review (7 Jan 2013)
Wonga's bad debts start to rise along with its profits (6 Jan 2013)
Fat Cats: Mulberry awards top executives £3m share options (6 Jan 2013)
Vodafone faces £1.6bn tax bill from India (6 Jan 2013)
We don't need moral lessons from business (6 Jan 2013)
Virgin France to shut Paris flagship store, blaming insolvency (6 Jan 2013)
Basel Chief Concerned Over Accounting Differences on Loan Losses (5 Jan 2013)
Alarm at discord over bank accounting rules (5 Jan 2013)
Bank supervisors intervene in global accounting deadlock (5 Jan 2013)
Lloyds sells Admiral Pubs, crystallising a £500m loss (5 Jan 2013)
JPMorgan 'close to £500m UK tax settlement' (5 Jan 2013)
Reader's Digest begins insolvency proceedings and cuts 90 jobs (5 Jan 2013)
Vodafone gets India tax office reminder on $2 billion tax dues (5 Jan 2013)
JP Morgan Chase Should Yield Madoff Records (5 Jan 2013)
Oldest Swiss bank Wegelin to close after tax evasion fine (5 Jan 2013)
Swiss banks' unease over Wegelin (5 Jan 2013)
Tale Of Two Swiss Banks: Why Wegelin Failed And UBS Survived (5 Jan 2013)
Study Finds Bias in Stock Analysts' Rounded Forecasts (4 Jan 2013)
Operating leases: the old skool of off balance sheet vehicles (4 Jan 2013)
SEC v. Deloitte (4 Jan 2013)
Swiss bank Wegelin to close after US tax evasion fine (4 Jan 2013)
Virgin France declares insolvency (4 Jan 2013)
US Inquiry Into Tech Giants' Tax Strategies Nears End (4 Jan 2013)
Transocean to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its conduct in relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster (4 Jan 2013)
What is the point of IFRS for SMEs? (4 Jan 2013)
HSBC: How to Halt the Terrorist Money Train (4 Jan 2013)
Europe to review accounting rules after investor criticism (3 Jan 2013)
Conceptual framework among IASB priorities (3 Jan 2013)
Banks call the tune at debt-laden retailer HMV (3 Jan 2012)
Goldman chiefs got $65m of share awards before tax vote (3 Jan 2013)
Basel Becomes Babel as Conflicting Rules Undermine Safety (3 Jan 2013)
Sir Martin Sorrell defends Starbucks' tax arrangements (3 Jan 2013)
Banks to get a double tax cut of nearly £1billion thanks to Cameron's failed levy (3 Jan 2013)
Ex-directors of Satyam win ruling in US class-action suit (3 Jan 2013)
SEC Takes On Chinese Deloitte Unit over Audit Records (2 Jan 2013)
European Commission to review 'dangerous' accounting rules (2 Jan 2013)
Revolving Doors: Vodafone CFO takes M&S audit committee role (2 Jan 2013)
Insolvency: Retail administrations jump 6pc in 2012 (2 Jan 2013)
Google's £6billion Bermuda tax shelter (2 Jan 2013)
Google and the £6billion Bermuda tax shelter (2 Jan 2013)
BBC Trust facing calls to publish 'tax avoidance' emails (2 Jan 2013)
Nationwide plans to raise £500m of capital (2 Jan 2013)
The top 10 business stories of 2012 (1 Jan 2013)
Bank bailout loses UK taxpayers £23bn (1 Jan 2013)
Lease accounting change worries Europe (1 Jan 2013)
Here Are Five of the Lowliest Lowlights in Auditing from 2012 (1 Jan 2013)
£5billion tax raid on British bank fortunes in Swiss banks (1 Jan 2013)
Only 43% of accountants are women (1 Jan 2013)
US, UK probe HP claims of accounting mischief at Autonomy (1 Jan 2013)