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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)