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DECEMBER 2014
Computer Sciences Corp
to restate results, pay $190 mln penalty
(31 Dec 2014)
RBS
chief WILL take £1m 'bonus' a year after refusing it to avoid bad publicity
(31 Dec 2014)
City Link
announces 2356 job losses after rescue talks fail
(31 Dec 2014)
Millions taken out of City Link in run up to its collapse as a going concern
(30 Dec 2014)
Better Capital to recoup up to £20m from
City Link
collapse
(30 Dec 2014)
City Link
bosses set up firm with similar name weeks before collapse
(30 Dec 2014)
Boots merger with Walgreens approved despite calls for remedies from Wall Street
(30 Dec 2014)
Revolving Doors: IFRS
Foundation makes interim appointments
(30 Dec 2014)
Lancashire primary pupils get spending lesson in move to tackle debt problem
(30 Dec 2014)
Goldman Sachs
Readies for a Fight Over $835 Million Loan to Banco Espírito
(30 Dec 2014)
Textual Differences in Chairman’s Statements of Australian Companies
by Zilan Cen
Audit Report Timeliness of United States Local Governments: An investigation of Entities Exceeding Reporting Deadlines
by Corey S. Cagle, Dale L. Flesher and Annette B. Pridgen
Serious Fraud Office targets
JJB
boss Chris Ronnie as a 'lifestyle criminal'
(29 Dec 2014)
Insolvency: City Link
private equity
firm hopes to recover £20m despite job losses
(29 Dec 2014)
FASB Improves
Accounting
For Private Company Intangibles
(29 Dec 2014)
Big firms shake up
auditor
contracts
(29 Dec 2014)
PwC
under microscope
(29 Dec 2014)
Equitable Life and Arch Cru: Two wrongs that must be made right
(29 Dec 2014)
Tesco
faces £3bn hole in pension fund
(29 Dec 2014)
Tesco
may have to find £300m a year to plug pensions hole
(29 Dec 2014)
Audit tenders: a business cost like all others
(29 Dec 2014)
FRS 102: accounting for loans and financial instruments
(29 Dec 2014)
Scandals fail to dent accountancy's big four in 2014 in UK
(27 Dec 2014)
The Virtues of Mandatory
Audit
Rotation
(27 Dec 2014)
More Empty Gestures: IAASB Sets New Strategy and Work Plan for
Audit
Quality
(27 Dec 2014)
Insolvency: City Link parcel delivery company goes into administration
(27 Dec 2014)
Going Concern Presents: The Worst of
Auditing
2014
(27 Dec 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: After BAE: Neoliberal political system needs deep cleansing
(23 Dec 2014)
LuxLeaks tax source should not be charged
(23 Dec 2014)
Tesco
and PwC face fresh inquiry over £263m overstatement of profits
(23 Dec 2014)
PwC probed as audit partner lined up for ICAEW presidency
(23 Dec 2014)
Alstom Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $772 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Foreign Bribery Charges
(23 Dec 2014)
How Alstom Executives Made
Bribery
Their Business for Over a Decade
(23 Dec 2014)
Are Big Four audits fit for purpose?
(23 Dec 2014)
Banks
Face Basel Limits on Risk Models for Capital Rules
(23 Dec 2014)
Insolvency: Surge in number of UK retailers in 'significant' financial distress
(23 Dec 2014)
Israel's Bank Leumi to Pay $400 Million to Settle
Tax
-
Evasion
Allegations in US
(23 Dec 2014)
FRC Investigation announced in connection with the preparation, approval and audit of the financial statements of Tesco PLC
(22 Dec 2014)
Tesco
accounts face fresh inquiry
(22 Dec 2014)
Tesco
suppliers dragged into SFO investigation
(22 Dec 2014)
FRC Investigation announced into PricewaterhouseCoopers in connection with Barclays Bank PLC's compliance with the FSA client asset rules
(22 Dec 2014)
Did Property Mogul 'Scapegoat' Chief
Accounting
Officer?
(22 Dec 2014)
Crazy Eddie CFO shares how companies trick
auditors
and fleece investors
(22 Dec 2014)
Taxes can change fortunes? Well, PwC would know
(22 Dec 2014)
Rolls
-
Royce
pledges greater openness
(22 Dec 2014)
Beijing eases way for Hong Kong
accountants
(22 Dec 2014)
More conflict of interests on the way: KPMG
Capital Begins Funding of Tech Companies
(22 Dec 2014)
Whistleblower reveals how fraud of Booking.com worked
(22 Dec 2014)
OECD Paper: BEPS ACTION 4: INTEREST DEDUCTIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL PAYMENTS
(22 Dec 2014)
Ex-American Realty chairman accused of ordering
accounting
changes
(19 Dec 2014)
KPMG faces sanctions over Bulgarian bank
audit
(19 Dec 2014)
IASB Amends Disclosure Guidance to Trim Glut
(19 Dec 2014)
Increased
audit
responsibilities prompt FRC levy hike
(19 Dec 2014)
PCAOB Announces Settled Disciplinary Action Against Partner of Grant Thornton Japan for Audit Failures
(19 Dec 2014)
Grant Thornton partner lacked
audit
knowledge
(19 Dec 2014)
FRC comments on IASB announcement on disclosure in financial reporting
(19 Dec 2014)
FRC consults on EU Audit Directive and Regulation impact on auditing and ethical standards
(19 Dec 2014)
RSBs to retain
audit
licensing powers
(19 Dec 2014)
FINRA Fines Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network $1.5 Million for Anti-Money Laundering Failures: Firms Failed to Subject Over 200,000 New Accounts to Identity Verification
(19 Dec 2014)
Some major Western firms sell life-saving medical equipment to Russia via obscure intermediaries who bump up prices
(19 Dec 2014)
KPMG
to move away from bell curve-based performance appraisal
(19 Dec 2014)
What if
accountants
are no longer 'reliable'?
(19 Dec 2014)
On the Capture of Luxembourg by Big Accountancy Firms
(18 Dec 2014)
Tesco blackhole may be larger than feared
(18 Dec 2014)
Bulgarian regulator raps KPMG over Corpbank audits
(18 Dec 2014)
Bulgarian regulator points to lapses in
KPMG's
Corpbank audits
(18 Dec 2014)
SEC Imposes Sanctions Against Hong Kong-Based Firm (Baker Tilly Hong Kong Limited) and Two Accountants for Audit Failures
(18 Dec 2014)
Auditors
ignored red flags
(18 Dec 2014)
Royal Mail
sell-off undervalued firm by £180m, report finds
(18 Dec 2014)
Lease accounting: joint confusion on plans for new standard
(18 Dec 2014)
Washington state’s health insurance exchange is withholding payments to its primary technology contractor, Deloitte, as a result of repeated problems
(18 Dec 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: SEC Charges Avon With FCPA Violation: Avon Entities to Pay $135 Million to Settle SEC and Criminal Cases
(18 Dec 2014)
Global insurance rule held hostage to
accounting
splits
(18 Dec 2014)
Former Rite Aid Vice President and New Jersey Businessman Charged in $14.6 Million Fraud & Kickback Scheme
(18 Dec 2014)
Dash for consultancy: Deloitte
Australia acquires local IBM partner
(18 Dec 2014)
MPs back gender
pay
disclosure obligation for big firms
(17 Dec 2014)
Shell Companies Face Disclosure in EU Anti-Tax-Dodge Deal
(17 Dec 2014)
Small investors who have lost money in
Quindell
to sue the company
(17 Dec 2014)
Grant Thornton resigns
Quarto
audit over conflict of issue
(17 Dec 2014)
Co-op Bank
admits it will not make a profit until
2017
as it fails stress test
(17 Dec 2014)
Visuals of alternative models of capitals
(17 Dec 2014)
RBS raises
£
2bn to pass Bank of England stress test
(17 Dec 2014)
Narcissistic CEOs should reflect on performance
(17 Dec 2014)
‘I acted from conviction:’ PwC whistleblower speaks out
(16 Dec 2014)
Whistleblowers should be protected, not prosecuted
(16 Dec 2014)
Luxembourg
tax
whistleblower says he acted out of conviction
(16 Dec 2014)
Ex-PwC Auditor Charged in Leaks of Luxembourg
Tax
Cases
(16 Dec 2014)
Luxleaks: Former
PwC
employee admits he took tax files
(16 Dec 2014)
Barclays is suing accountancy firm
Grant Thornton
for declaring that Von Essen Hotels was in good health just months before its collapse
(16 Dec 2014)
JJB
Sports boss Christopher Ronnie jailed over £1m fraud
(16 Dec 2014)
EY
launch multimillion pound claim against KPMG
(16 Dec 2014)
New Study: Crime, Corruption, Tax Evasion Drained a Record US$991.2bn in Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Economies in 2012
(16 Dec 2014)
China
Auditors
See Settlement Nearing in Standoff With US SEC
(16 Dec 2014)
UK Fraud Office seeks documents from Beny Steinmetz lawyer Mishcon for mining probe
(16 Dec 2014)
CIPFA and Bangladesh accountancy institute agree partnership
(16 DEc 2014)
Tesco tasks PwC with
auditing
stock management as it scraps supplier fees
(16 Dec 2014)
Corruption, bribery rampant in US government contracting, key witness in case says
(16 Dec 2014)
Luxembourg judge brings theft and trade secrecy charges: Charges against unnamed individual follow publication of journalistic investigation and PricewaterhouseCoopers complaint
(15 Dec 2014)
Former
PwC
employee charged over leaked tax documents
(15 Dec 2014)
Big Companies Can't Stop Cooking Their Books
(15 Dec 2014)
Accountants to devise standards to increase confidence in banks' capital assessments
(15 Dec 2014)
FRC consults on amendments to FRS101
(15 Dec 2014)
US Securities and Exchange Commission is clashing with federal auditing regulators over their priorities, suggesting they haven’t moved quickly enough to enact rules on how auditors do their jobs
(15 Dec 2014)
Rewards of Tax Avoidance and Dodgy Audits: Bonus season spells festive cheer for
accountants
(15 Dec 2014)
Tougher capital audits loom for UK lenders
(15 Dec 2014)
Tesco
hunts for property boss to sell off assets
(15 Dec 2014)
Rewarding the Pinstripe Mafia: EY wins $1M contract to craft internal trade barrier index
(15 Dec 2014)
Assets collapse, loans go bad … Britain's
banks
brace for a serious stress test
(15 Dec 2014)
MPs to vote on move to make firms publish gender pay gap figures
(15 Dec 2014)
Heather Capital: How a $600m
hedge fund
disappeared
(15 Dec 2014)
Petrobras scandal: Brazilian oil executives among 35 charged
(15 Dec 2014)
Wall St. Wins a Round in a Dodd-Frank Fight
(15 Dec 2014)
Finance’s contribution to
GDP
— another sleight of hand?
(15 Dec 2014)
Country by country reporting: are the knives already out?
(12 Dec 2014)
Boardroom greed: how to bring an errant multinational to heel
(12 Dec 2014)
We already have enough self-interested accounting regulators
(12 Dec 2014)
Would US companies use voluntary, additive
IFRS
option?
(12 Dec 2014)
Insurers Use Deals to Avoid as Much as $100 Billion in Taxes
(12 Dec 2014
The Guardian view on taming corporate power
(12 Dec 2014)
Ex-
TierOne
exec pleads guilty to conspiracy
(12 Dec 2014)
FINRA Fines 10 Firms (Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Merril Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Weel Fargo, Needham) $43.5 Million for Allowing Equity Research Analysts to Solicit Investment Banking Business and for Offering Favorable Research Coverage in Connection With Toys"R"Us IPO
(12 Dec 2014)
With Dodd-Frank Rollback, The Big Bad
Banks
Are Back
(12 Dec 2014)
Corporate transparency: The openness revolution
(12 Dec 2014)
Break the stranglehold of shareholders: Those who provide a fraction of company funding make all the key decisions. No wonder so few large corporations serve society
(11 Dec 2014)
Accounting scandals: Some 13 years after Enron, auditors still can’t stop managers cooking the books. Time for some serious reforms
(11 Dec 2014)
How Wal-Mart Made Its Crumbling China Business Look So Good for So Long
(11 Dec 2014)
Wal-Mart report found inflated profit, unapproved sales in China
(11 Dec 2014)
Audit
Commission raises transparency concerns in final
audit
oversight report
(11 Dec 2014)
EU bank ordered to reveal what it knows about
Glencore tax
allegations
(11 Dec 2014)
Luxembourg tax files: Juncker 'solved problems' for
Amazon
move
(11 Dec 2014)
PCAOB Announces Settled Disciplinary Orders Against Seven Audit Firms for Independence Violations When Auditing Broker-Dealers
(11 Dec 2014)
There are alternatives to the government's slash and burn policies
(10 Dec 2014)
Agreement negotiated with the Luxembourg authorities in June 2010 by Ernst & Young (now EY) outlined how Irish-registered company, Skype Limited, would licence intellectual property (IP) to Luxembourg company Skype Technologies SA
(10 Dec 2014)
An agreement negotiated by Deloitte in December 2009, when 70 per cent of the Skype group was being bought from Ebay by US private investment firm Sliver Lake Partners and a consortium for $2.7 billion, mentions use of “deemed royalty payments”
(10 Dec 2014)
Luxembourg tax files: how Juncker's duchy accommodated Skype and the Koch empire
(10 Dec 2014)
Disney and Skype 'used Luxembourg
tax
deals'
(10 Dec 2014)
Lux Leaks: Walt Disney and Korch Industries in Luxembourg tax row as new leaks emerge
(10 Dec 2014)
Tesco
boss pledges to stop 'artificially' boosting profits
(10 Dec 2014)
BP
expects $1bn restructuring charge over coming year
(10 Dec 2014)
HMRC and Country-by-country reporting
(10 Dec 2014)
NHS
bill for management advisers doubles to £640m
(10 Dec 2014)
Management consultants are 'making a killing' from shake-up of
NHS
(10 Dec 2014)
Would US companies use voluntary, additive IFRS option?
(10 Dec 2014)
SEC Top Accountant Considers Supplemental,
IFRS
-Based Reporting
(10 Dec 2014)
Advisory fees drive
KPMG global
sales to $25bn
(10 Dec 2014)
Secret
tax
deals worth billions brokered by EY, Deloitte, KPMG
(9 Dec 2014)
Aggressive tax structures are being brokered not only by PwC but also by Luxembourg-based law and tax firms and the other “Big 4” accounting firms: Ernst & Young, Deloitte and KPMG
(9 Dec 2014)
Luxembourg
tax
files: how Juncker's duchy accommodated Skype and the Koch
empire
(9 Dec 2014)
New Leak Reveals Luxembourg Tax Deals for Disney, Koch Brothers empire
(9 Dec 2014)
Secret
tax
deals worth billions brokered by EY, Deloitte, KPMG
(9 Dec 2014)
PwC
accused of 'lies' over mass sales of Luxembourg tax dodges
(9 Dec 2014)
PwC
sold 'tax avoidance on industrial scale'
(9 Dec 2014)
PwC
denies 'mass marketing' tax avoidance schemes
(9 Dec 2014)
PriceWaterhouseCoopers chief Kevin Nicholson denies lying over tax deals
(9 Dec 2014)
SEC Backs U.S.
Accounting
Rules in Debate Over Earnings Reports
(9 Dec 2014)
US constituents generally are not supportive of full adoption [of IFRS] for a variety of reasons
(9 Dec 2014)
SEC Considers Supplemental Use of IFRS by US Companies
(9 Dec 2014)
EU Council would be smart to embrace outsiders that can keep an eye out for irregularities in beneficial ownership information
(9 Dec 2014)
SEC Sanctions Eight Audit Firms for Violating Auditor Independence Rules
(9 Dec 2014)
Luxembourg
tax
files: how Juncker's duchy accommodated Skype and the Koch
empire
(9 Dec 2014)
New Luxembourg leaks reveal Disney, Koch Industries
tax
deals
(9 Dec 2014)
Supplier arrangements must be more transparent, warns
FRC
(9 Dec 2014)
Do preparers have answers to revenue recognition questions?
(9 Dec 2014)
Ex-
Madoff
manager gets 10-year prison sentence
(9 Dec 2014)
MPs blast Post Office over
accounting
software mediation
(9 Dec 2014)
Citigroup
sets aside
$2.7bn
for
legal costs
(9 Dec 2014)
Tesco
shares slump 15pc as it issues major profit warning
(9 Dec 2014)
RevolvingDoors: PwC snags top former IRS official
(9 Dec 2014)
PwC and Shire to face Margaret Hodge over tax avoidance in Public Accounts Committee showdown
(8 Dec 2014)
PwC
tax chief faces MPs over Luxembourg tax structures
(8 Dec 2014)
FRC urges clarity in the reporting of complex supplier arrangements by retailers and other businesses
(8 Dec 2014)
Third of New Zealand auditors fail to meet standards
(8 Dec 2014)
Press Release: New Zeland Financil Markets Authority releases Audit Quality Review Report
(8 Dec 2014)
New Zeland Financil Markets Authority: 2014 Audit Quality Review Report
(8 Dec 2014)
How the Bankruptcy Code Should Treat All
Derivatives
(8 Dec 2014)
US watchdog says flaws persist in public company
audits
(8 Dec 2014)
US Inspectors selected 219 "Big Four" audits and determined that the opinions in 85 of these audits should not have been issued
(8 Dec 2014)
Former adviser found guilty in £23m investment fraud trial
(8 Dec 2014)
In bed with big business: 10 Investment Firms Sign On to
IASB
Feedback Program
(8 Dec 2014)
7 risk areas for the 2014 audit cycle
(8 Dec 2014)
FRC publishes new disciplinary arrangements for accountants and actuaries
(8 Dec 2014)
Audit Firm Rotation Leading to Lower Audit Fees in Europe
(8 Dec 2014)
PwC
to scrutinise Quindell's accounts
(8 Dec 2014)
Accountants Increasingly Use Data Analysis to Catch
Fraud
(8 Dec 2014)
Australian
Banks
Seen Needing $25 Billion in Capital
(8 Dec 2014)
SEC Charges Bank Holding Company with Improper
Accounting
(8 Dec 2014)
SEC Charges Virginia Beach-Based Bank Holding Company With Accounting Violations
(8 Dec 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: Public contract
bribes
more common in western countries, report finds
(8 Dec 2014)
Another Look at
Auditor
Nightmares
(8 Dec 2014)
Facebook paid
corporate tax
of €2.3m as revenue hit €3bn
(5 Dec 2014)
European
Justice Ministers agree on modern
insolvency
rules
(5 Dec 2014)
Banks
'
asset valuations come under fire
(5 Dec 2014)
KPMG
stays top dog in auditor ranking stakes
(5 Dec 2014)
Not so sweet:
Premier Foods
faces backlash over payment practices
(5 Dec 2014)
Swindon accountant swindles £218k from firm and clients
(5 Dec 2014)
Co-op Bank says 'no surprise' if it fails
stress test
(5 Dec 2014)
Regulator Finds Deficiencies in 65% of BDO USA's
Audits
(4 Dec 2014)
US watchdog says flaws persist in public company audits
(4 Dec 2014)
Ex-Sanofi worker says she was fired for reporting $34 mln in kickbacks: she discovered that nine contracts paying $34 million to accounting firm Deloitte LLP and consulting firm Accenture Plc were actually covers for kickbacks
(4 Dec 2014)
Leaked Data Reveals A Big Gender Pay Gap At The Top Of
Deloitte
(4 Dec 2014)
Bankia
presented flawed accounts for IPO year: report
(4 Dec 2014)
Bankia
Accounts for 2010 and 2011 Deemed Plagued With Errors
(4 Dec 2014)
Changing Auditor Mindset Is Crucial To
Fraud
Detection
(4 Dec 2014)
UK: How the HMRC helped tax avoiders stay ahead of the law – by shifting cash for Switzerland to Liechtenstein
(4 Dec 2014)
Banks Flunking
Audit
Probe Remain Anonymous
(4 Dec 2014)
Panel Calls for IASB to Further Gauge Impacts of International Standards
(4 Dec 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: Former Bechtel Executive Pleads Guilty in Connection with a $5.2 Million Kickback Scheme
(4 Dec 2014)
Schorsch's RCS Capital Jumps After Settling ARCP
Lawsuit
(4 Dec 2014)
Towergate
invites unsecured bondholders to pitch for ownership
(4 Dec 2014)
Two ex-Systemax executives plead guilty in
bribery
case
(4 Dec 2014)
Study Finds That Bribery Propels Capitalism. Have We Really Sunk This Far?
(4 Dec 2014)
IASB
seeks to widen global investor engagement in IFRS
(4 Dec 2014)
Airbus Raided in Probe Over Romania, Saudi Arabia
Bribery
(4 Dec 2014)
Make £2billion
tax avoidance
industry illegal, says Margaret Hodge
(3 Dec 2014)
Saudi Govt to take strict action against errant
audit firms
(3 Dec 2014)
US Audit
Regulator Softens Rule Aimed at Boosting Auditor Accountability
(3 Dec 2014)
MOL Global shares tumble on
Vietnam accounting
glitch, profit slump
(3 Dec 2014)
Kpmg was towergate auditor when client money misallocation took place
(3 Dec 2014)
Liquidator sues Sloyan family
firm's
former
accountants
(3 Dec 2014)
Five Biggest U.S. Banks Control Nearly Half Industry's $15 Trillion In Assets
(3 Dec 2014)
AS2014: Country-by-country rules implemented
(3 Dec 2014)
Autumn statement 2014: Osborne to introduce 'Google
tax
'
(3 Dec 2014)
Autumn Statement: George Osborne promises
tax
crackdown on multinationals
(3 Dec 2014)
Autumn Sattement UK Treasury Document - Tackling aggressive tax planning: implementing the agreed G20-OECD approach for addressing hybrid mismatch arrangements
(3 Dec 2014)
Autumn Statement: Tax and tax credit rates and thresholds for 2015-16
(3 Dec 2014)
FRC comments on publication of the report of the IASB Effects Analysis Consultative Group
(3 Dec 2014)
Watchdog to shame worst bank
auditors
(2 Dec 2014)
Deloitte confirms Saudi Arabia
audit
business ban
(2 Dec 2014)
FRC publishes review of audit of banks’ loan loss provisions
(2 Dec 2014)
FRC Report: The audit of loan loss provisions and related IT controls in banks and building societies
(2 Dec 2014)
FRC review finds bank
audits
in need of 'significant improvements'
(2 Dec 2014)
China to Monitor Foreign Company Profits to Prevent
Tax Evasion
(2 Dec 2014)
Dave Lewis takes over day-to-day running of Tesco UK supermarkets
(2 Dec 2014)
Suspended
Tesco executive
to return as Dave Lewis overhauls team
(2 Dec 2014)
OECD report reveals
bribes
in company deals average $14m
(2 Dec 2014)
OECD Foreign Bribery Report:
An Analysis of the Crime of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials
(2 Dec 2014)
Document raises questions on HP's $8.8bn writedown of Autonomy
(2 Dec 2014)
Saudi regulator suspends Deloitte from
auditing
listed firms - circular
(1 Dec 2014)
Revolving Doors: £1BILLION NHS sell-off scandal: Tory MP works for firm (KPMG) targeting huge health service deal
(1 Dec 2014)
Ireland: Balance sheet for
banking
sector 'didn't exist' in 2010
(1 Dec 2014)
Turf Battles: EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal services licence
(1 Dec 2014)
MP criticises HSBC for directors' threats to quit over accountability rules
(1 Dec 2014)
Directors suspected of wrongdoing in 30% of insolvencies
(1 Dec 2014)
Banks' $650bn bet on oil backfires as Brent prices slump
(1 Dec 2014)
Starbucks
UK boss: 'There is nothing abnormal about the way we are run'
(1 Dec 2014)
Fat cats: BG Group cuts
Helge
Lund's
'
golden hello
' after shareholder pressure
(1 Dec 2014)
PCAOB
may soon require naming of engagement partner
(1 Dec 2014)
NOVEMBER 2014
Vincent Tchenguiz sues
accountants
Grant Thornton and bank for £2.2bn
(28 Nov 2014)
Suspended Tesco chiefs to leave next week with more to follow
(28 Nov 2014)
Tesco
executive under suspension leaves company
(28 Nov 2014)
ACCA members criticise irresponsive leadership and ask "Why should I retain membership?"
(28 Nov 2014)
One in four FTSE 350 companies switch auditor
(28 Nov 2014)
Accountant
fined €3000 for false auditor reports
(28 Nov 2014)
PwC's creative accounting: FTSE 100 pay £80bn in taxes
(28 Nov 2014)
Audit
Committees Found to Have Little Influence on
Audit
Fees
(28 Nov 2014)
Giants that dodge corporation tax can find ways round other levies too
(28 Nov 2014)
IFRS standard-setter must work closer with national bodies
(28 Nov 2014)
Rolls
-
Royce
break up would boost shareholder value, says Investec
(28 Nov 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
makes bid for Crimsonwing
(28 Nov 2014)
Mergers help boost BDO global revenues
(28 Nov 2014)
Tchenguiz Sues 'Conspirators' at Grant Thornton for $3.5 Billion
(27 Nov 2014)
UK MPs summon PwC tax chief to attend Luxembourg tax deal hearing
(27 Nov 2014)
Three of Tesco's 'Cheshunt Eight' have left following
accounting
scandal
(27 Nov 2014)
Propaganda is how PwC bat for their clients: The cost of Brussels' banking reforms: 300000 jobs and €20bn
(27 Nov 2014)
IFRS committee backs fair-value
accounting
for longevity swaps
(27 Nov 2014)
Revolving Doors: Veteran Tory MP and former health minister Stephen Dorrell to stand down after 35 years and join KPMG
(27 Nov 2014)
Former Enron CFO: 'I wasn't thinking this was
fraud
'
(27 Nov 2014)
Is This the Beginning or End of Hertz's
Accounting
Woes?
(27 Nov 2014)
Two greedy RBS bankers who used their jobs to run
£3 million proprty fraud escape jail because judge says they "have sufferred"
(27 Nov 2014)
AICPA Wasted Member Dues On IRS
Lawsuit
(27 Nov 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
acquires SGA
(27 Nov 2014)
BDO concerned over patchy roll-out of EU
auditor
rules
(27 Nov 2014)
Advisory Work May Cloud
Audit
Integrity, PCAOB Member Says
(26 Nov 2014)
SEC Charges HSBC’s Swiss Private Banking Unit With Providing Unregistered Services to U.S. Clients:Firm Admits Wrongdoing to Settle Case
(26 Nov 2014)
Microsoft to pay China $140 million for '
tax
evasion'
(26 Nov 2014)
David Gauke's speech on the PwC total tax contribution report
(26 Nov 2014)
Banking's toxic culture 'will take generation to clean up', says report
(26 Nov 2014)
A report on
the culture
of British retail
banking
(26 Nov 2014)
Insurance executives to take the blame for failure under new rules
(26 Nov 2014)
PwC, ING Bank reach agreement on handling OW Bunker's Danish assets
(26 Nov 2014)
Accountancy firms Deloitte, EY PwC and KPMG earned £6.6m from Greater Manchester hospitals
(25 Nov 2014)
UK law firm solicits Tesco shareholders for
lawsuit
following profits scandal
(25 Nov 2014)
Black hole in mining sector profits leads to 'vanishing' returns
(25 Nov 2014)
Bermuda refuses David Cameron's request to lift 'cloak of secrecy' on ownership of companies
(25 Nov 2014)
The New Revenue Reporting Rules: Simplifying Gets Complicated
(25 Nov 2014)
SRA reopens consultation on accountants' reports for law firms
(25 Nov 2014)
Analysts support increased transparency to fight
tax
havens
(25 Nov 2014)
Casey's General Stores to Revise Financials on Ethanol
Accounting
(25 Nov 2014)
HMRC Research Report 317 - Reasons behind incorporation
(25 Nov 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young – as evidenced by PwC's role in the recent LuxLeaks scandal – are intimately involved in facilitating tax avoidance
(24 Nov 2014)
Talk Of Converging Islamic,
IASB
Accounting Standards
(24 Nov 2014)
SEC Charges CEO and Close Friend With Insider Trading Ahead of Company Sale
(24 Nov 2014)
Accountant guilty of destroying evidence in JJB fraud
(24 Nov 2014)
JJB
Sports boss Christopher Ronnie guilty of £1m fraud
(24 Nov 2014)
More futile FRC gestures about empowering shareholders
(24 Nov 2014)
Deloitte
to probe Bank payment systems collapse
(24 Nov 2014)
CEO suspended at Saudi telecoms group hit by
accounting
scandal
(24 Nov 2014)
Saudi Phone Company Mobily Suspends CEO After Auditing Errors
(24 Nov 2014)
Credit Suisse
Judge Accepts $2.6 Billion Tax Plea Deal
(24 Nov 2014)
Credit Suisse Sentenced for Conspiracy to Help U.S. Taxpayers Hide Offshore Accounts from Internal Revenue Service
(24 Nov 2014)
US concerned over country-by-country reporting
(24 Nov 2014)
Anonymous groups that bet against Quindell and Blinkx unmasked
(21 Nov 2014)
HSBC Swiss private banking arm faces tax investigation
(21 Nov 2014)
GASB Releases Preliminary Views on Lease
Accounting
(21 Nov 2014)
UK FRC rejects call for companies to publish
audit
inspection grade
(21 Nov 2014)
Royal Bank of Scotland
admits overstating financial strength in
stress test
(21 Nov 2014)
FASB,
IASB
Considering Revenue Recognition Deferral
(21 Nov 2014)
Tax
relief schemes 'losing billions' for Treasury claims Whitehall watchdog
(21 Nov 2014)
Insolvency: Nougat London appoints administrators
(21 Nov 2014)
US
Audit
Regulator Scrutinizing PwC Over Caterpillar Tax Advice
(20 Nov 2014)
Thought auditing was boring? McLaren is turbocharging it
(20 Nov 2014)
KPMG
announces partnership with McLaren
(20 Nov 2014)
KPMG and McLaren Group forge predictive analytics partnership
(20 Nov 2014)
RBS fined £50m for 2012 computer chaos
(20 Nov 2014)
Ex-
JJB
Sports chief executive Christopher Ronnie guilty of £1m fraud
(20 Nov 2014)
Banking
culture breeds dishonesty, scientific study finds
(20 Nov 2014)
IT meltdown: Ulster
Bank
group fined £56m
(20 Nov 2014)
FRC Statement: Transparency of Audit Quality Review (AQR) Findings
(20 Nov 2014)
FRC warns against disclosing audit inspection grade
(20 Nov 2014)
LLP accounting: handling remuneration reporting
(20 Nov 2014)
Ownership and control: the myth of shareholder supremacy
(19 Nov 2014)
Deloitte,
PWC
and Shell to offer enhanced paternity packages
(19 Nov 2014)
Tesco board fury at PwC denials over profit scandal
(19 Nov 2014)
Tesco poised to dump auditor after
accounting
scandal
(19 Nov 2014)
As of 1 December 2014, all Members of the Commission are expected to make public all contacts and meetings with stakeholders and lobbyists
(19 Nov 2014)
BNP execs probed for suspected
insider
trading
(19 Nov 2014)
Insolvency: Duff
& Phelps trio arrested over alleged 'fraudulent'
Rangers
takeover
(19 Nov 2014)
Audit tender, rotation and independence: Accountants warn on
audit
market reforms
(19 Nov 2014)
Nothing For Nothing: HP Pays Dearly For Ernst & Young Tax Testimony
(19 Nov 2014)
FASB Weighs Delaying New Revenue Rule
(19 Nov 2014)
Seven of the 30 largest corporations in US
paid
more to their
CEOs
than they did
in taxes
(19 Nov 2014)
BNP Paribas faces possible insider trading probe
(19 Nov 2014)
Thousands join Lloyds investor lawsuit over
HBOS
takeover
(19 Nov 2014)
Piling Up For PwC
(18 Oct 2014)
UHY Hacker Young fined over
audit
family tie
(18 Nov 2014)
Manchester
insolvency
practitioner appears in court over Rangers sale
(18 Nov 2014)
HSBC faces charges of fraud and
money laundering
from Belgian state
(18 Nov 2014)
Insolvency
in Europe
(18 Nov 2014)
U.S. Audit Regulator Scrutinizing PwC Over Caterpillar Tax
(18 Nov 2014)
Improving the
corporate governance
of 10 000 listed companies
(18 Nov 2014)
Ps tell HMRC to pick up the pace of UK tax investigations
(18 Nov 2014)
UK MPs slam the taxman amid £2bn blunder and catalogue of failures
(18 Nov 2014)
UK House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Report:
HMRC’s progress in
improving tax
compliance and
preventing tax
avoidance
(18 Nov 2014)
Crackdown on celebrity
tax avoidance
branded a failure
(18 Nov 2014)
Put people before profits, Pope urges
accountants
' group
(17 Nov 2014)
Tesco
accounting
shenanigans a warning to investors
(17 Nov 2014)
Collapse of
Phones 4U
to cost UK taxpayer £78m
(17 Nov 2014)
Fat cats: New
RBS
row over £1m payout to ex-chief Stephen Hester
(17 Nov 2014)
Convergence between Shari'a and traditional accounting standards?
(17 Nov 2017)
City shamed again but fines fail to stop
banks
behaving badly
(17 Nov 2014)
FASB to Start Project on Simplifying, Easing Derivatives and Hedge Accounting
(17 Nov 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
acquires German cyber security firm
(17 Nov 2014)
EU Commission: State aid – Netherlands Alleged aid to Starbucks
(17 Nov 2014)
KPMG denies role in alleged theft from Australia's richest Aboriginal land trust
(17 Nov 2014)
Regulators to focus on '
shadow banking
'
(17 Nov 2014)
Serco
chastened by costly lesson in outsourcing risk
(17 Nov 2014)
US judge upholds 'gross negligence' ruling against
BP
in Gulf of Mexico disaster
(17 Nov 2014)
Luxembourg leaks reveal the organised hypocrisy of the modern corporation
(14 Nov 2014)
He shot the sheriff
(14 Nov 2014)
“Shareholder value maximisation” belongs in the trash heap of economic history
(14 Nov 2014)
Greater Manchester Police has spent more than any other force in the country on the audit firms Deloitte, KMPG, PwC and EY
(14 Nov 2014)
The finance curse as a new grand narrative?
(14 Nov 2014)
HMRC defeats three more corporate avoidance schemes: promoted by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte
(14 Nov 2014)
HMRC beats Vocalspruce over £85m corporate avoidance scheme
(14 Nov 2014)
Another PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) tax avoidance scheme thrown out by the courts: Vocalspruce Ltd v Revenue & Customs [2014] EWCA Civ 1302 (30 October 2014)
(14 Nov 2014)
See previous decision: Vocalspruce Ltd v Revenue & Customs [2012] UKFTT 36 (TC) (21 December 2011)
(14 Nov 2014)
Another Deloitte inspired scheme: Biffa (Jersey) Ltd v Revenue & Customs [2014] UKFTT 982 (TC) (23 October 2014)
(14 Nov 2014)
Starbucks
tax
deal may be illegal, says EU
(14 Nov 2014)
EU says Starbucks' Dutch
tax
deal may be illegal
(14 Nov 2014)
True Lies and silence on Luxembourg and other avoidance schemes: PwC
reveals its economic and social impact
(14 Nov 2014)
Lots of rhetoric but silence on failure and abuses: Speech by Sir Winfried Bischoff at PWC Meet the Experts Conference - 10 November 2014
(14 Nov 2014)
Broker,
Auditor
Independence Remains “Troubling”
(14 Nov 2014)
Brazilian police arrest 18 in
Petrobras
corruption raids
(14 Nov 2014)
Country-by-country reporting: Multinational tax details to be kept secret
(14 Nov 2014)
PwC
in secret tax deals while advising ATO
(13 Nov 2014)
The
banking
industry's bill for bad behaviour: $300bn
(13 Nov 2014)
Banks
pay out £166bn over six years: a history of
banking
misdeeds and fines
(13 Nov 2014)
FRC calls for five-year audit partner switch
(13 Nov 2014)
Madoff
Trials in Geneva Loom Years After Fraudster Confessed
(13 Nov 2014)
Who helped Bernie
Madoff
get away with his crimes?
(13 Nov 2014)
City bosses fund house moves by loaning company shares
(13 Nov 2014)
FRS 102: tax treatment for a Libor-based loan
(13 Nov 2014)
Labour received £600000 of advice from PwC to help form tax policy
(12 Nov 2014)
Five
banks
fined £2bn by regulators over forex failings
(12 Nov 2014)
Six
Banks
to Pay $4.3 Billion in First Wave of Currency-Rigging Penalties
(12 Nov 2014)
FCA fines five banks £1.1 billion for FX failings and announces industry-wide remediation programme
(12 Nov 2014)
CFTC Orders Five Banks to Pay over $1.4 Billion in Penalties for Attempted Manipulation of Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates: Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan, RBS, and UBS Coordinated Trading with Other Banks in Private Chat Rooms in Their Attempts to Manipulate
(12 Nov 2014)
Forex scandal: Read transcripts of traders' conversations in full
(12 Nov 2014)
FRC consults on new UK and Irish interim reporting requirements
(12 Nov 2014)
Sign of the times as vandals steal the "P" from PwC
(12 Nov 2014)
Ulster
Bank
fined £2.75m over IT meltdown
(12 Nov 2014)
Diageo drops KPMG for PwC in
auditor
shake-up
(11 Nov 2014)
Patent Box: George Osborne waters down flagship controversial
tax
break
(11 Nov 2014)
UK and Germany reach compromise over patent box
tax
break
(11 Nov 2014)
Tesco mis-statement puts audit materiality into focus
(11 Nov 2014)
MEPs call for EU
tax
haven probe as Luxembourg furore grows
(11 Nov 2014)
FTSE 100 Auditors Survey 2014
(11 Nov 2014)
Diageo drops
KPMG
for PwC in auditor shake-up
(11 Nov 2014)
Thanks to the Luxembourg tax leaks, we know exactly what an international dodge looks like – and who's responsible
(11 Nov 2014)
Number's up for Big Four accountants behind tax avoidance schemes and duff audits of banks
(10 Nov 2014)
Banks
to Be Forced to Hold Big Capital Cushions
(10 Nov 2014)
A Sure-Fire Way to Harm The Economy:
A proposal to count leases as liabilities would cost 3.3 million jobs and add $2 trillion to company balance sheets
(10 Nov 2014)
OW
Bunker says at risk of bankruptcy after discovering
fraud
(10 Nov 2014)
FRS 102: handling derivatives and hedge accounting
(10 Nov 2014)
Serco
shares plunge after it unveils plans to raise £550m
(10 Nov 2014)
FTSE 100 Auditors Survey 2014
(10 Nov 2014)
American Realty Capital
Accounting
Errors Tied to Employee Bonuses
(10 Nov 2014)
Quindell faces questions over loans backed by company shares made to senior director
(10 Nov 2014)
Investors join race to sue tax-payer backed Lloyds bank over emergency takeover of HBOS
(10 Nov 2014)
Whistleblower accuses several Irish politicians of
tax evasion
(10 Nov 2014)
Mackintosh predicts period of calm for financial reporting
(10 Nov 2014)
Corporate inversions and the tax race to the bottom
(7 Nov 2014)
International
PwC tax
schemes exposed
(7 Nov 2014)
New SEC Chief Accountant Weighing Switch to Global Accounting Rules
(7 Nov 2014)
Luxembourg, the country where accountants outnumber police 4:1
(7 Nov 2014)
How GSK used Ireland and Luxembourg to avoid tax on $9.8 bn
(7 Nov 2014)
Salix Shares Plunge as
Accounting
Revision Showed Weak Drug Sales
(7 Nov 2014)
Salix Shares Plummet on Disclosure of
Accounting
Scandal
(7 Nov 2014)
KPMG, PwC take different tack in bid for
bigger
legal services market share
(7 Nov 2014)
PwC
responds to Luxleaks: “Everything was legal” says
PwC
chief
(7 Nov 2014)
PWC and Luxembourg: no, this wasn’t ‘legal’ behaviour
(6 Nov 2014)
Glanbia and members of Sisk family feature in
PwC
tax documents
(6 Nov 2014)
Big four
audit firms
behind global profit shifting
(6 Nov 2014)
Unanswered questions in Tesco's
accounting
scandal
(6 Nov 2014)
Tesco scare sparks M&S to ask Deloitte to conduct health check on accounting figures
(6 Nov 2014)
Accountant arrested over suspected £2m
VAT fraud
(6 Nov 2014)
Pinstripe Mafia: Global accounting giants are prime architects of the offshore money maze
(5 Nov 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers helped three Brazilian banks use Luxembourg’s accommodating tax regime to claim write offs for “intangible assets” that allowed them to sidestep nearly $90 million in taxes
(5 Nov 2014)
International PwC
tax
schemes exposed
(5 Nov 2014)
Tory Ministers and Dodgy Accountants (PwC) Are Ruining Local Democracy in London
(5 Nov 2014)
Glanbia and members of Sisk family feature in confidential PwC
tax
documents
(5 Nov 2014)
Buybacks Can Juice Per-Share Profit, Pad
Executive Pay
(5 Nov 2014)
KPMG
in dock over admitted audit code breaches
(5 Nov 2014)
US Senator Levin Slams FASB-IASB Convergence Work; Urges U.S. Panel to Fortify Revenue Rules
(5 Nov 2014)
American Realty
Accounting
Errors Roil Real Estate Empire
(5 Nov 2014)
Dyson, Glanbia Among British and Irish Firms Using Luxembourg to Cut Tax Bills
(5 Nov 2014)
Society must call business' bluff on its fixation with profit maximisation
(5 Nov 2014)
Luxembourg: the
tax
haven and the $870m loan company above a stamp shop
(5 Nov 2014)
Havens like Luxembourg turn '
tax
competition' into a global race to the bottom
(5 Nov 2014)
Exposed: Ikea, Pepsi amongst 340 companies with secret Luxembourg
tax
deals
(5 Nov 2014)
Lawyers brought in to study background of
Phones 4u's
collapse
(4 Nov 2014)
Financial statements more difficult post IFRS - 100 Group
(4 Nov 2014)
JPMorgan sets aside $6 billion to cover potential fines in currency probe
(4 Nov 2014)
KPMG LLP, a Member Firm of the ICAEW, Mr James Marsh, a partner of KPMG, a Member of the ICAEW
(4 Nov 2014)
KPMG Audit Plc, a Member Firm of the ICAEW, Mr Greg Watts, a partner of KPMG LLP, the parent of KPMG Audit Plc, and a Member of the ICAEW
(4 Nov 2014)
FRC launches
KPMG
investigation
(4 Nov 2014)
Going Offshore: How development finance institutions support companies using the world’s most secretive financial centres
(4 Nov 2014)
Going Offshore:
How development finance institutions support companies using the world’s most secretive financial centres
(4 Nov 2014)
RBS ditches auditors Deloitte after £45bn taxpayer bailout
(4 Nov 2014)
UBS Loses KWL Case as Judge Says Bank Wasn't Honest, Fair
(4 Nov 2014)
Accounting
For The Glass Ceiling
(4 Nov 2014)
KPMG
administrators make redundancies at PCS Brands
(4 Nov 2014)
PwC
review criticises
Tower Hamlets
allocation of voluntary sector grants
(4 Nov 2014)
Tax revenues are under relentless attack – the government needs to take action
(3 Nov 2014)
Argentina’s capital flight and transfer pricing: new report
(3 Nov 2014)
PWC see the opportunity in country-by-country reporting…to make money
(3 Nov 2014)
Tesco investigation comes amid calls for greater trust in the City
(3 Nov 2014)
Argentina accuses Procter & Gamble of tax fraud, says suspends operations
(3 Nov 2014)
Transfer Pricing: Argentina suspends P&G over tax claims
(3 Nov 2014)
FBI Opens Criminal Probe Into American Realty Capital Amid Accounting Meltdown
(3 Nov 2014)
Saudi telecoms firm Mobily cuts profit after accounting error
(3 Nov 2014)
SEC investigates CAT's
accounting
of Bucyrus
(3 Nov 2014)
HSBC
sets aside $378m in currency probe
(3 Nov 2014)
HSBC
Hit by $1.7 Billion of Provisions
(3 Nov 2014)
Auditing
is improving but there's more to do
(3 Nov 2014)
Recession-Era
Audit
Fees Vary By CFO Tenure: Study
(3 Nov 2014)
Future of audit requires a change in thinking
(3 Nov 2014)
Don't worry about Facebook's $18.1 billion in
goodwill
from WhatsApp
(3 Nov 2014)
Facebook, Inc. Now Has A Massive Risk Just Sitting On Its Balance Sheet
(3 Nov 2014)
Goodwill
vs Other Intangible Assets: What's the Difference?
(3 Nov 2014)
Tesco
warned of junk grading by ratings agency Moody's
(3 Nov 2014)
Aggressive
tax
avoidance troubles large investors
(3 Nov 2014)
How supermarket staff demand payments from suppliers for an 'easy' bonus as cost of secretive deals said to run to billions
(3 Nov 2014)
RBS
Profit Weighed Down by $1.25 Billion for Legal Costs
(3 Nov 2014)
Transfer pricing
: arms length alternatives needed
(3 Nov 2014)
OCTOBER 2014
EBA stress test needs to use tougher metrics when assessing banks’ solvency
(31 Oct 2014)
Citigroup
sets aside another $600m to cover legal costs
(31 Oct 2014)
Royal
Bank
of Scotland sets aside £400m for forex-rigging fines
(31 Oct 2014)
What you need to know about the Bank of England's leverage ratio
(31 Oct 2014)
Dash for consultancy: Deloitte
to resell Oracle products in Australia
(31 Oct 2014)
Transfer pricing
: arms length alternatives needed
(31 Oct 2014)
Revolving Doors: FRC's Roger Marshall joins
EFRAG
Board
(31 Oct 2014)
Internal
auditors
hope they are no longer seen as the enemy within
(31 Oct 2014)
Barclays
sets aside £500m towards forex-rigging fines
(30 Oct 2014)
Accounting
Firms' Anti-Hong Kong Protest Stance Prompted by Pressure
(30 Oct 2014)
Accounting
Firms Came Out Against Protests Under Pressure from Beijing
(30 Oct 2014)
Tesco
chiefs face jail as Serious Fraud Office probe inflated profits
(30 Oct 2014)
IFRS defends global standards in face of EU criticism
(30 Oct 2014)
Church trustee Patrick Coppeard jailed for £5m fraud
(30 Oct 2014)
Judge Dismisses AICPA
Lawsuit
against the IRS
(30 Oct 2014)
Whistleblower suit targets
accounting
, controls in Wachovia's investment bank
(30 Oct 2014)
Serious Fraud Office starts
Tesco
criminal investigation
(29 Oct 2014)
Tesco
suppliers call in audit teams over accounting scandal
(29 Oct 2014)
American Realty Plunges After Reporting
Accounting
Errors
(29 Oct 2014)
SEC to Open Inquiry Into American Realty Capital Properties'
Accounting
(29 Oct 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
partners Google to offer business solutions to clients
(29 Oct 2014)
How should the UK tackle
tax avoidance
? Let's look at the practical
steps
(28 Oct 2014)
UBS Sets Aside $2 Billion For Currency Rigging And
Tax Evasion
Settlements
(28 Oct 2014)
KPMG
US audits slammed
(28 Oct 2014)
Tesco
puts $35m private jet up for sale
(28 Oct 2014)
Pfizer
Hasn't Ruled Out Potential Inversions, Chief Says
(28 Oct 2014)
Tesco
boss Dave Lewis gets £4m golden hello from crisis-hit supermarket
(28 Oct 2014)
Ryanair
ordered to pay €8.3m by French court
(28 Oct 2014)
Tesco's woes sees 'materiality' question raised
(28 Oct 2014)
Why auditing fails us all – or an explanation for Tescos
(27 Oct 2014)
KPMG
Audits Had 46% Deficiency Rate in PCAOB Inspection
(27 Oct 2014)
PCAOB Finds Continuing Quality Control Issues at
KPMG
(27 Oct 2014)
Judge criticises delay in decision on
KPMG
in €6bn IBRC action
(27 Oct 2014)
Ireland Watchdog defers inquiry into
KPMG
audit role
(27 Oct 2014)
Dave Lewis says pay deal is 'under review
' in exclusive interview
after
£
263m Tesco accounting scandal
(27 Oct 2014)
Profit warnings
surge as UK companies feel the squeeze
(27 Oct 2014)
SEC Sanctions Auditor for Circumventing Rules Lead Audit Partners To Periodically Rotate Off Their Audit Engagements
(27 Oct 2014)
Failed
MG Rover
bosses to pocket £5m payout despite 6500 workers losing jobs
(27 Oct 2014)
Ex-Bank of New York Mellon employee pleads guilty to
insider trading
(27 Oct 2014)
200 female employees join class action against
KPMG
US
(27 Oct 2014)
Twenty-four European banks fail EBA stress test
(27 Oct 2014)
Twenty-four European banks fail
financial
stress tests
(27 Oct 2014)
Italy
under pressure as
9 banks fail stress tests
(27 Oct 2014)
EBA publishes 2014 EU-wide stress test results
(27 Oct 2014)
Results of EU-wide stress test: Aggregate Results
(27 Oct 2014)
Results of EU-wide stress test: Summary of bank-level results
(27 Oct 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
dives into strategy business with new practice
(27 Oct 2014)
Rengan Rajaratnam Agrees to Settle Insider Trading Charges: pays more than $840,000 and accept securities industry bars
(27 Oct 2014)
Investors Suggest External
Auditor
Review of Audit Committees
(27 Oct 2014)
Tesco hit with US investor lawsuit over
accounting
irregularities
(24 Oct 2014)
Accounting
watchdog studying Tesco statements
(24 Oct 2014)
Of the 10 directors on the Tesco board (leaving aside the relatively new chief executive and chief financial officer), two are formerly of PwC
(24 Oct 2014)
A number of giant institutions admitted that the audited accounts they had been publishing at regular intervals were little more than fiction
(24 Oct 2014)
Tesco and
accounting
(24 Oct 2014)
Tesco's
profits black hole bigger than expected and runs back several years
(23 Oct 2014)
Tesco
admits £263m hole in accounts
(23 Oct 2014)
The Guardian view on Tesco’s auditing debacle: a systemic shambles?
(23 Oct 2014)
Seven things we have learned from
Tesco's
results
(23 Oct 2014)
Tesco
profits down 92% as scandal costs supermarket £263 million
(23 Oct 2014)
Tesco
, what went wrong?
(23 Oct 2014)
Deloitte's
Tesco probe finds prior reporting period issues
(23 Oct 2014)
Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent resigns following
accounting
scandal
(23 Oct 2014)
UK failed by Co-op
accounting
black hole
(23 Oct 2014)
Co-op report criticises KPMG and regulator
(23 Oct 2014)
KPMG and financial watchdog criticised over Co-op Bank fiasco
(23 Oct 2014)
KPMG
, Market Watchdog Missed Co-Op Shortfall, Report Says
(23 Oct 2014)
UK House of Commons Treasury Committee Report: Project Verde (also covers Cooperative Bank)
(23 Oct 2014)
Deloitte
to take cut in Quinn fees
(23 Oct 2014)
Tesco's results set to reveal extent of
accounting
scandal
(22 Oct 2014)
Tesco, what went wrong?
(22 Oct 2014)
Auditors
Face a Crisis of Relevance in the Capital Markets
(22 Oct 2014)
Facebook pays no UK corporation
tax
for a second year
(22 Oct 2014)
Facebook pays its UK staff an average
of £
237000
- and
gets
£
182000 credit from the taxman despite record sales
(22 Oct 2014)
Facebook
London
staff get tens of millions in shares
–
but social media giant pays no tax
in the
UK
(22 Oct 2014)
KPMG
pulls sponsorship of LSE sports union over 'offensive' leaflets
(22 Oct 2014)
HBOS whistleblower given the cold shoulder because he's
'
too hot to handle
'
(22 Oct 2014)
Quinn Insurance
auditors
paid €114000 in fees
(22 Oct 2014)
Italian police
uncover €1.7bn corporate
fraud
(21 Oct 2014)
Bank bosses mugging shareholders – the facts are laid bare
(21 Oct 2014)
AbbVie: "risks and uncertainty" of US
tax
policy behind decision to drop Shire bid
(21 Oct 2014)
AbbVie and Shire call off deal after US
tax
rule change
(21 Oct 2014)
Should Business Schools Teach Shareholder Value Maximization?
(21 Oct 2014)
EU Commission settles cartel on bid-ask spreads charged on Swiss Franc interest rate derivatives; fines four major banks (RBS, UBS, JP Morgan and Crédit Suisse)
€ 32.3
million
(21 Oct 2014)
Probe into
£
250m accounting scandal at Tesco uncovers evidence that small
group of staff involved in cover-up lasting more than a year
(20 Oct 2014)
Tesco staff 'misled auditors' over black hole
(20 Oct 2014)
SEC Ends Keurig Investigation With No Enforcement Action
(20 Oct 2014)
How to prepare for
auditing
in a digital world of Big Data
(20 Oct 2014)
Regulators Are Gauging Health of Europe's
Banks
, and the Remedy May Sting a
Little
(20 Oct 2014)
Some 6,000 people involved in review of EU bank files, loans and stress tests
(20 Oct 2014)
Transfer Pricing - The Bermuda connection: Profit shifting and unaffordability at Lonmin 1999-2012
( Oct 2014)
Concerns over insolvency
'
no win no fee
'
reforms
(20 ct 2014)
Tesco's fall from grace compounded by accounting error
(17 Oct 2014)
Simpler
accounting
for smaller companies
(17 Oct 2014)
Accountant
jailed over role in £35m
mortgage fraud
(17 Oct 2014)
Accountant
funded surgery with fake goods
(17 Oct 2014)
Rolls
-
Royce
shares tumble 15% after profit warning
(17 Oct 2014)
Controversy over 'double Irish' raises issue of EU's power over
tax
regimes
(17 Oct 2014)
Private equity owners of Game Group used tax havens for payments
(17 Oct 2014)
Revolving Doors: Veteran Deutsche banker to join
KPMG
(17 Oct 2014)
Lonmin guilty of
transfer pricing
(17 Oct 2014)
Gloomy outlook from IMF
,
but it is still not facing up to what caused the banking crash
(16 Oct 2014)
EU
auditors
and policymakers continue accountability dialogue
(16 Oct 2014)
Audit Commission
calls for outsourced audit deals to last to 2020
(16 Oct 2014)
The great British money launderette: At least 19 UK firms
under investigation for an alleged conspiracy to make $20bn of dirty money seem legitimate
(16 Oct 2014)
UK
money laundering
: How they get away with it
(16 Oct 2014)
Tesco branded 'leaderless' by suppliers following
accounting
scandal
(16 Oct 2014)
BP
loses court battle over Mexico Gulf oil spill claims
(16 Oct 2014)
Shire shares
crash 28% as AbbVie reconsiders £34bn takeover bid
(15 Oct 2014)
After
Tax
Rule Changes, AbbVie to Reconsider Inversion Deal for Shire
(15 Oct 2014)
Fat cats: BG Group ignites pay row over new boss
£29m
pay package
(15 Oct 2014)
Tesco to suspend more senior staff over
£
250m accounting
scandal
(14 Oct 2014)
Ten UK companies fall short of FRC reporting standards
(14 Oct 2014)
Six FTSE 350 companies fail to meet FRC reporting standards
(14 Oct 2014)
FRC’s Corporate Reporting Review Annual Report emphasises areas of reporting focus for boards
(14 Oct 2014)
Accounting
Firm Must Pay Insurer Over Analyst's Fraud
(14 Oct 2014)
Tesco
considers possible successors to Chairman Richard Broadbent
(14 Oct 2014)
Audit
Rotation Best Practices
(14 Oct 2014)
KPMG
releases diversity data
(14 Oct 2014)
Revolving Doors: Former PwC partner takes Findel non-exec role
(14 Oct 2014)
Directors at collapsed Yellow Pages owner Hibu accused
of sales fraud
(13 Oct 2014)
FASB and
IASB
: A Difficult Duet on Leases
(13 Oct 2014)
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin slams
'
absurd
'
board rules
(13 Oct 2014)
Former UBS high-flier set for US
tax fraud
trial
(13 Oct 2014)
Audit Report: In auditing, long is the new short
(13 Oct 2014)
status prominent at 'Big Four' firm
Ernst & Young
(13 Oct 2014)
Mystery
of
Dyson's
£
10m dispute
with
taxman
(13 Oct 2014)
Royal Mail: Analysis shows half of the 16 priority investors have sold more than 90pc of holdings, with most of the 23m shares assigned to them having changed hands
(13 Oct 2014)
Kingfisher Airlines faces scrutiny for
accounting
lapses
(13 Oct 2014)
High
-
flying Tesco executives come down to earth as jets division wound up
(13 Oct 2014)
Billionaire Reuben brothers
'
horseracing group canters to a loss
(13 Oct 2014)
Auditing
Special Purpose Frameworks: Stockholders' Equity
(13 Oct 2014)
Big Six UK energy companies asked by Ofgem to reveal costs and profits
(10 Oct 2014)
Vodafone
Wins Another Indian
Tax
Case; This Time Over Transfer Pricing
(10 Oct 2014)
Ireland
likely to phase out 'Double
Irish
'
tax
regime
(10 Oct 2014)
Brussels in crackdown on 'double
Irish
'
tax
loophole
(10 Oct 2014)
Q&A: What is the double
Irish
?
(10 Oct 2014)
MG Rover Group: Deloitte & Touche, Mr Maghsoud Einollahi
(9 Oct 2014)
Regents demand
Deloitte
receipts
(9 Oct 2014)
Royal Mail
sets aside £18m for French fine and legal fees
(9 Oct 2014)
PwC questions Carbures'
accounting
treatment
(9 Oct 2014)
Investor Carl Icahn urges Apple to step up
share buybacks
(9 Oct 2014)
Woolf
:
reliable and honest reporting
?
Not yet
(9 Oct 2014)
Barclays pays $20m to settle US class-action lawsuit over
Libor
fixing
(9 Oct 2014)
Named and shamed: The FTSE 250 companies with no women at the top
(9 Oct 2014)
State aid: Commission investigates transfer pricing arrangements on corporate taxation of Amazon in Luxembourg
(9 Oct 2014)
Google's
Tax
Setup Faces French Challenge
(9 Oct 2014)
Transfer Pricing: Foreign manufacturers use foreign parts suppliers to avoid tax
(9 Oct 2014)
ATO alleges complex Chevron scheme slashed tax bill by
$258m
(9 Oct 2014)
Country by country reporting: news from Finland, Netherlands, France
(8 Oct 2014)
At Tesco everyone is at fault and no one to blame
(8 Oct 2014)
Analyst Predicted A Year Ago That Tesco's Dodgy
Accounting
Would Hurt It
(8 Oct 2014)
UK accounting standard for smaller companies has to be withdrawn – because it is illegal
(8 Oct 2014)
Audit
Deficiencies Surge
(8 Oct 2014)
Accountant
Claims Comcast Got Him Fired From His Job for Reporting a Customer Service Issue
(8 Oct 2014)
Spain's Carbures shares suspended after
auditor
questions accounts
(8 Oct 2014)
KFC
owner Yum Brands issues profit warning on China food scandal
(8 Oct 2014)
SodaStream shares collapse after company warns of weak results
(8 Oct 2014)
KPMG to deliver Royal Mail
audit
(8 Oct 2014)
Tesco probe: Fifth executive suspended amid investigation into £250m profit hole
(7 Oct 2014)
'
Accounting
trick' hid £5bn in poor performance of alternatives
(7 Oct 2014)
Get ready for UK extractive industries disclosure rules
(7 Oct 2014)
FRC
to name and shame companies
(7 Oct 2014)
FRC formalises increased transparency of its review of company accounts
(7 Oct 2014)
KPMG
Female Employees Receive Notices about Gender Discrimination Suit
(7 Oct 2014)
Thousands of female staff offered chance to join anti-
KPMG
lawsuit
(7 Oct 2014)
Banker admits
Libor
fraud conspiracy
(7 Oct 2014)
FRC
:
Reporting watchdog needs sharper teeth
(7 Oct 2014)
Two directors of
HSBC's
UK bank to quit over new rules
(7 Oct 2014)
Goldman Sachs ‘plied naive Gaddafi bankers with alcohol' to make $1bn deals that ultimately proved worthless
(7 Oct 2014)
Auditors: Blue-chips slow to ditch top
accountants
despite reforms
(6 Oct 2014)
Grant Thornton queries
Big Four's
legal services push
(6 Oct 2014)
EY snubs Osborne's attack on tax abuse
(6 Oct 2014)
Tesco strengthens board after
accounting
scandal
(6 Oct 2014)
FRC
reaches compromise rather than consensus over going concern
(6 Oct 2014)
FRC: Accounting
watchdog criticised over lack of SME representation
(6 Oct 2014)
Hewlett-Packard
'to split into two companies'
(6 Oct 2014)
Cashflow concerns see
ICAEW
Council vote down 'subs-by instalments'
(6 Oct 2014)
New firm to take on key
Audit Commission
roles
(6 Oct 2014)
Walt Disney
is backing the €
1bn refinancing
of the
Paris
themed park
(6 Oct 2014)
10 Issues That Are Keeping
Accountants
Up at Night
(6 Oct 2014)
Grant Thornton ups partner profits as firm clears £500m
(6 Oct 2014)
KPMG
'will not compete with big law practices'
(6 Oct 2014)
Tesco
board faces new questions after purchase of $50m corporate jet
(4 Oct 2014)
Medtronic Alters Covidien Financing as
Tax
Rules Shift
(4 Oct 2014)
Huddersfield University loses £600000 '
tax avoidance
' case
(4 Oct 2014)
Revenue recognition lies at the heart of more than half of US company restatements
(4 Oct 2014)
UBS face €5bn fine over alleged
tax avoidance
scheme
(4 Oct 2014)
Is
Fair Value
Foul?
(4 Oct 2014)
Philips
Loses $466 Million Verdict in Masimo Patent Trial
(4 Oct 2014)
Trilogy Funds accuses
KPMG
, partner of misleading investors
(3 Oct 2014)
Country-by-Country Reporting: Publishing
banks
' taxes and turnover will help the economy
(3 Oct 2014)
EU Directive on Country-by-Country Reporting
(3 Oct 2014)
KPMG wins Royal Mail audit contract and a licence to practise
law
(3 Oct 2014)
Dash for Consultancy: KPMG
Acquires Certain Assets Of Cybersecurity Firm Qubera Solutions
(3 Oct 2014)
Bank
of America's Latest Move Defies Good Governance
(3 Oct 2014)
Warren Buffett:
Tesco
shares 'a huge mistake'
(3 Oct 2014)
Maybe being an accountant isn't so boring: EY partners' average salary rises to £727,000 as profits jump
(3 Oct 2014)
Deloitte
says MG Rover charges "unfair"
(3 Oct 2014)
Ernst & Young (EY)
partners share in rising profits amid M&A and IPO boom
(3 Oct 2014)
IASB takes first steps toward full-on review of pensions
accounting
(2 Oct 2014)
Wonga
to write off £220m of customer debts
(2 Oct 2014)
Tesco
accounting
questioned by Sainsbury's
(2 Oct 2014)
Sainsbury's
cuts sales forecast and reviews dividend
(2 Oct 2014)
Ernst & Young agrees to pay C$8 million to settle Sino-Forest allegations
(2 Oct 2014)
Ernst & Young
reaches C$8-million settlement over Sino-Forest audit
(2 Oct 2014)
5 Ways to Prepare for New Lease
Accounting
Rules
(2 Oct 2014)
Audit Commission: LGA creates local
audit
oversight company
(2 Oct 2014)
Qatar loses more than £1.5bn on
Sainsbury's
(2 Oct 2014)
Pimco
flagship bond fund emptied of $23.5bn by fleeing investors
(2 Oct 2014)
The Modern Corporation Statement on Accounting
(1 Oct 2014)
Tesco to be probed by Financial Conduct Authority
(1 Oct 2014)
Tesco to face
FRC
accounts inquiry
(1 Oct 2014)
Fair Value Continues to Trip Up
Auditors
(1 Oct 2014)
US Compromise Is Floated on
Auditor
Identification
(1 Oct 2014)
Accountancy
is just basic maths and guesswork
(1 Oct 2014)
Former ATT president ordered to repay
£
1.6m
(1 Oct 2014)
Ex ATT president
must
repay
£
1.6m
lost in £5m pension fraud
(1 Oct 2014)
With over 1000 affiliate companies, BP controls a complex network of corporate entities
(1 Oct 2014)
Tesco taps
banks
for 2.5 billion pounds
(1 Oct 2014)
Apple may have to repay billions from Irish government
tax
deal
(1 Oct 2014)
EU Believes Apple, Fiat
Tax
Deals Broke Rules
(1 Oct 2014)
Vince
Cable to review
number of
ethnic
minority
board
members
Wonga
profits halve after customer damages payouts
(1 Oct 2014)
TRUTHFULNESS IN ACCOUNTING: HOW TO DISCRIMINATE ACCOUNTING MANIPULATORS FROM NON-MANIPULATORS
(1 Oct 2014)
SEPTEMBER 2014
Awkward questions for Tesco should be answered by its accountants too
(30 Sep 2014)
Problems by the bagful for beleaguered
Tesco
(30 Sep 2014)
How hapless haggling caused
Tesco's
headaches
(30 Sep 2014)
Tesco shareholders prepare to grill harried chairman Sir Richard Broadbent over profits howler
(30 Sep 2014)
Bank of America (audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers) Settles SEC Case on $4 Billion
Accounting
Error
(30 Sep 2014)
Bank of America
Pays $7.65 Million to Settle SEC Charges
(30 Sep 2014)
SEC Charges Bank of America With Securities Laws Violations in Connection With Regulatory Capital Overstatements
(30 Sep 2014)
Ex-Morrisons treasurer is charged over
insider trades
(30 Sep 2014)
Two Former Wells Fargo Employees Charged With Insider Trading in Advance of Research Reports Containing Ratings Changes
(30 Sep 2014)
Secret tapes pull back curtain on
Goldman Sachs
(30 Sep 2014)
The leaking of confidential conversations with the Federal Reserve reveals an alarming truth about financial oversight: Wall Street regulators are paid by Wall Street to take Wall Street at its word
(30 Sep 2014)
KPMG called in to review project controls at Balfour Beatty (audited by Deloitte)
(30 Sep 2014)
Apple's Irish tax deal questioned by European Commission
(30 Sep 2014)
Apple Irish Tax Deal
Deviated From Arm's Length Concept,
EU
Says
(30 Sep 2014)
The Future of the
Accounting Firm
: No Billable Hours
(30 Sep 2014)
Accounting firm
owner charged with bank fraud
(30 Sep 2014)
Tesco's £250m
accounting
black hole first flagged during Phil Clarke's reign
(29 Sep 2014)
Tesco whistleblower's warnings were initially ignored
(29 Sep 2014)
It's time for Tesco to stock a new brand of
auditor
(29 Sep 2014)
Don't shred or delete any documents, new Tesco chief warns staff as profit shortfall probe digs deeper
(29 Sep 2014)
Balfour Beatty's
shares plunge on
profits warning
(29 Sep 2014)
Balfour Beatty
shares plunge 25% after forecast
profits
dive by £75m
(29 Sep 2014)
IFRS 9 signals the return of prudence
(29 Sep 2014)
Deloitte launches £14m
FRC
appeal
(29 Sep 2014)
EU to accuse Apple of taking illegal
tax
aid from Ireland, reports say
(29 Sep 2014)
Apple hit by Brussels finding over illegal Irish
tax
deals
(29 Sep 2014)
FCA charges former Treasurer and Head of Tax at Wm Morrison with insider dealing
(29 Sep 2014)
Lloyds fires staff and axes bonuses for
Libor
rigging
(29 Sep 2014)
UBS
warns it could be hit with 'material' fine over forex rigging
(29 Sep 2014)
Investigation into
Tesco's
£250m profit shortfall unearths 'corruption' of culture
(28 Sep 2014)
Tesco
– the crisis that doesn't add up
(28 Sep 2014)
De La Rue (audited by KPMG) shares plunge after
profit warning
(28 Sep 2014)
Tesco
pulled £3bn financing deal two days before profit warning
(28 Sep 2014)
Inside
Tesco's
bonus-fuelled regime of fear and machismo
(28 Sep 2014)
Rise of shell companies: Why
tax
authorities continue to wage a tax battle with them
(28 Sep 2014)
L-3 Reveals More
Accounting
Problems, Revisions
(28 Sep 2014)
PwC
-Booz Merger: How Will It Affect The Middle East
(28 Sep 2014)
Social Closure and Turf Battles: PwC, EY lead the charge as accountants look to muscle in lawyer territory
(28 Sep 2014)
KPMG party shows there's no
accounting
for taste
(28 Sep 2014)
Tesco
bosses could face UK parliamentary scrutiny over
accounting
scandal
(26 Sep 2014)
Tesco's finance director
will receive £
1m
farewell
payoff
(26 Sep 2014)
Pressure mounts on Tesco chief as second-largest shareholder cuts stake
(26 Sep 2014)
De La Rue shares plunge
after printer warns on profits
(26 Sep 2014)
FRC Closure of investigation into the conduct of Ernst & Young LLP
(26 Sep 2014)
Bentham
accountant
jailed for £2m 'Ponzi' scheme
(26 Sep 2014)
The tax
accountant
who runs brothel from Belfast Terrace
(26 Sep 2014)
EY
revenues rise on back of advisory work
(26 Sep 2014)
Trolley load of trouble in store for Tesco and its bean counters
(25 Sep 2014)
Stock markets shaken by Apple slide
(25 Sep 2014)
Tesco
accounting error 'stratospheric'
(25 Sep 2014)
Tesco was warned in 2010 about 'aggressive
accounting
'
(25 Sep 2014)
SEC Charges JDA Software Group for Inadequate Internal Accounting Controls Over Its Financial Reportin
g (25 Sep 2014)
Share buy-backs: Companies have been gobbling up their own shares at an exceptional rate. There are good reasons to worry about this
(25 Sep 2014)
BP
cannot claw back 'excessive' gulf spill payments
(25 Sep 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG and Oracle partner to provide cloud offering
(25 Sep 2014)
SRA backs down on accountant report requirements
(25 Sep 2014)
Why regulators are watching auditors at letterbox companies
(25 Sep 2014)
SEC Charges Software Company in Silicon Valley and Two Former Executives Behind Fraudulent Accounting Scheme: CEO Agrees to Return $2.5 Million Under Clawback Provision
(25 Sep 2014)
KPMG
helps staff up property ladder with mortgage move
(25 Sep 2014)
Revolving Doors: Deloitte's
Ian Smith to take top role at Clydesdale
(25 Sep 2014)
Every little helps to pay fines: Deloitte
Annual Global Revenue Rises 5.7% in US Dollars
(25 Sep 2014)
How to pull the plug on irresponsible capitalism
(24 Sep 2014)
Tesco crisis: Embattled supermarket giant faces probe from
accountants
watchdog
(24 Sep 2014)
Tesco director kept out of monitoring by accountancy watchdog, says FRC
(24 Sep 2014)
FRC statement about Tesco's trading announcement
(24 Sep 2014)
Tesco's
accounting problems
(24 Sep 2014)
Tesco's chairman 'shocked' by
accounts
mess
(24 Sep 2014)
Tesco could be forced to restate accounts
(24 Sep 2014)
Five embarrassing
accounting
blunders
(24 Sep 2014)
Deloitte's
record fails to delight...
(24 Sep 204)
Nine questions Tesco's investors will now be asking themselves
(24 Sep 2014)
Tesco rushes in new finance director to deal with
accounting
scandal
(24 Sep 2014)
The backroom deals that have cost Tesco dear: Finances skewed by promotions with suppliers
(24 Sep 2014)
Former
JJB
boss in court accused of £1m fraud
(24 Sep 2014)
SEC probes
Pimco
ETF over pricing irregularities
(24 Sep 2014)
Barclays
fined £38m for putting clients' assets 'at risk'
(24 Sep 2014)
SEC Charges Barclays Capital with Systemic Compliance Failures After Acquiring Lehman’s Advisory Business
(24 Sep 2014)
Auditors
Can't Leave Going Concern Evaluation to Management
(24 Sep 2014)
Auditors
still responsible for going-concern evaluation under PCAOB rules
(24 Sep 2014)
SEC Charges Purported Health Food Company and CEO with Issuing False Press Releases in Microcap Fraud
(24 Sep 2014)
Tate
& Lyle shares plunge after it warns on profit
(24 Sep 2014)
Law Society accuses SRA of helping large
accountancy
firms over others
(24 Sep 2014)
Accountant Sentenced for Conspiring with Members of Organized Crime Family in Fraud Scheme
(24 Sep 2014)
KPMG overhauls approach to its audit reports
(24 Sep 2014)
KPMG calls for expanded commentary in audit reports
(24 Sep 2014)
Fighting Corporate Abuse
(22 Sep 2014)
Investors do not take
pension
liabilities at face value
(22 Sep 2014)
Alibaba feeding frenzy shows how little we have learnt
(22 Sep 2014)
Tesco Trading Update
(22 Sep 2014)
Tesco cuts outlook after finding
accounting
error
(22 Sep 2014)
Tesco said the profits overstatement was "principally due to the accelerated recognition of commercial income and delayed accrual of costs"
(22 Sep 2014)
Tesco has been paying suppliers later and taking monies from them earlier than it should have
(22 Sep 2014)
What went wrong at
Tesco
?
(22 Sep 2014)
Tesco
(audited by PwC) suspends execs as inquiry launched into profit overstatement
(22 Sep 2014)
Four Tesco employees go on leave over
accounting
issue
(22 Sep 2014)
Tesco accounting scandal Q&A: what happens next?
(22 Sep 2014)
Former
JJB
boss faces fraud trial
(22 Sep 2014)
UK 'leading'
country-by-country
reporting, claims Treasury
(22 Sep 2014)
Ernst & Young
in tentative deal in Canada on Sino-Forest audit
(22 Sep 2014)
Ernst & Young
settles with OSC in Sino-Forest, Zungui cases
(22 Sep 2014)
£
100m private equity deal creates new Uk accounting group
(22 Sep 2014)
US Regulators,
Accounting
Firms Bicker Over Audit Rule
(22 Sep 2014)
G20 countries agree to exchange
tax
information by 2017 to stamp out evasion
(22 Sep 2014)
Monumental Incompetence at ACCA
(19 Sep 2014)
More austerity will do yet more damage
(19 Sep 2014)
UN transfer pricing manual: what Brazil, India and China do differently
(19 Sep 2014)
Audit
NZ slated over Citifleet '
fraud
'
(19 Sep 2014)
Alibaba’s corporate structure: just look at those British tax havens
(19 Sep 2014)
Phones 4U
bondholder write-down offer 'not feasible' says PwC
(19 Sep 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
Recognized as Leader in Litigation Consulting Services
(19 Sep 2014)
Insolvency gravy train: Phones 4U administrator hires top law firm Allen & Overy to probe retailer's collapse
(19 Sep 2014)
Insolvency: Phones 4U's private equity
owner walks away with an £18m profit
(18 Sep 2014)
Insolvency: Phones 4U creditors
launch
11th-hour rescue
plan
(18 Sep 2014)
6 Years Later, 7 Lessons from
Lehman's
Collapse
(18 Sep 2014)
UBS in $1.4 Billion Test of French
Tax
-
Evasion
Crackdown
(18 Sep 2014)
The Overpaid CEO: There have been many attempts to curb exorbitant executive pay. But we won’t fix the problem until we address the nature of the corporation
(18 Sep 2014)
Barclays accused of hiding and lying about 'predatory' high-frequency traders by New York attorney
(18 Sep 2014)
UBS Clients Lead Canada Surge in Admitting Hidden Income
(18 Sep 2014)
Anger at DS Smith boss's
£
200k relocation allowance for
40
mile move
(18 Sep 2014)
Intangible Assets: The Case of the Vanishing Assets
(17 Sep 2014)
All companies will have to justify
executive pay
under City code
(17 Sep 2014)
Boards told they must justify bonuses
(17 Sep 2014)
UK Corporate Governance Code September 2014
(17 Sep 2014)
FRC Guidance on Risk Management, Internal Control and Related Financial and Business Reporting
(17 Sep 2014)
FRC Guidance for Directors of Banks on Solvency and Liquidity Risk Management and the Going Concern Basis of accounting
(17 Sep 2014)
Extracts from International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) 260, 570 and 700 (Revised September 2014)
(17 Sep 2014)
Feedback Statement - Revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code September 2014
(17 Sep 2014)
FRC
publishes final guidance on going concern
(17 Sep 2014)
Phones 4U rivals in contact with administrator
PwC
in attempt to buy firm on cheap
(17 Sep 2014)
The era of country-by-country reporting is arriving
(16 Sep 2014)
Keep cash
accounting
, say US legislators
(16 Sep 2014)
AgFeed Industries Agrees to Pay $18 Million to Settle Accounting Fraud Case
(16 Sep 2014)
AgFeed to Pay $18 Million Over Fake Revenue in China
(16 Sep 2014)
US SEC announces settlement with AgFeed over
accounting
fraud
(16 Sep 2014)
FRC
fines Worthington Nicholls external auditor
(16 Sep 2014)
Bosses and cash vanish at shoe firm
Ultrasonic
(16 Sep 2014)
AICPA Reorganizes Attestation and
Auditing
Standards
(16 Sep 2014)
SEC Yields on One Aspect of Revenue Recognition Adoption
(16 Sep 2014)
Insolvency: Rileys snooker hall chain has to shut quarter of
sports
bars
(16 Sep 2014)
Asos
shares fall 14% on poor outlook
(16 Sep 2014)
International
tax
rule updates to be agreed by G20 countries
(16 Sep 2014)
OECD: Global firms need new
tax
rules
(16 Sep 2014)
PwC
chairman to receive £3.7m share of rising profits as business grows
(15 Sep 2014)
PwC provided more than 6,000 hours of free technical support, worth £400,000 to political parties during the year, up by more than 20%, with almost 4,500 hours going to Labour and the balance mainly to the Liberal Democrats
(15 Sep 2014)
PwC
partners awarded £722000 each in highest pay-out since 2010
(15 Sep 2014)
Insolvency: Phones 4u
goes into administration – with 5600 jobs at risk
(15 Sep 2014)
Insolvency bonanza for PwC: Phones 4U
shops closing down across UK
(15 Sep 2014)
European Banks Get New Capital Hit From
Accounting
Rule
(15 Sep 2014)
Firms told to talk to shareholders about
executive pay
to avoid further revolts
(15 Sep 2014)
Outcomes of the disciplinary hearing against Paul Newsham, Member of the ICAEW and of the disciplinary case against Sixonethreeone Limited (formerly known as HWCA Limited), former Member Firm of the ICAEW
(15 Sep 2014)
Sir Richard Branson's West Coast line earnings drop to £9.2m
(15 Sep 2014)
Canadian computer dealer claims
Ernst & Young
breach
(15 Sep 2014)
Deloitte
decides against legal ABS move
(15 Sep 2014)
What is really driving capital from the UK
?
(15 Sep 2014)
Fixing international corporate
taxation
(15 Sep 2014)
Professions: The privileged few are tightening their grip on the arts
(15 Sep 2014)
Checking the corporate tax cheats
(13 Sep 2014)
US House wants cash
accounting
to stay
(13 Sep 2014)
HSBC
settles mortgage case with US regulators for $550m
(13 Sep 2014)
HSBC
to pay $550m in US to settle mortgage mis-selling suit
(13 Sep 2014)
FHFA Announces Settlement with HSBC
(13 Sep 2014)
HSBC Settlement Agreement with FHFA
(13 Sep 2014)
SEC Charges Bank Holding Company, Wilmington Trust Company , in Delaware with Improper Accounting and Disclosure of Past Due Loans
(12 Sep 2014)
M&T Bank unit to pay $18.5 mln to settle SEC
accounting
violations
(12 Sep 2014)
Wilmington Trust Concealed Problem Construction Loans: SEC
(12 Sep 2014)
Debt From
KPMG Tax
Shelter Survives Bankruptcy
(12 Sep 2014)
What makes
accountants
unhappy?
(12 Sep 2014)
Judicial review opens
ACCA
disciplinaries to judges' findings
(12 Sep 2014)
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Biotech Company and Former Executive Who Failed to Report Insider Stock Sales
(12 Sep 2014)
Hewlett-Packard Russia Pleads Guilty to and Sentenced for Bribery of Russian Government Officials
(12 Sep 2014)
HP subsidiaries plead guilty in
bribery
cases
(12 Sep 2014)
Mike Lynch hits back over
Autonomy
fraud allegations by HP
(12 Sep 2014)
Lynch fires back at HP's 'excessive' forecasts on
Autonomy
deal
(12 Sep 2014)
SEC
Targets Timing of Insiders' Trade Notices
(12 Sep 2014)
SEC Announces Charges Against Corporate Insiders for Violating Laws Requiring Prompt Reporting of Transactions and Holdings
(12 Sep 2014)
PwC to face US
lawsuit
over Colonial Bank collapse - court ruling
(11 Sep 2014)
Criticism leads to U-turn on lease
accounting standards
(11 Sep 2014)
Insolvency: RadioShack
seeks rescue and warns of
bankruptcy
(11 Sep 2014)
UK
banks
grapple with threat of 5 percent leverage ratio
(11 Sep 2014)
SeaWorld faces lawsuit claiming it misled investors following release of 'Blackfish'
(11 Sep 2014)
How many UK companies are actually foreign-owned?
(11 Sep 2014)
Five facts about foreign-owned businesses in the UK
(11 Sep 2014)
Hewlett-Packard Russia Pleads Guilty to and Sentenced for Bribery of Russian Government Officials
(11 Sep 2014)
The Modern Corporation - Corporate governance for the 21st century: Accounting and Maximisation of Shareholder Wealth
(10 Sep 2014)
PCAOB Warns about Deficiencies in
Auditing
Revenue
(10 Sep 2014)
PCAOB alert calls for
auditors
to focus on revenue
(10 Sep 2014)
Ernst & Young
accused by Canadian used computer dealer of data breach
(10 Sep 2014)
PWC Can't Duck Shoddy Work Claims Over
Colonial Bank Fraud
(10 Sep 2014)
Pensions accounting: FRS 102 and impact on P&L
(10 Sep 2014)
US Companies Increasing
Audit Committee
Transparency
(10 Sep 2014)
State-owned
East Coast paid
£
225m to UK Treasury
– but still faces privatisation
(10 Sep 2014)
MG Rover Group: Deloitte & Touche, Mr Maghsoud Einollahi
(10 Sep 2014)
Corporate Welfare: PwC
Team To Bid for Pentagon's $11B EHR Modernization Contract
(10 Sep 2014)
Split for
PwC
too in City power couple's billion-pound divorce
(10 Sep 2014)
KPMG offers generous advice that will help tax cheats
(9 Sep 2014)
Hertz CEO steps down after
accounting
errors
(9 Sep 2014)
Former TierOne Bank Executive Pleads Guilty for His Role in Scheme to Defraud Bank’s Shareholders and Regulators
(9 Sep 2014)
Ongoing gender pay gap in
accountancy
profession
(9 Sep 2014)
UK
accountants
: Men earn more
(9 Sep 2014)
Non-IFRS
Accounting
Zones Dwindle in Number
(9 Sep 2014)
Satyam Founder Appeals Order to Pay $300 Million
(9 Sep 2014)
SEC Charges Offshore Business and Two Individuals Behind Scheme to Conceal Ownership of Microcap Stocks
(9 Sep 2014)
US Punishments for Insider Trading Are Growing Stiffer
(9 Sep 2014)
Belize Firm Charged in $500 Million
Tax
-
Evasion
Scheme
(9 Sep 2014)
Feds Charge 6 With Running $500 Million Offshore Laundering Scheme
(9 Sep 2014)
US 10th Circ. Boots Ex-Grant Thornton Tax Partner's RICO Appeal
(8 Sep 2014)
Court Judgement: US 10th Circ. Boots Ex-Grant Thornton Tax Partner's RICO Appeal
(8 Sep 2014)
EU Concerned
Banks
Are Ignoring Rules on Bonus Limits
(8 Sep 2014)
EU moves to crackdown on
banks
dodging bonus cap
(8 Sep 2014)
How UK bank lending fell by £365 BILLION in five years... much to the delight of controversial payday loan firms
(8 Sep 2014)
Trade mispricing: Tanzania among top five revenue losers
(8 Sep 2014)
Sweden's Eniro finds
accounts
inaccuracies, may call in police
(7 Sep 2014)
Eniro shares slide in wake of
accounting
irregularities
(7 Sep 2014)
Logitech makes minor adjustments amid
accounting
probe
(7 Sep 2014)
Revolving Doors: Allen & Overy hires
Deloitte's
Richard Punt as new CEO
(7 Sep 2014)
The nonsense of shareholder ownership: what we should know
(5 Sep 2014)
Investors expect
banks
to raise $67.02 billion after ECB tests
(5 Sep 2014)
Investors urged to reject Betfair's
accounts
(5 Sep 2014)
BP's
Cash Flow Still Under the Gavel
(5 Sep 2014)
HP court filing claims
Autonomy
in 2010 headed for financial 'plane crash'
(5 Sep 2014)
Punch Taverns
inches closer to restructuring deal
(5 Sep 2014)
SUMMARY: FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF CORPORATE LAW
(5 Sep 2014)
The Institutional Investor Stewardship Myth in a Dutch Context
(5 Sep 2014
Investors fire warning shot at
Betfair
executive bonuses
(4 Sep 2014)
BP's
reckless conduct caused Deepwater Horizon oil spill, judge rules
(4 Sep 2014)
BP
faces up to
$18bn
fines after Gulf of Mexico 'gross negligence' ruling
(4 Sep 2014)
What's an
accounting
puzzle like Alibaba (really) worth?
(4 Sep 2014)
Phones4U debts under review for downgrade after split with
Vodafone
(4 Sep 2014)
SFO
investigating £120m Axiom fund and founder
(4 Sep 2014)
South Africa: Clamour to end transfer pricing abuse
(4 Sep 2014)
Firm of cards
:
The politics of partnerships
(4 Sep 2014)
SEC
Too Lax on Accountants, Commissioner Says
(3 Sep 2014)
Corruption
'impoverishes and kills millions'
(3 Sep 2014)
THE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES ARE DEPRIVED OF AT LEAST $1 TRILLION EACH YEAR BY CRIMINALS WHO EXPLOIT IMPENETRABLE SECRECY TO SIPHON OFF CASH THROUGH MONEY LAUNDERING, TAX EVASION AND EMBEZZLEMENT
(3 Sep 2014)
Lease
Accounting
Changes May Trip Up Bank Loans
(3 Sep 2014)
PwC's
Potential Role at Standard Chartered Draws Attention of NY Regulator
(3 Sep 2014)
Is the
SEC
being too soft on Affiliated Computer Services?
(3 Sep 2014)
Goldman
Sachs lent Banco Espirito Santo $835ma month before bail-out
(3 Sep 2014)
Corporate Control of Accounting Regulation: FRC appoints new members to the Accounting Council and Audit and Assurance Council
(3 Sep 2014)
Sino-Forest fraud result of ‘deceitful conduct' by management, hearing told
(3 Sep 2014)
Former Arthrocare Executives Sentenced for Orchestrating $750 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
(3 Sep 2014)
BIS and FRC consult on new small
accounting
regime
(3 Aug 2014)
BIS consults on implementation of EU Accounting Directive
(3 Sep 2014)
BIS Consultation: Audit exemptions and change of accounting framework
(3 Sep 2014)
BIS Consultation: EU Accounting Directive: financial reporting
(3 Sep 2014)
Halliburton
reaches $1.1bn settlement over Deepwater Horizon oil spill
(3 Sep 2014)
Betfair attacks Pirc over accounts
(3 Sep 2014)
Bribery: U.K. Prosecutors Plan More Arrests in
Rolls
-
Royce
Probe
(3 Sep 2014)
UK
accounting
watchdog fines Mazars two million pounds
( 2 Sep 2014)
Outcome of disciplinary case against Mazars LLP, Member Firm of the ICAEW and Richard Karmel, Member of the ICAEW
(2 Sep 2014)
Mazars accountancy firm fined for pension fund advice misconduct
(2 Sep 2014)
The Big Number: Changes in Lease
Accounting
Rules Draws Closer
(2 Sep 2014)
Insolvency: Deloitte's
controversial redundancy chief handed his own P45
(2 Sep 2014)
Neville Kahn quits ICAEW insolvency group
(2 Sep 2014)
Nearly half of
EY
inspected audits found wanting
(2 Sep 2014)
Arthur Andersen name revived by independent tax firm in California
(2 Sep 2014)
Arthur Andersen returns 12 years after Enron scandal
(2 Sep 2014)
More spin than substance: UK Companies
face prosecution if they fail to stop economic crime
(2 Sep 2014)
Apple owns most valuable brand in the world
,
worth
£70 billion
(2 Sep 2014)
Expert Insight Into The World Of Offshore Company Incorporation
(2 Sep 2014)
Barclays
loses £500m after Spanish banking clearout
(1 Sep 2014)
FRC consults on accounting standards for small entities
(1 Sep 2014)
US Regulators find deficiencies in
audits
(1 Sep 2014)
KPMG
Refuses To Approve BES Accounts, Warns Of Further Losses
(1 Sep 2014)
They may be mocked as boring but accountants have a first-class ticket for the gravy train
(1 Sep 2014)
FCA
reveals 28% surge in 'suspicious transaction' reports
(1 Sep 2014)
The
Accountancy
Rich List
(1 Sep 2014)
AUGUST 2014
Burger King has brewed up a whopping great tax avoidance problem
(31 Aug 2014)
Ernst & Young
to Return $100000 in Revel Fees
(31 Aug 2014)
Co-op
Group members vote in favour of reforms
(31 Aug 2014)
IKEA pays a low amount of
tax
(31 Aug 2014)
US government helpless as
tax
-avoiding firms head for the exit
(31 Aug 2014)
KPMG, Ernst & Young and conflict of interests: Calls for greater disclosure on NHS chiefs' meetings with private US health insurer
(31 Aug 2014) (31 Aug 2014)
Companies find other ways to move
offshore
and avoid US
taxes
(31 Aug 2014)
KPMG Faces Criticism for Espírito Santo Audit Work
(29 Aug 2014)
Ernst & Young
2013 Audit Deficiency Rate 49%, Regulators Say
(29 Aug 2014)
EY Hits 50% Failure Rate on PCAOB Inspection, Gets a Grade of LOL on AS5
(29 Aug 2014)
Deutsche Bank AG London Branch (Deutsche), audited by KPMG, has been fined £4,718,800 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for incorrectly reporting transactions between November 2007 and April 2013
(29 Aug 2014)
Accounting
for brands: Untouchable Intangibles
(29 Aug 2014)
Shareholder groups warn of corporate governance breakdown at
AA
(29 Aug 2014)
UK Unveils Draft Rule on
Extractive
Industry Disclosure
(29 Aug 2014)
FCA consults on EU Transparency Directive reporting for extractives: Early implementation of the Transparency Directive’s requirements for reports on payments to governments
(29 Aug 2014)
UK Stock Market statistics - July 2014
(29 Aug 2014)
Abercrombie & Fitch shares tank after second quarter earnings miss
estimates
(29 Aug 2014)
PwC must face $1 billion
lawsuit
over MF Global advice
(28 Aug 2014)
Wachtell to pursue
Deloitte
in HP Autonomy row
(28 Aug 2014)
Ex-Porsche boss faces trial over failed VW takeover scandal
(28 Aug 2014)
SEC
Approves Rules Aimed at Hidden Risks of Asset-Backed Securities
(28 Aug 2014)
SEC
Wants More Detail on Loans Backing Securities
(28 Aug 2014)
Dash for Comsultancy: EY
Acquires Net Balance
(28 Aug 2014)
Old boy's club still dominates public life, according to major new report
(28 Aug 2014)
Press Releqase: Elitist Britain?
(28 Aug 2014)
The Report: Elitist Britain?
(28 Aug 20014)
Lawsuit
alleges former LandCastle Title CEO embezzled $30 million
(28 Aug 2014)
More
Accounting
Deficiencies Linked to Inventory
(27 Aug 2014)
Hewlett-Packard plans to sue Deloitte's UK arm over Autonomy audit
(27 Aug 2014)
A former director of audit firm KPMG fiddled the company out of more than £40,000 by fraudulently claiming expenses on hotels and flights
(27 Aug 2014)
There were 6,962 accountancy firms registered in the UK in 2013, a 4% drop on the previous year when there were 7,239
(27 Aug 2014)
What is a corporation: Opportunist
shareholders
must
embrace commitment
(27 Aug 2014)
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and NatWest fined £14,474,600 for serious failings in their advised mortgage sales business
(27 Aug 2014)
Complaints against insolvency practitioners rise 25
%
(27 Aug 2014)
Big 4
Auditing
Firms Fall Afoul of Russia's Security Services
(27 Aug 2014)
The Big Number: The Second-Most Reported
Accounting
Deficiency
(27 Aug 2014)
Revolving Doors: US SEC hires former Deloitte executive as chief
accountant
(27 Aug 2014)
ISA 720: potential changes to auditor reporting responsibilities
(27 Aug 2014)
Kenyan law soft on negligent
auditors
(27 Aug 2014)
IASB
confirms line-up of IFRS 9 implementation group
(27 Aug 2014)
HP to sue
Deloitte
unit over Autonomy merger: lawyer
(26 Aug 2014)
HP sues
Deloitte
over its auditing of Autonomy's accounts in the two years prior to its acquisition
(26 Aug 2014)
US judge questions shareholder settlement with HP over Autonomy
(26 Aug 2014)
Big Four step up services to hedge funds
(26 Aug 2014)
Accounting Firms
Profit From Hedge-Fund Regulation
(26 Aug 2014)
Your Whopper May Soon Come With A Side Of
Tax Avoidance
(26 Aug 2014)
Deloitte
slashes partner payouts by £17m
(26 Aug 2014)
Grant Thornton
denies conflict in O'Flynn case
(26 Aug 2014)
Investigation into PWC
auditing
of Quinn insurance suspended
(26 Aug 2014)
Cutting the Corporate
Tax
Would Grow Other Problems
(26 Aug 2014)
Netcare critical on
KPMG
decision
(26 Aug 2014)
10 corporate
tax
dodgers you should know about
(26 Aug 2014)
Holding governments to ransom: Deloitte warns
on UK political
risks
(26 Aug 2014)
Autonomy
deals raise questions as HP row escalates
(24 Aug 2014)
Goldman Sachs
agrees to
$1.2bn settlement over mortgage bonds
(24 Aug 2014)
HSBC sued for 'ignoring warning signs of British businessman's fraud
(24 Aug 2014)
Vince Cable plans to widen disclosure of executive pay
(24 Aug 2014)
US hedge funds tighten grip on Punch Taverns
(24 Aug 2014)
Co-op
Bank
reports loss of £75.8m
(22 Aug 2014)
Regulators Struggle With Conflicts in Credit Ratings and Audits
(22 Aug 2014)
Shareholders, public deserve
tax
transparency
(22 Aug 2014)
Barclays
to Pay $23 Million to Settle Thornburg Mortgage Lawsuit
(22 Aug 2014)
Bank of America Admits Disclosure Failures to Settle SEC Charges: Bank Also Resolves Separate SEC Case in $245 Million Settlement
(22 Aug 2014)
Accounting
scandal just the latest of Penn West's problems
(22 Aug 2014)
Accountancy
rule could wipe up to £500m from the balance sheets of housing associations
(22 Aug 2014)
Consultants
set for €500m fee windfall in European bank audit
(22 Aug 2014)
Canada Province launches consultations on new chartered professional accountant designation
(22 Aug 2014)
Accountant
gets 11-year ban
(22 Aug 2014)
BofA Could See $4 Billion in
Tax
Savings From $16.65 Billion Settlement
(22 Aug 2014)
BofA Grabs $12 Billion
Tax
Write-Off From $17 Billion Mortgage Settlement
(22 Aug 2014)
ECB bank audit to cover consultants in cash
(21 Aug 2014)
Deutsche Bank Downgrades Hertz Global Due To
Accounting
Complications
(21 Aug 2014)
More UK companies reviewing their
auditors
(21 Aug 2014)
US Watchdog Reviews
Auditing
of Estimates, Mark-to-Market Accounting
(21 Aug 2014)
FRC clarifies pension
accounting
question
(21 Aug 2014)
Holding
auditors
blameless
(21 Aug 2014)
Audits and inspections are never enough: a critique to enhance food safety
(21 Aug 2014)
Bank of America to Pay $16.65 Billion in Historic Justice Department Settlement for Financial Fraud Leading up to and During the Financial Crisis
(21 Aug 2014)
Fat cats: Under-fire
Ladbrokes
boss in £1 million share award
(21 Aug 2014)
Ghanaian Government Asked To Tighten Up On Transfer Pricing
(21 Aug 2014)
IASB publishes proposed amendments to IAS 12 Income Taxes
(21 Aug 2014)
ESSAY: TELLING STORIES OF SHAREHOLDER SUPREMACY
(21 Aug 2014)
Repeat fraudster going by the name 'Simon Fraser' swipes £80k from accountants in another case of NatWest business account fraud
(21 Aug 2014)
Keeping the
accountants
accountable on tax avoidance
(21 Aug 2014)
US Audit Regulator Considers Revamp of Rules on
Accounting
Estimates
(20 Aug 2014)
Deloitte
accused over £50m taxpayer bill
(20 Aug 2014)
Linklaters, Travers Smith, Weil in £184m PwC
Lehman
pensions settlement
(20 Aug 2014)
Monitoring Standard Chartered Means Dumping Big Audit Firms
(20 Aug 2014)
FRC proposes amendments to FRS 102 relating to pension obligations
(20 Aug 2014)
Standard Chartered pays $300m over
money laundering
failures
(20 Aug 2014)
NYDFS ANNOUNCES STANDARD CHARTERED BANK TO SUSPEND DOLLAR CLEARING FOR HIGH-RISK CLIENTS IN HONG KONG; PAY $300 MILLION PENALTY; TAKE OTHER REMEDIAL STEPS AFTER ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COMPLIANCE FAILURES
(20 Aug 2014)
Moelis Australia blames $8m loss on
accounting
methods
(20 Aug 2014)
PwC Didn't Want to Say Mean Things About Its Client
(19 Aug 2014)
Accounting
firm PwC nailed for whitewashing client's sanctions violations
(19 Aug 2014)
Altered Bank Study Draws Fine for Giant Auditor
PwC
(19 Aug 2014)
UK Insolvency Service figures show Deloitte involved in more than 20 insolvencies in which workers laid off incorrectly
(19 Aug 2014)
PCAOB Finds Continuing Problems with
Auditors
of Broker-Dealers
(19 Aug 2014)
Problems Persist in Audits of Broker-Dealers, Audit Regulator PCAOB Says
(19 Aug 2014)
Fabrinet Postpones Financial Reports Pending
Accounting
Investigation
(19 Aug 2014)
11
% of
UK businesses say slavery in their supply chains
(19 Aug 2014)
Gender pay gap
: women bosses earn 35% less than male bosses
(19 Aug 2014)
Bank
Overseer PwC Faces Penalty and Sidelining of Regulatory Consulting Unit
(18 Aug 2014)
PwC to Settle With New York Regulator Over Consulting for Japanese
Bank
(18 Aug 2014)
PwC to pay NY $25 million over work with
Bank
of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
(18 Aug 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers was hired to prepare a report for regulators that detailed Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s dealings with Iran and other countries blacklisted by the United States. Bowing to pressure from the bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers watered down the report
(18 Aug 2014)
NYDFS ANNOUNCES PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS REGULATORY ADVISORY SERVICES WILL FACE 24-MONTH CONSULTING SUSPENSION; PAY $25 MILLION; IMPLEMENT REFORMS AFTER MISCONDUCT DURING WORK AT BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI
(18 Aug 2014)
SEE HOW PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS SANITISED ITS REPORT ON THE BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI
(18 Aug 2014)
COURT ORDER BY NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AGAINST PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS FOR ITS WORD ON ON THE BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISH
I (18 Aug 2014)
Alibaba
May Draw
SEC
Accounting Scrutiny Before IPO
(18 Aug 2014)
Doubt Is Cast on Vetting of Deals by
Alibaba
(18 Aug 2014)
Alibaba Flops in
Accounting
for Acquisition Binge
(18 Aug 2014)
One in seven FTSE 350 companies to tender audit in 2014
(18 Aug 2014)
Holding
Auditors
Blameless
(18 Aug 2014)
FASB Looks to Uncomplicate
Accounting
–A Little, At Least
(18 Aug 2014)
Insolvency: Some creditors at collapsed stores chain JJB Sports 'got pennies'
(18 Aug 2014)
Fat cats: CEOs earning 143 times
more than
company averages
(18 Aug 2014)
Insolvency: Punch Taverns
Announces Terms of $3.9 Billion Debt Restructuring
(18 Aug 2014)
Social Closure: Things to come - accountancy body handed power to grant ABS licences
(15 Aug 2014)
Alibaba Discovers Suspicious
Accounting
at Film Unit
(15 Aug 2014)
Accounting Scandal
Hits as Alibaba Plans Big IPO
(15 Aug 2014)
IASB Goes Its Own Way on Lease
Accounting
(15 Aug 2014)
International
accounting standards
'riven by faultlines'
(15 Aug 2014)
Banks Unprepared for Upcoming
Accounting
Standards
(15 Aug 2014)
IFRS
'disconnected' from true and fair,
investors
claim
(15 Aug 2014)
What's the deal? Why do
accounting firms
use initials instead of
names
(15 Aug 2014)
SEC
'Moves the Chains' on Financial Reporting
(15 Aug 2014)
Ocwen to Restate Results After
Accounting
Change
(15 Aug 2014)
Ernst & Young
Role in Gowex Fraud Questioned by Exchange
(14 Aug 2014)
Penn West in talks with creditors amid
accounting
review
(14 Aug 2014)
Accounting
issue hits Telekom Austria results
(14 Aug 2014)
Madmen and dreams of world domination - IASB official: Global
accounting
standards are “achievable,” “inevitable”
(14 Aug 2014)
US Regulator Says Rule to Identify Lead Audit Partners Ready in
September
(14 Aug 2014)
Barclays
could face extra £1.2bn in legal costs and fines
(14 Aug 2014)
SEC Charges Atlanta-Based Accountant With Insider Trading on Confidential Information From Client
(14 Aug 2014)
Auditors
should be a company's conscience – Madonsela
(14 Aug 2014)
FRC
nears end of Sisyphean task of implementing going concern
(14 Aug 2014)
IASB Vice-Chair Points to Convergence Failures
(14 Aug 2014)
KPMG
"not responsible" for loss of holy books
(14 Aug 2014)
'Taking the top part of my clothing off and getting paid $400 - I thought why not': Meet the 140 kilo former accountant who works as a fattogram to support her two children
(14 Aug 2014)
Hertz Delays Quarterly Earnings on
Accounting
Review
(13 Aug 2014)
Former
Autonomy
director says HP trying to shift blame for disastrous deal
(13 Aug 2014)
Revolving Doors: Accounting
watchdog chairman Bischoff to take job at JPMorgan
(13 Aug 2014)
FRC to probe Grant Thornton's AssetCo audit work
(13 Aug 2014)
I
ndia: In a
move towards IFRS
,
tax accounting standard on cards
(13 Aug 2014)
20 big profitable US companies paid no
taxes
(13 Aug 2014)
The tale of KMPG, the Sikh businessman and the missing holy books
(13 Aug 2014)
Essex fire authority £15m in debt because of
accounting
mistake
(13 Aug 2014)
Ernst & Young Seeks US Affirmation of Lehman Accounting Decision
(13 Aug 2014)
Proposed Accounting Change Could Catch Lenders Unprepared
(13 Aug 2014)
The Silence of the Academics: KPMG Establishes Chair of
Accountancy
at UM
(13 Aug 2014)
Prison
inmates in a Serco run prison held without electricity or running water for over two days
(13 Aug 2014)
Investigation announced in connection with Grant Thornton UK LLP and AssetCo plc.
(12 Aug 2014)
Troubled
Punch Taverns
forced to delay announcement of plan to tackle £2.5bn debt
(12 Aug 2014)
Arbitrators Ease Blame on Ernst & Young for Audits of Lehman Brothers
(12 Aug 2014)
UK
accounting
changes could slash
pensions
on balance sheets
(12 Aug 2014)
Depositors of Snoras bank seek penalty for
Ernst & Young
Baltic
(12 Aug 2014)
IFRS 9: rewriting the rules on impairment
(12 Aug 2014)
Troubled
Serco
makes loss of £7.3m
(12 Aug 2014)
India Court reserves judgment in Satyam case
(12 Aug 2014)
Five Australian
banks
face class actions on fees
(12 Aug 2014)
IFRS 9
leaves much open to interpretation
(12 Aug 2014)
Ex-
Autonomy
finance chief hits back at HP 'fraudster' claims
(12 Aug 2014)
Appeals Court Refuses to Void
Madoff
Settlements
(12 Aug 2014)
Private Equity
Is Taking Over Wall Street
(12 Aug 2014)
Everything about a set of accounts is subjective, even the year end date
(11 Aug 2014)
Three
accounting
blunders and embarrassment
(11 Aug 2014)
Caledonia
Mining revises first quarter results
(11 Aug 2014)
Private equity has plenty of willing suckers… I mean
,
investors
(11 Aug 2014)
EC consults on impact of IFRS
(11 Aug 2014
Oil and gas company debt soars to danger levels
(11 Aug 2014)
SEC Charges Bahamas-Based Brokerage Firm and President With Facilitating Fraudulent Scheme by Hedge Fund Manager
(11 Aug 2014)
Dash for Consultancy: Deloitte
to boost R&D
tax
practice with Leyton Ireland merger
(11 Aug 2014)
Revoking banker's bonuses is not nearly enough
(9 Aug 2014)
MF Global Asks Judge Not to Toss Suit Against
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
(9 Aug 2014)
Is
BlackRock
shifting the blame for its misguided flotations?
(9 Aug 2014)
Accounting
Rule Makers Diverge on Lease Expensing
(9 Aug 2014)
David Cameron sends former boss of
tax
-dodging Google to the House of Lords
(9 Aug 2014)
KPMG
retains £12m Old Mutual audit contract
(9 Aug 2014)
IASB drops dual model for lease
accounting
(8 Aug 2014)
IASB Reverses Stance on Lease
Accounting
(8 Aug 2014)
Co-op
unveils 'Myners'
reforms
to overhaul ailing mutual
(8 Aug 2014)
FRC investigates
EY
C2000 audit
(8 Aug 2014)
Insolvency: RBS
begins to dismantle controversial restructuring division
(8 Aug 2014)
Ex-Calpers Board Member Faces
Bribery
Conspiracy Charge
(8 Aug 2014)
California
wine
collector jailed for 10 years for
fraud
(8 Aug 2014)
AICPA Aims to Enhance
Audit
Quality for Private Companies
(8 Aug 2014)
Bank of America
agrees to pay $16-17bn in US deal with regulators source says
(7 Aug 2014)
Obama Blames
Accountants
for Inversion Trend
(7 Aug 2014)
Iowa Regents to require expense receipts from
Deloitte
(7 Aug 2014)
Lloyds investors file for losses they claim were incurred in
HBOS
rescue
(7 Aug 2014)
FRC Extension of scope of investigation in connection with Computer 2000 Distribution Ltd
(7 Aug 2014)
Lawyers warn of 'increased litigation risk' for
accountants
(7 Aug 2014)
Betfair breaks
accountancy
rules
(7 Aug 2014)
Robots tipped to take over from doctors,
accountants
(7 Aug 2014)
New rules on banker bonuses are more bark than bite
(6 Aug 2014)
BP, Cobalt Angola Money Shows More Transparency Needed, NGO Says
(6 Aug 2014)
IFRS 9
: the new
impairment model
(6 Aug 2014)
British
Bank
Standard Chartered Faces Action, Again, by New York State
(6 Aug 2014)
Accounting
Tops List of Most Profitable Industries
(6 Aug 2014)
Barclays can keep $6bn
Lehman
assets, court rules
(6 Aug 2014)
SABMiller risks governance row as it recruits Rio Tinto chairman
(6 Aug 2014)
Robots tipped to take over from doctors,
accountants
(6 Aug 2014)
US judge reluctantly approves
SEC
-Citigroup $285 mln deal
(6 Aug 2014)
Hobby Lobby Ruling May Have Poked A Hole in The '
Corporate
Veil'
(6 Aug 2014)
Corporate Veil and Hobby Lobby
(6 Aug 2014)
How Hobby Lobby Undermined The Very Idea of a Corporation
(6 Aug 2014)
Hobby Lobby
, Corporate Law, and the Theory of the Firm
(6 Aug 2014)
Legal Experts, Advocates React to Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Ruling
(6 Aug 2014)
US Supreme Court Decision: BURWELL, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL. v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC., ET AL.
(6 Aug 2014)
Another KPMG Tax Avoidance Scheme Defeated: US Court Deals Blow to KPMG, Others Marketing Bond-Linked Tax Shelters
(5 Aug 2014)
US Court Judgment:
Shasta Strategic Inv. Fund, LLC v. United States
, N.D. Cal., No. 3: 05–cv-03887, 2014 BL 2127157/31/14
(5 Aug 2014)
Hewlett-Packard accuses Autonomy founder of
fraud
as row escalates
(5 Aug 2014)
Four 'double-default' charities give no reason for late filing of
accounts
(5 Aug 2014)
Banco Espirito Santo
board accused of 'harmful acts'
(5 Aug 2014)
Credit Agricole writes off entire
Banco Espirito Santo
stake
(5 Aug 2014)
Espírito Santo Saga Entangles Swiss Company: Eurofin Employed Espírito Santo Auditor, Helped Structure Its Debt
(5 Aug 2014)
Capture of the State: Met signs £90m IT deal with Lockheed-Capita-
KPMG
partnership
(5 Aug 2014)
SEC
Cuts Wylys' Damages Demand by Half to $750 Million
(5 Aug 2014)
KPMG deflectsa attention away from audit failures and talks about The Future Of Audit
(5 Aug 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
Acquires Workday Consulting Practice From AXIA Consulting
(5 Aug 2014)
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to pay £60m to end German
bribery
trial
(5 Aug 2014)
ICAEW
wins power to licence probate ABSs
(5 Aug 2014)
Walgreens to buy Alliance Boots
in £
5bn deal
(5 Aug 2014)
Betfair (audited by KPMG)
'paid £60m illegal dividends'
(4 Aug 2014)
Betfair
breaks accountancy rules
(4 Aug 2014)
Betfair
admits to £80m payouts mistake
(4 Aug 2014)
And Remember the KPMG Director who had an account at Betfair - KPMG director earning £100000 falsely claimed £45000 in expenses
(4 Aug 2014)
Class action
lawsuit
against Penn West announced
(4 Aug 2014)
HSBC profits fall as bank adds $194m to
PPI
costs
(4 Aug 2014)
Espírito Santo Saga Entangles Swiss
Company
(4 Aug 2014)
Number's up for
accountant
who stole almost £200000 from Leeds shoe firm
(4 Aug 2014)
Aviva plans to cut millions from
tax
bill
(4 Aug 2014)
Accountant
fleeced sick aunt of £100k to fund gambling addiction
(4 Aug 2014)
KPMG boss fears
audit
rules more than Nationwide fallout
(4 Aug 2014)
Russian politicians take aim at global consultants
(2 Aug 2014)
Insolvency: Vince Cable looks at ways to reclaim taxpayers' cash lost in Comet collapse
(2 Aug 2014)
Citigroup
Could Lose up to $80 Million From Argentina Default
(2 Aug 2014)
MP criticises
Uber
for 'opting out' of UK tax regime
(2 Aug 2014)
Messi’s alleged tax evasion scheme relied on hiding the owners of UK and other companies
(1 Aug 2014)
L-3 Reveals
Accounting
Problems, Takes Charge
(1 Aug 2014)
L-3 fires 4 workers over
accounting
misconduct
(1 Aug 2014)
Robert Tchenguiz considers
Grant Thornton
action
(1 Aug 2014)
Greek Tax Official and
Accountant
Arrested for Bribery in Athens
(1 Aug 2014)
Easy Money Leads to Record Corporate Debt Amid Mounds of Cash Abroad
(1 Aug 2014)
KPMG
and Crowe Clark Whitehill win audit tenders
(1 Aug 2014)
The new breed of shareholder activist
:
taking on the big boys at the AGM
(1 Aug 2014)
Dash for consultancy: Deloitte
buys KD Johns & Co
(1 Aug 2014)
JULY 2014
Proposals to revoke bankers’ bonuses don’t go far enough
(31 Jul 2014)
The Portugese central bank also faulted KPMG, the auditing firm long used by the Banco Espírito Santo group
(31 Jul 2014)
Why there is never such a thing as a single
true and fair
view
(31 Jul 2014)
Investors slam Penn West after
accounting
irregularities revealed
(31 Jul 2014)
Penn West
to restate results amid accounting probe, shares slump
(31 Jul 2014)
Lloyds
half-year profits hit by PPI mis-selling charges
(31 Jul 2014)
Revolving Doors: SEC Considering Former Deloitte Official for Top
Accounting Job
(31 Jul 2014)
Anglo Irish
Bank
chiefs face community service over illegal loan scheme
(31 Jul 2014)
SFO
settles $500 million Tchenguiz damages claim
(31 Jul 2014)
Ireland Judge gives deadline for
KPMG
co-defendant issue
(30 Jul 2014)
Canadian energy giant Penn West reveals
accounting
irregularities
(30 Jul 2014)
Fahie calls for 'surgery' as
PWC
collects $325K
(30 Jul 2014)
Bank
of England to unveil bonus clawback plan
(30 Jul 2014)
Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority consult on proposals to improve responsibility and accountability in the banking sector
(30 Jul 2014)
Barclays'
PPI
claims rise by £900m as profits fall
(30 Jul 2014)
Can Software Really Replace
Accountants
?
(30 Jul 2014)
Bernie Ecclestone attempts to halt £26m German
bribery
trial
(30 Jul 2014)
Cheques and the City: pay for top lawyers and accountants
(29 Jul 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: SEC Charges Smith & Wesson With FCPA Violations
(29 Jul 2014)
Grant Thornton
could face £200m civil suit over Tchenguiz SFO raids
(29 Jul 2014)
Swiss UBS pays millions to Germany in settlement over
tax evasion
(29 Jul 2014)
Glaxo is Probed by the FBI and the SEC Over China
Bribery
Scandal
(29 Jul 2014)
Madoff
Five Face September Sentencing US Assails Denial
(29 Jul 2014)
Personal insolvencies
in steepest
rise
for five years
(29 Jul 2014)
Auditors
need to bark louder in wake of financial crisis
(29 Jul 2014)
Bank
of England governor blasts 'unlawful'
Lloyds
over bailout funding
(29 Jul 2014)
East Sussex
NHS
finance head jailed for £2.2m
fraud
(29 Jul 2014)
Insolvency: City of London's £650m
Gherkin
put up for sale by receivers
(29 Jul 2014)
Dash for Consultancy: Ernst & Young
acquires Sweeney Research
(29 Jul 2014)
Bank
of England governor blasts 'unlawful'
Lloyds
over bailout funding
(29 Jul 2014)
Why
CPA Firms
Gobble Each Other to Grow
(29 Jul 2014)
Timothy (Ted) O'Leary: Academic who helped transform the discipline of
accounting
(28 Jul 2014)
Tycoon to sue Grant Thornton for millions
(28 Jul 2014)
Vincent Tchenguiz to sue
Grant Thornton
after £3m SFO deal
(28 Jul 2014)
Care Quality Commission drags
Grant Thornton
into libel court case
(28 Jul 2014)
British accountant charged with
money laundering
(28 Jul 2014)
US investor sues three
banks
over silver price
(28 Jul 2014)
Drug Maker
Hospira
and France's Danone in Talks on $5 Billion Tax Inversion Deal
(28 Jul 2014)
Sara McCabe:
KPMG
partners face a bath on Tesco punt
(28 Jul 2014)
Shareholder spring crushed as UK executive pay soars
(28 Jul 2014)
Lloyds
fined £218m over Libor rigging scandal
(28 Jul 2014)
CFTC Charges Lloyds Banking Group and Lloyds Bank with Manipulation, Attempted Manipulation, and False Reporting of LIBOR: Banks agree to a $105 million settlement and agree to changes in systems and controls
(28 Jul 2014)
Lloyds Banking Group fined £105m for serious LIBOR and other benchmark failings
(28 Jul 2014)
Lloyds Banking Group Admits Wrongdoing in LIBOR Investigation, Agrees to Pay $86 Million Criminal Penalty
(28 Jul 2014)
Court orders Russia to pay $50bn to
Yukos
shareholders
(28 Jul 2014)
Woolf: translation issues with going concern
(28 Jul 2014)
Dash for consultancy: Ernst & Young
acquires Sweeney Research
(28 Jul 2014)
Deloitte
University Launches MOOC On Additive Manufacturing
(28 Jul 2014)
Deutsche Bank, HSBC Accused of
Silver Fix
Manipulation
(28 Jul 2014)
Deloitte
administrators referred to accountant regulator over Comet collapse
(26 Jul 2014)
Nevada's $16 million no-bid project with
Deloitte
reveals firm's
growing inlfuence in health care
(26 Jul 2014)
KPMG
says it will defend Poseidon claim
(26 Jul 2014)
$5.6 million settlement (Ernst & Young) in Sino-Forest case approved
(26 Jul 2014)
Auditor of collapsed Spanish company
Gowex
freed on bail
Gowex
(26 Jul 2014)
Gowex
Auditor Evaded Taxes After Covering Accounts, Judge Says
(26 Jul 2014)
Boss Paid Maid $405 to Hide His $2.6 Billion Fraud
(26 Jul 2014)
SEC drops probe into Facebook over disastrous IPO
(26 Jul 2014)
Vincent
Tchenguiz
in £
3m settlement
with Serious Fraud Office
(26 Jul 2014)
Corporate Takeover of Universities: Imperial and
KPMG
back £20m big data partnership
(26 Jul 2014)
Volvox hires PwC to explore sale options
(26 Jul 2014)
Banks Outside US Get New Rules on
Accounting
for Bad Loans
(25 Jul 2014)
Accounting
rules for banks
(25 Jul 2014)
Tremont,
Ernst & Young
Must Face Madoff Investment Suit
(25 Jul 2014)
Another Whitewash is inevitable: Deloitte
IPs referred to ICAEW over Comet
(25 Jul 2014)
Insolvency: Comet administrators referred to accountants watchdog by Vince Cable
(25 Jul 2014)
US Accountants Barred From Overtime Pay By FLSA Professional Exemption, Court Rules
(25 Jul 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
buys boutique firms
(25 Jul 2014)
Social Closure: ICAEW
wins power to licence probate ABSs
(25 Jul 2014)
VAT not recoverable on fees for
accountants
' report to banks on a
refinancing, says court of appeal
(25 Jul 2014)
FRC pushing the same defunctand disrcredited ideas: Speech by Sir Winfried Bischoff at launch of new IBE paper: "Ethics, Risk & Governance"
(25 Jul 2014)
FRC reveals 'struggle' in
IASB
discussions
(25 Jul 2014)
UBS to pay €1.1bn while French court investigates
tax evasion
allegations
(24 Jul 2014)
THE STATUTORY AUDIT SERVICES FOR LARGE COMPANIES MARKET INVESTIGATION
(24 Jul 2014)
STATUTORY AUDIT SERVICES MARKET INVESTIGATION: Draft explanatory notes – Formal Consultation
(24 Jul 2014)
Competition and Markets Authority case
: Statutory audit services market investigation
(24 Jul 2014)
CMA reconsults on audit reforms with UK opt-outs
(24 Jul 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: $80 Million Judgment Entered Against BNP Paribas for False Claims to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(24 Jul 2014)
IFRS accounting rules change forces banks to alter view of losses
(24 Jul 2014)
IASB completes reform of financial instruments accounting
(24 Jul 2014)
IASB Releases Its Own Financial Instruments Standard
(24 Jul 2014)
Last piece of the
IFRS 9
jigsaw in place
(24 Jul 2014)
IFRS 9
Financial Instruments
(24 Jul 2014)
IFRS 9: A Complete Package for Investors
(24 Jul 2014)
Banks may have to set aside more to cover bad loans
(24 Jul 2014)
Banks to provision earlier on bad loans under new global rule
(24 Jul 2014)
Lawyers and accountants join multi-million pay club as nearly 1,400 partners were paid more than £1m last year, study claims
(24 Jul 2014)
270 Big Four partners earn more than £1m
(24 Jul 2014)
Alstom Network charged with
corruption
by SFO
(24 Jul 2014)
Insolvency: Car parts supplier
Unipart
goes into administration
(24 Jul 2014)
Credit Suisse Loses $779 Million After Settling
Tax Evasion
Case
(23 Jul 2014)
Deutsche
Bank
Suffers From Litany of Reporting Problems, Regulators Said
(23 Jul 2014)
Excerpts from New York Fed's Letter to
Deutsche Bank
(23 Jul 2014)
Deutsche
Bank's
Shoddy Reporting: Analysts React
(23 Jul 2014)
NY Fed hits at
Deutsche Bank's
'unreliable' regulatory reports
(23 Jul 2014)
GlaxoSmithKline affirms policy of anti-corruption amid 14% profits fall
(23 Jul 2014)
Accounting
firm reaches $1.8 million settlement with US state
(23 Jul 2014)
FRC amends FRSs 101 and 102
(23 Jul 2014)
What the PCAOB's new related-party standard means for
auditors
(23 Jul 2014)
Dash for Consultancy: Ernst & Young
to Buy Consulting Firm Parthenon Group
(23 Jul 2014)
Top 50+50
LLPs
make cash call due to tax changes
(23 Jul 2014)
The Ostrich Position: LLP
transparency: more harm than good
(23 Jul 2014)
Auditors
did “cheapest job”, says Haddrill
(23 Jul 2014)
US panel says Barclays, Deutsche Bank helped funds avoid taxes
(22 Jul 2014)
US Senate alleges hedge fund and banks avoided $6bn tax bill
(22 Jul 2014)
US Senate Subcommittee finds “basket options” misused to dodge billions in taxes and bypass federal leverage limits
(22 Jul 2014)
US Senate Subcommittee REPORT: ABUSE OF STRUCTURED FINANCIAL PRODUCTS: MISUSING BASLET OPTIONS TO AVOID TAXES AND LEVERAGE LIMITS.
(22 Jul 2014)
Fast-Track to New FASB Lease
Accounting
Standard
(22 Jul 2014)
Nigerian accountant's £4million 'fraud' at academies Gove hailed: Staff member said to have spent cash on extravagant lifestyle
(22 Jul 2014)
HP
settlement with shareholders challenged by former
Autonomy
CFO
(22 Jul 2014)
MPs to grill FRC over going concern
(22 Jul 2014)
Serious Fraud Office launches criminal
probe
into
forex
manipulation
(22 Jul 2014)
Former Senior Executive of Qualcomm Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading and Money Laundering Charges
(22 Jul 2014)
Art of
Accounting
: How I Got a Mercedes as a Fee
(22 Jul 2014)
How UK business enables
corruption
in poor countries
(22 Jul 2014)
Dash for Consultancy: KPMG
buys Momentum Partners
(22 Jul 2014)
Credit Suisse Set for Biggest Loss Since 2008 on
Tax
Fine
(22 Jul 2014)
ACBC chief Duncan Calder, who is also a senior partner with KPMG in Perth, charged with encouraging indecent act of minor
(21 Jul 2014)
Tax dodge
should cost corporations their political rights
(21 Jul 2014)
Serious Fraud Office set to launch criminal probe into forex rigging
(21 Jul 2014)
Florida Tobacco
Lawsuit
Ends With $23.6 Billion In Damages
(21 Jul 2014)
Lawmakers urge SEC chair not to allow choice of
accounting
rules
(19 Jul 2014)
PCAOB Strikes Deal with Denmark for Overseeing
Audits
(19 Jul 2014)
AbbVie to buy Shire in $55-billion deal that slashes
tax
rate
(19 Jul 2014)
Barclays, Deutsche Bank executives to testify at
tax avoidance
hearing
(19 Jul 2014)
Grant Thornton
insurance chair leaves after just four months
(19 Jun 2014)
FRC warns of 'engagement deficit
'
among investors
(19 Jul 2014)
Espírito Santo International Files for Creditor Protection
(19 Jul 2014)
Accounting
Firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Must Face FDIC Suit Over Colonial Bank Fail
(17 Jul 2014)
Transparent company ownership: how does the UK government’s proposed action live up to its rhetoric?
(17 Jul 2014)
Company account checks to become free for public
(17 Jul 2014)
Spanish court issues search warrant for missing
Gowex
auditor
(17 Jul 2014)
Michel Prada defends IFRS Foundation governance
(17 Jul 2014)
EY Runs Afoul of Auditor-Independence Rules Again
(17 Jul 2014)
Ireland Accountancy
supervisor calls for more staff
(17 Jul 2014)
Former Executive of French Power Company Subsidiary Alstom SA Pleads Guilty in Connection with Foreign Bribery Scheme
(17 Jul 2014)
CIPFA treasurer quits over pension deficit concern
(17 Jul 2014)
Problems at
Espírito Santo
Were Apparent Since 2012
(17 Jul 2014)
Kaplan once again appointed approved
ACCA
content provider
(17 Jul 2014)
FRC repeats the usual discredited mantras: Long Termism, Stewardship and Growth: Are Markets Meeting the Challenge?
(17 Jul 2014)
An Aspiring Scientist’s Frustration with Modern-Day Academia: A Resignation
(17 Jul 2014)
Lloyds
debt collection
letters
'calculated to mislead' - MP
(17 Jul 2014)
IFRS
chair opens door for '
prudence
' reintroduction
(17 Jul 2014)
Conceptual differences hamper
lease accounting
project
(15 Jul 2014)
Lobbying for audit clients costs
Ernst & Young
$4 million
(15 Jul 2014)
Deloitte
ordered to pay another C$33-million in
Livent
negligence case
(15 Jul 2014)
How the mining companies and audit firms collude to evade tax in DRC
(15 Jul 2014)
Fitch Sees Diminishing Prospects for IFRS in US
(15 Jul 2014)
Sign of a Rotten Business Model: Clients must be put first:
KPMG
(15 Jul 2014)
Gowex Chief Orchestrated Sham by Hiding Lies in Plain Sight
(15 Jul 2014)
Satyam Founder Ordered to Pay Back Alleged
Accounting
-Fraud Gains
(15 Jul 2014)
US
audit
watchdog says Chinese inspections may start this year
(15 Jul 2014)
Dewey Leaders Seek Dismissal of Criminal Charges
(15 Jul 2014)
Serial Offenders: SEC Charges Ernst & Young With Violating Auditor Independence Rules in Lobbying Activities
(14 Jul 2014)
Ernst & Young to Pay $4 Million to Settle SEC Allegations
(14 Jul 2014)
Private companies practising ‘questionable’ accounting: AASB
(14 Jul 2014)
Welcome tax-based takeovers
,
says PwC boss
(14 Jul 2014)
Zander wins $8M verdict against
accounting
firm
(14 Jul 2014)
Ex-
Fisher Phillips partner
jailed for eight years for £2m fraud
(14 Jul 2014)
US Justice Department, Federal and State Partners Secure Record $7 Billion Global Settlement with Citigroup for Misleading Investors About Securities Containing Toxic Mortgages
(14 Jul 2014)
Key dates in the unravelling of Portugal's
Banco Eepirito Santo
(14 Jul 2014)
Just 6% of UK companies switched
auditors
ahead of incoming rules
(14 Jul 2014)
Audit reforms unlikely to increase competition
(14 Jul 2014)
Vince Cable:
UK to remove takeover
'
wiggle room
'
(14 Jul 2014)
Accounting
fraud
(12 Jul 2014)
Ex-Cobbetts partners to face claims as KPMG appoints PwC for final wind-down
(12 Jul 2014)
Credit Suisse seeks
tax evasion
sentence delay
(12 Jul 2014)
Rebus
launches Icebreaker settlement scheme
(12 Jul 2014)
Welcome tax-based takeovers, says
PwC
boss
(12 Jul 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
must face $1 billion lawsuit over MF Global collapse
(10 Jul 2014)
Former top union boss to advise the bosses in plum
KPMG
role
(10 Jun 2014)
'Inappropriate Relationship' Sinks
Ernst & Young
Audit
(10 Jul 2014)
Time to Surrender the
Accounting
Convergence “Pipedream”: Report
(10 Jul 2014)
Accounting
fraud
(10 Jul 2014)
What to Do About
Banco Espirito Santo
of Portugal
(10 Jul 2014)
UK Taxpayers 'lost £1bn' on
Royal Mail
sale, MPs say
(10 Jul 2014)
Former Bradford &
Bingley
FD fined again over botched rights issue
(10 Jul 2014)
Ventas Audit Reports Pulled Due to Inappropriate Relationship
(9 Jul 2014)
Ventas Dismisses Ernst & Young as Auditor Due to Ernst & Young's Determination It Lacks Independence and Withdrawal of Its 2012 and 2013 Audit Reports
(9 Jul 2014)
When
Taxes
and Profits Are Oceans Apart
(9 Jul 2014)
DWF in High Court battle with Government over
Insolvency
Service tender
(9 Jul 2014)
Corporate Inversions: In Deal to Cut Meditronic Corporate
Taxes
, Shareholders Pay the Price
(9 Jul 2014)
KPMG
says it will defend Poseidon claim
(9 Jul 2014)
American Apparel
to Get $25 Million in Financing From Hedge Fund
(9 Jul 2014)
SFO arrests Airbus staff in
corruption
investigation
(9 Jul 2014)
Bermuda
accountants
unite under single umbrella organisation
(9 Jul 2014)
UK Judge rules out HMRC appeal in
BPP VAT
case
(9 Jul 2014)
US Regulators Bar Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Partner From Auditing Public Companies
(8 Jul 2014)
PCAOB Disciplines Former PwC Partner for Audit Failures
(8 Jul 2014)
FRC
drops investigation into jailed Torex exec
(7 Jul 2014)
Gowex chief resigns after Spanish Wifi provider admits false
accounting
(8 Jul 2014)
Let's Gowex chief quits, admitting
accounts
were wrong
(8 Jul 2014)
Court bid to add
KPMG
as defendant in INBS case
(8 Jul 2014)
Ex-INBS director seeks to join
KPMG
as defendant in €6bn case
(8 Jul 2014)
Investors slam
FRC
going concern proposals
(8 Jul 2014)
FRC
faces Lords committee grilling over going concern
(8 Jul 2014)
Commerzbank facing $500m US fine
(8 Jul 2014)
WH Smith drops
Deloitte
for PwC audit contract
(8 Jul 2014)
Big accountancy firms have a human rights problem
(4 Jul 2014)
Ian Fraser:
RBS
is a 'Rogue Institution' and is Dangerously in Denial About Tomlinson
(4 Jul 2014)
Systematic
bribery
at GlaxoSmithKline China 'credible' - investigator
(4 Jul 2014)
Can investors win in a new era of
accounting
?
(4 Jul 2014)
SunTrust Mortgage Agrees to $320 Million Settlement in Criminal Mortgage Probe
(4 Jul 2014)
KPMG
to audit Arrow Group
(4 Jul 2014)
Social CIosure: CAEW
could regulate ABSs by end of year
(4 Jul 2014)
EU orders Luxembourg to hand over Amazon
tax
files
(4 Jul 2014)
Closure of FRC investigation into the conduct of Christopher Moore relating to Torex Retail plc
(4 Jul 2014)
The Big 4: the Big obstacles to progress
(3 Jul 2014)
Accounting
rule to blame for US crash, says top US economist Brian Wesbury
(3 Jul 2014)
Gang leader (ec Deloitte) who trafficked more than 100 women to Britain is jailed for 31 years
(3 Jul 2013)
Dash for Consultancy: KPMG
Acquires Rothstein Kass Hedge Fund Assets
(3 Jul 2014)
How Accountancy firms Rely on the State: Oregon gives
Deloitte
$18.4 million contract to oversee federal exchange hookup
(3 Jul 2014)
Deloitte
loses out to KPMG in Arrow Group audit tender
(3 Jul 2014)
Serco
to write down detention centre and healthcare contracts
(3 Jul 2014)
Goldman
Sachs accused of "boys club" bias
(3 Jul 2014)
Europe's bank stress tests were unreliable
(3 Jul 2014)
Press Release: European Commission hires transparency opponent PricewaterhouseCoopers to assess corporate transparency
(2 Jul 2014)
EU Commission urged to fire
auditors
PwC from bank transparency study
(2 Jul 2014)
SEC Bars
Firm
From Auditing US-Traded
Companies
Based in China
(2 Jul 2014)
Goldman Sachs
fined over dark pool pricing
(2 Jul 2014)
Ex Fisher Phillips partner admits
£
1.6m theft
(2 Jul 2014)
Mike Ashley wins approval for controversial
Sports Direct
bonus
(2 Jul 2014)
Red faces at Serious Fraud Office over taxman's fine
(2 Jul 2014)
Use 'The Lab' to end
going concern
concerns
(2 Jul 2014)
Barclays
publishes first
country-by-country
report
(2 Jul 2014)
Deferred tax issue among those raised by
auditors
(2 Jul 2014)
THE CHIMERA OF GLOBAL CONVERGENCE
(2 Jul 2014)
Barclays and country-by-country reporting: what we learned
(1 Jul 2014)
Bully tactics by
accounting firms
(1 Jul 2014)
Amnesty International attacks 'Big Four'
accountancy firms
for opposition to Hong pro-democracy movement
(1 Jul 2014)
US Inspection Finds Defects in 19
PricewaterhouseCoopers audits
(1 Jul 2014)
BDO
refuses to submit documents backing fake Pescanova 2012
(1 Jul 2014)
Barclays made £1.4bn profits in Luxembourg – £100m for each worker
(1 Jul 2014)
Barclays
publishes first country-by-country report
(1 Jul 2014)
BNP Paribas
pleads guilty to criminal charges in sanctions case
(1 Jul 2014)
Inadequate risk management of US sanctions: FINMA closes proceedings against BNP Paribas (Suisse)
(1 Jul 2014)
Dash for consultancy: Deloitte
acquires restructuring specialist Kavanagh Fennell
(1 Jul 2014)
Novartis faces criminal charge in Japan
(1 Jul 2014)
Insolvency: La Senza
lingerie chain falls
back
into
administration
(1 Jul 2014)
JUNE 2014
Barclays: the bank that just loves Luxembourg and Jersey, but not the UK
(30 Jun 2014)
Employees from 'Big Four'
accounting firms
disown anti-Occupy Central ad
(30 Jun 2014)
Big Four
Accountancy
Firms Take Flak for Anti-Occupy Stance
(30 Jun 2014)
Hewlett
-
Packard
(HPQ) to Settle Shareholder Suits Over Autonomy
(30 Jun 2014)
US computer giant
Hewlett
-
Packard
rakes in £140m a month from Whitehall
(30 Jun 2014)
Chinese workers die at their desks
(30 Jun 2014)
It's Time for Prince Charles to Join Twenty-First Century
(29 Jun 2014)
40m documents being collected for €1bln legal action over alleged negligent auditing (PricewaterhouseCoopers) of Quinn Insurance
(29 June 2014)
Police to meet FCA over
Wonga
fake letter furore
(29 Jun 2014)
South Africa biggest losers of
transfer pricing
(29 Jun 2014)
SEC Judge Suspends Two KPMG
Auditors
From
Auditing
Public Companies
(28 Jun 2014)
SEC judge suspends two KPMG
auditors
over bank case
(28 Jun 2014)
After a decade, Parmalat lawsuit versus
Grant Thornton
is back
(28 Jun 2014)
Barclays dark pool fine 'could top
Libor
'
(28 Jun 2014)
KPMG
Acquires Boutique Investment Bank St. Charles Capital
(28 Jun 2014)
HP
settles investors' lawsuit over Autonomy deal, say reports
(28 Jun 2014)
FASB and IASB Unlikely to Come Together on
Accounting
for Rate Regulated Utilities
(28 Jun 2014)
Vestas settles US
lawsuit
(28 Jun 2014)
Ex-CPA Gets 15 Years in Billion-Dollar Tax
Fraud
(28 Jun 2014)
Evidence that Big Four Firms Collaborate: Hong Kong Accountants Say Protests May Spur Exodus of Companies
(28 Jun 2014)
'Big Four'
accounting
firms oppose Hong Kong demonstrations
(28 Jun 2014)
Big four
accounting
firms
warn
Hong Kong
over democracy push
(27 Jun 2014)
Big Four
Accounting
Firms
Oppose HK's Occupy Central
(27 Jun 2014)
Big Four
Sell Out
Hong Kong
(27 Jun 2014)
Canadian
accountants
merge under CPA designation
(27 Jun 2014)
Era of men-only FTSE boards over
(27 Jun 2014)
Parmalat's US Suits Against
Grant Thornton
Reinstated
(27 Jun 2014)
Barclays and 'deceit
' –
here we go again
(27 Jun 2014)
HP in talks to settle Autonomy lawsuits
(27 Jun 2014)
MFS Octaviar class action against
accounting
firm KPMG settled out of court for $20 million
(27 Jun 2014)
Hong Kong
Accountants
Say Protests May Spur Exodus of Companies
(27 Jun 2014)
PCAOB Releases Staff Guidance for Auditors of SEC-Registered Brokers and Dealers
(27 Jun 2014)
Standard Chartered
bank
issues profit warning
(27 Jun 2014)
Barclays
sued by New York attorney general over alleged 'dark pool' fraud
(26 Jun 2014)
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Fraud Charges Against Barclays In Connection With Marketing And Operation Of Its Dark Pool: Investigation Into Barclays’ Dark Pool And Electronic Trading Business Uncovered An Alleged Pattern Of Fraud And Deceit, Misrepresentations to Investors
(26 Jun 2014)
Prison-Bound
KPMG
Ex-Partner Remorseful for Insider Tips
(26 Jun 2014)
Regions Financial to Pay $51 Million Over Alleged
Accounting
Violations
(26 Jun 2014)
Booz Allen Sues
Deloitte
for Poaching Employees
(26 Jun 2014)
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Three Former Regions Bank Executives in Accounting Scheme
(26 Jun 2014)
Insolvency: Key pre-pack measures are unworkable
(26 Jun 2014)
Glencore
,
last all-male FTSE
100
board
,
appoints
Patrice Merrin as
director
(26 Jun 2014)
Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Attorney Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Orchestrating Multibillion Dollar Criminal Tax Fraud Scheme
(26 Jun 2014)
'Complex'
tax
reliefs cost Britain £100bn a year, say MPs
(26 Jun 2014)
UK House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Report:
Tax reliefs
(26 Jun 2014)
Joint
Accounting
Rule on Leases May Not Happen in 2014
(25 Jun 2014)
Ex-Madoff
accountant
pleads guilty to aiding
fraud
(25 Jun 2014)
Private colleges investigated amid fears of fraud
(25 Jun 2014)
Wonga ordered to pay £2.6m compensation after using fake law firms to chase
customers
(25 Jun 2014)
Ex-SEC chief likens convergence of accounting standard to dead parrot
(25 Jun 2014)
FRC reminds audit firms of approaching deadline for terminating or amending contracts for tax services provided on a contingent fee basis
(25 Jun 2014)
Fat cats: RBS
to face fury of investors at AGM over bonuses for bank bosses
(25 Jun 2014)
Fat cats: WPP
Investors Approve CEO Sorrell's $51 Million Pay Deal
(25 Jun 2014)
PWC publicly oppose country-by-country reporting, but have won the job of objectively appraising it for the EU
(24 Jun 2014)
Carpetright
sees losses widen again as sales fall
(24 Jun 2014)
Ernst Young
finally produces docs for ongoing
(24 Jun 2014)
The
NHS
has been offered up to the private sector
(24 Jun 2014)
2nd
accountant
pleads guilty in Madoff scam
(24 Jun 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
to Boost Health-Care Practice with Zanett Purchase
(24 Jun 2014)
Booz Allen sues
Deloitte
for stealing proprietary info to 'lift out' an
entire team
(24 Jun 2014)
BNP Paribas 'to pay $9bn over sanctions breach'
(24 Jun 2014)
Insolvency: Deloitte could face prosecution over
Comet
redundancies
(23 Jun 2014)
Ireland Central Bank paid €53m in legal,
accounting
fees during crisis
(23 Jun 2014)
IAS19 discount rates for FTSE 100
pensions
on the rise
(23 Jun 2014)
Deloitte
accountant
Kunal Chaudhary led double life as sex trafficker
(23 Jun2014)
China
banks
seek profit boost through their bad debts
(23 Jun 2014)
Documents Said to Tie Former
RBS
Unit to bin Laden Family Members
(23 Jun 2014)
Auditing
Special Purpose Frameworks: Materiality Levels
(23 Jun 2014)
China Government proposes independent body overseeing
accountants
(22 Jun 2014)
Dash for consultancy: The
accountants
really are coming
(22 Jun 2014)
Low rates,
tax avoidance
drive takeovers: analysts
(22 Jun 2014)
Corporate ‘inversions’ are destroying the tax base
(21 Jun 2014)
Public Virtues and Private Vices Accounting Standards, Crisis, and the Common Good
(22 Jun 2014)
Exclusive:
American Apparel
finds CEO misused funds
(21 Jun 2014)
Sacked
American Apparel
boss: the exploits that didn't get him fired
(21 Jun 2014)
Banks need to anticipate impact of
IFRS
9
(21 Jun 2014)d
FASB
updates accounting for stock compensation
(21 Jun 2014)
Inversions: Tax
is the drug again as US rival bids £27bn for Shire
(21 Jun 2014)
Auditors Favor Curbs on Changes to the
Audit Report
(21 Jun 2014)
Is the
Sarbanes
-
Oxley
Act Working?
(21 Jun 2014)
FRC proposes joint tribunals for accountants and actuaries
(20 Jun 2014)
Avoidance scheme promoter threatens to sue
Deloitte
(20 Jun 2014)
Banks expect to set aside more capital following IFRS 9
accounting
changes
(20 Jun 2014)
Banks' loan loss provisioning could jump by half
(20 Jun 2014)
Puda Investors' Suit Against the Auditor Moore Stephens Is Dismissed
(20 Jun 2014)
Audit firm EY appealing HK court ruling that says China law does not protect papers
(20 Jun 2014)
Major UK companies line up 2017 for
audit tenders
(20 Jun 2014)
Accounting
change means banks will need to put aside more capital
(19 Jun 2014)
KPMG
class action settles out of court
(19 Jun 2014)
Icebreaker threatens to sue
Deloitte
(19 Jun 2014)
Ex-
Madoff
accountant expected to plead guilty
(19 Jun 2014)
American Apparel ousts founder over alleged misconduct
(19 Jun 2014)
UBS Belgium boss held in
tax fraud
investigation
(19 Jun 2014)
New Revenue Recognition Standard Could Affect Tax Practitioners
(19 Jun 2014)
UBS and Credit Suisse urged to improve leverage ratios
(19 Jun 2014)
Another Private Sector Scandal: Siren police IT project's £15m failure a 'debacle'
(19 Jun 2014)
Report to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey Chief Constable for Surrey: Termination of the SIREN ICT project
(19 Jun 2014)
Shareholder Primacy in UK Corporate Law: An Exploration of the Rationale and Evidence
(19 Jun 2014)
Tax avoidance
company threatens to sue Deloitte
(18 Jun 2014)
Paul Reddam's
KPMG
Tax Shelter Stunk In More Ways Than One
(18 Jun 2014)
More
accountants
seek help for mental health issues
(18 Jun 2014)
FRS 102 and goodwill amortisation
(18 Jun 2014)
Tax implications on application of New UK GAAP, FRS 102
(18 Jun 2014)
HMRC
takes pole position in tax ruling on
McLaren
fine - KPMG involved
(18 Jun 2014)
KPMG loses
McLaren
appeal over tax relief for spying fine
(18 Jun 2014)
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOM - and –
MCLAREN RACING LIMITED [2014] UKUT 0269 (TCC) Appeal number FTC/93/2012
(18 Jun 2014)
McLaren Racing Ltd v Revenue & Customs [2012] UKFTT 601 (TC) (07 September 2012)
(18 Jun 2014)
Accountancy
Services
accountant
jailed for fiddling VAT
(17 Jun 2014)
Fmr
KPMG
Partner Scott London Shares Cautionary Tale Before Prison
(17 Jun 2014)
Northumbria NHS trust saves £67m by freeing itself from
PFI
deal
(17 Jun 2014)
'
Just one fund manager in 100 beats the market
'
(17 Jun 2014)
MP calls for prosecution of
tax avoidance
advisers
(17 Jun 2014)
Insolvency: Pre-pack administrations to face voluntary scrutiny
(17 Jun 2014)
From The Namibian: an open letter to De Beers on transfer pricing
(16 Jun 2014)
British public wrongly believe rich pay most in
tax
, new research shows
(16 Jun 2014)
Medical Merger Part of '
Tax
Inversion' Wave
(16 Jun 2014)
Tax avoidance advisers 'should be prosecuted'
(16 Jun 2014)
'Misleading' marketing fines for
Credit Suisse
and Yorkshire BS
(16 Jun 2014)
Review
of pre-packaged
administrations
backs voluntary scrutiny
(16 Jun 2014)
Insolvency: Graham review into Pre-pack Administration
(16 Jun 2014)
ICAEW
criticises "crooked accountants" Bill
(16 Jun 2014)
IASB
'
killed off
global
market standards plan
'
(15 Jun 2014)
US Rule Makers Tighten
Accounting
for 'Repos'
(15 Jun 2014)
Insolvency: Deloitte
did not follow proper procedures when carrying out
Comet's
administration
(15 Jun 2014)
EY
partners not sceptical enough
(15 Jun 2014)
Bain Cap sues
EY
over loss in Lilliput Kidswear
(15 Jun 2014)
DOJ
Seeks More Than $10B to Settle Citigroup Probe
(15 Jun 2014)
SEC
Charges Four in Insider Trading Case
(15 Jun 2014)
What's the worst question to be asked in a job interview
?
(15 Jun 2014)
FASB to Tweak
Accounting
for Inventories and Income Statements
(14 Jun 2014)
Banksia
auditor
banned by ASIC
(14 Jun 2014)
Bain Capital sues EY over $60 million loss in Lilliput Kidswear
(14 Jun 2014)
Tycoon
Ketan Somaia guilty of $19.5m swindle
(14 Jun 2014)
Auditor
banned over Banksia failure
(14 Jun 2014)
Court rules against HealthSouth in
auditor
dispute
(14 Jun 2014)
Deloitte
could end ties with Rangers over poor season ticket sales
(14 Jun 2014)
Bain Sues
Ernst & Young
for $60 Million
(13 Jun 2014)
Non-
audit
clients provide largest fee growth for firms
(13 Jun 2014)
Global Rules for
Auditors
? Don't Hold Your Breath
(13 Jun 2014)
Network Rail
profits hit £1bn but misses punctuality target
(13 Jun 2014)
B&M paid just £6.9million in ‘income tax expenses’ on sales of £1.2billion for 2014
(13 Jun 2014)
UK Watchdog drops probe into
PwC's
Berkeley audit
(13 Jun 2014)
City scandals prompt review of UK anti-
bribery
standards
(13 Jun 2014)
Ernst & Young (EY) wins Dignity audit as PwC bows out over
non
-
audit fees
(13 Jun 2014)
Big Four
audit fees
dwarf mid-tier
(13 Jun 2014)
Beijing to keep door open to Hong Kong
accountants
(13 Jun 2014)
Dash for consultancy: The
accountants
are coming...
(13 Jun 2014)
Accountant
'imprisoned three women as sex slaves in drug-filled house of horrors for months
(13 Jun 2014)
US Audit
Regulator Rebukes Ernst & Young
(12 Jun 2014)
PCAOB Dings Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton for Not Fixing
Audit
Problems
(12 Jun 2014)
Accounting
Treatment of Earnouts Can Mask Leverage
(12 Jun 2014)
FASB Revises
Accounting
Standards for Repo Agreements
(12 Jun 2014)
Apple, Starbucks and Fiat's
tax
affairs examined by European commission
(12 Jun 2014)
Investigation in connection with the conduct of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors to the Berkeley Group Holdings plc
(12 Jun 2014)
FRC scraps investigation into PwC's
Berkeley Group
audit
(12 Jun 2014)
Audit Commission
finds £229m lost to fraud
(12 Jun 2014)
UK watchdog expects progress on global
accounting
rules
(11 Jun 2014)
Former SEC Chair Cox Declares IFRS “Bereft of Life”
(11 Jun 2014)
Former
SEC
Chairman Cox Now Doubts
IFRS
in US
(11 Jun 2014)
EU to launch probe into Apple's Irish
tax
deal: report
(11 Jun 2014)
Transfer Pricing: EU to investigate
Apple's
tax affairs
(11 Jun 2014)
EU investigates
tax
rulings on
Apple
,
Starbucks
,
Fiat
(11 Jun 2014)
Beijing says it won't shut out Hong Kong
auditors
under rule change
(11 Jun 2014)
Can
Accounting
Reform Help US Balance Sheets?
(11 Jun 2014)
FRC launches
Baker Tilly
investigation
(11 Jun 2014)
SEC
Official Points to Disclosure Failings by Private Equity Firms
(11 Jun 2014)
Oil rig builder Lamprell sees shareholders revolt over pay again
(11 Jun 2014)
New Corporate Audit Rules Require Greater Scrutiny of Insider Deals
(11 Jun 2014)
PCAOB approves new related-party
auditing
requirements
(11 Jun 2014)
More
tax
-free profits for
Thames
Water as it rakes in the cash
(11 Jun 2014)
FASB Aims to Simplify
Accounting Standards
(11 Jun 2014)
Whistleblowing ruling: what it means for
LLPs
(11 Jun 2014)
Ex-
BDO
Seidman Executive Bee Gets 16 Months for Fraud
(10 Jun 2014)
Two ex-
BDO
vice chairmen get prison for tax shelter scheme
(10 Jun 2014)
Former SEC Chairman
Cox
Now Doubts IFRS in US
(10 Jun 2014)
Former SEC Chair
Cox
Backs Away from IFRS Support
(10 Jun 2014)
SEC Ex-Chairman
Cox
Does a 180, Now Predicts US Won't Switch to Global
Accounting Rules
(10 Jun 2014)
Nadir prison move after CIA research paper reveals Polly Peck links to Saddam supergun
(10 Jun 2014)
FRC issues Key Facts and Trends in the Accountancy Profession - The UK has 328,000 professionally qualified accountants
(10 Jun 2014)
2014 FRC Report: Key Facts and Trends in the Accountancy Profession
(10 Jun 2014)
Banks
search for loopholes in leveraged loan guidelines
(10 Jun 2014)
No
Tax
-Checked Firms Blocked From UK Public Tenders
(10 Jun 2014)
Financial Reporting Council wants clear and concise annual reports
(9 Jun 2014)
Bank annual reports too long or 'complex'
(9 Jun 2014)
SEC Charges New York-Based Dark Pool Operator With Failing to Safeguard Confidential Trading Information
(9 Jun 2014)
Gordon Ramsay
restaurant empire plunges £6.4m into the red
(9 Jun 2014)
Barclays
faces a £300m lawsuit from Amanda Staveley over Abu Dhabi investors deal during financial crisis
(9 Jun 2014)
Dash for consultancy: Deloitte
prepares to take on the UK legal market
(9 Jun 2014)
Cheniere
CEO
Risks Losing $133 Million Amid Investor Suit
(9 Jun 2014)
Social Closure: Association warns on
accountant
use
(9 Jun 2014)
Wanted: a dose of ethical tablets
(8 Jun 2014)
City must clear up governance clutter
(8 Jun 2014)
The vanished grandeur of accounting: Once, bookkeepers were valorized in great art. Sound funny now?
(8 Jun 2014)
Why Diamond Foods, Inc. Shares Got Crunched
(8 Jun 2014)
Audit reports
: what next?
(8 Jun 2014)
Hertz's
Accounting
Woes Wider Than Thought
(7 Jun 2014)
Hertz to Revise Financial Reports
(7 Jun 2014)
Hertz shares plunge on
accounting
probe
(7 Jun 2014)
Did Hertz CFO Leave Because of
Accounting
Flubs?
(7 Jun 2014)
California governor claims 'creative
accounting
' lured Apple
(7 Jun 2014)
Fat cats: Burberry award chief executive shares worth almost
£
15m
(7 Jun 2014)
Bank
of America could pay $12bn to settle mortgage claims
(7 Jun 2014)
Fat cats: Royal Bank of Scotland chief receives shares
worth almost £1.5 million
(7 Jun 2014)
Queen's bank
Coutts
warns thousands of investors on risky deals
(7 Jun 2014)
Pope Francis sacks entire board of
Vatican's
financial watchdog
(6 Jun 2014)
Annie's: PwC to resign as
accounting
firm
(6 Jun 2014)
Pfizer Reaps $69bn in Profits From 128
Tax Haven
Subsidiaries in 2013
(6 Jun 2014)
PCAOB to Consider Adopting an Auditing Standard on Related Parties, Amendments Regarding Significant Unusual Transactions, and Other Amendments
(6 Jun 2014)
Medtronic a big user of
tax havens
, holding $20.5 billion overseas
(6 Jun 2014)
BP
faces billions in fines over Deepwater Horizon pollution
(6 Jun 2014)
FRC: True and fair overrides accounting standards
(6 Jun 2014)
Corrupt accountants targeted by new serious crime bill
(6 Jun 2014)
More firms poaching senior talent
(6 Jun 2014)
UK regulator: “True and fair” trumps
accounting
standards
(5 Jun 2014)
What investors must know about new revenue recognition
accounting
rules
(5 Jun 2014)
Walmart's Executive Bonuses Have Cost Taxpayers $104 Million Since 2009
(5 Jun 2014)
Officials raid
KPMG
broker in Amsterdam
(5 Jun 2014)
US
Accounting
Rule Makers Sharpen Focus on Needs of GAAP-Users
(5 Jun 2014)
PCAOB to consider new rules for
auditing
related-party transactions
(5 Jun 2014)
I
nsight on Vodafone audit switch to PwC
(5 Jun 2014)
G4S
security guards violently remove protesters from AGM
(5 Jun 2014)
Rotork ends 50 year audit relationship with KPMG
(5 Jun 2014)
In the Pocktes of Big Four: ICAEW
has a new president from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
(5 Jun 2014)
AN OVERVIEW OF THE REVISED ACCOUNTING MODEL FOR REVENUE RECOGNITION
(5 Jun 2014)
The FRC's true and fair view
(5 Jun 2014)
PCAOB Sees 'Unacceptably High' Problems in Broker-Dealer
Audits
(5 Jun 2014)
Bryan Shaw sentenced to prison in
KPMG
insider trading case
(4 Jun 2014)
Informant in
KPMG
insider trading case sentenced to 5 months in prison
(4 Jun 2014)
IBM Avoids SEC Penalty Over
Accounting
of Cloud Computing
(4 Jun 2014)
US Regulator Finds Deficiencies in 15 Deloitte & Touche
Audits
(4 Jun 2014)
US Regulators: Deficiencies in 28% of
Deloitte
audits
(4 Jun 2014)
FRC publishes ‘True and Fair’ statement
(4 Jun 2014)
Dash for consultancy: KPMG
acquires IT consultancy Safira
(4 Jun 2014)
Smaller
Auditors
Add Market Share
(4 Jun 2014)
IBM, PwC fight US Army award to
Ernst & Young
(4 Jun 2014)
China-US standoff may help Hong Kong
auditors
in lobbying efforts
(4 Jun 2014)
SEC rethinking
auditing
penalties
(4 Jun2014)
Two more guilty of record
boiler room
fraud
(4 Jun 2014)
Pentagon seeks $211 mln repayment from Pratt for
accounting
issue
(4 Jun 2014)
FRS102 and Auditors
(4 Jun 2014)
Auditor's
liability to shareholders for negligent
auditing
(4 Jun 2014)
'Big Four' China
accounting
units in settlement talks with US SEC - filing
(3 Jun 2014)
Big Four Audit Firms in China in Settlement Talks With SEC Enforcers
(3 Jun 2014)
US-style 'Soprano's law' to jail lawyers,
accountants
and couriers who work for
criminals
(3 Jun 2014)
Former CEO and CFO of Arthrocare Corporation Convicted for Orchestrating $400 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
(3 Jun 2014)
Latest stats show audit revolution's a long way off
(3 Jun2014)
New Look
makes £
55m loss after French writedowns
(3 Jun 2014)
ICAEW
financials improve but falls short on student numbers
(3 Jun 2014)
Shareholder value and Adam Smith
(3 Jun 2014)
Suppliers lend £327bn to
businesses
in form of late payments
(2 Jun 2014)
British businesses
have a £
75bn
burden of debt
(2 Jun 2014)
Asset-backed securities
poised for
comeback
, says Bank
(2 Jun 2014)
Auditor's
liability to shareholders for negligent
auditing
(2 Jun 2014)
77000 foreign banks to share
tax
info with US IRS
(2 Jun 2014)
Europe's
banks
don't add to economic growth, academics say
(2 Jun 2014)
Accountancy
firms increasingly looking to poach staff from rivals
(1 Jun 2014)
Investors want
to
ban
'
junk
'
companies
from
London
(1 Jun 2014)
UBS Probed in Belgium Over
Money Laundering
, Organized Crime
(1 Jun 2014)
RBS
could fail due to '£100bn black hole' - with British taxpayers in line to lose
their £45 billion stake
(1 Jun 2014)
Half of VAT fines incorrect – UHY Hacker Young
(1 Jun 2014)
The Ostrich Position: ICAEW
calls for clarity over country-by-country reporting
(1 Jun 2014)
Phil Mickelson and Carl Icahn subject of
insider trading
investigation
(1 Jun 2014)
Information Content of Income, Tax Avoidance and Taxable Income Management
(1 Jun 2014)
Governing a Digital Business Ecosystem: Lessons from ONE.MOTORING Portal
(1 Jun 2014)
MAY 2014
China defends ban on foreign
accountants
(31 May 2014)
Big Profit Engines for
Banks
Falter
(31 May 2014)
U.K. Government Urged to Probe Alliance
Boots
Over
Tax
Affairs
(31 May 2014)
Sterne Agee files lawsuit against
KPMG
(31 May 2014)
Netcare and
KPMG
blame one another for delaying inquiry
(31 May 2014)
Report: Summary of Netcare v
KPMG
litigation
(31 May 2014)
Beneficial owners
suffer from 'democratic deficit'
(31 May 2014)
Director’s duties and tax avoidance
(30 May 2014)
Alliance Boots and the use and abuses of Limited Liability Partnerships
(30 May 2014)
New global accounting rules aim to make it harder for firms to fib about their revenues
(30 May 2014)
Shareholders claims
corporate
governance failings in Petroceltic placing
(30 May 2014)
Revolving Doors: Lloyds appoints
KPMG
partner to head
audit
operations
(30 May 2014)
EFRAG Report: The role of the business model in financial statements
(30 May 2014)
'
Conflict minerals
' deadline looms for technology firms
(30 May 2014)
BNP
Paribas faces fine of more than $10bn in US sanctions investigation
(30 May 2014)
IASB and FASB issue converged Standard on revenue recognition
(30 May 2014)
In 2009-10, over 98 pct of Google’s and Oracle’s subsidiaries disappeared
(29 May 2014)
ACCA members to lose out: Hong Kong lobby to raise fears over proposed ban on local accountants working in mainland
(29 May 2014)
AQI 2014: PwC must challenge management over audits
(29 May 2014)
AQI 2014: FRC calls on KPMG to tackle ethical issues
(29 May 2014)
AQI 2014: Warning over Deloitte's tax advice to audit client
(29 May 2014)
AQI 2014: FRC critical of EY handling of ‘letterbox’ company audits
(29 May 2014)
Ex-
UBS
banker avoids prison time in US
tax
fraud case
(29 May 2014)
American Corporations Tell IRS the Majority of Their Offshore Profits Are in 12 Tax Havens
(29 May 2014)
The paradox of performance related pay systems: ‘Why Do we Keep Adopting them in the Face of Evidence that they Fail to Motivate?’
(29 May 2014)
Financial Reporting Council: bank and building society audits not good enough
(28 May 2014)
Big Four accountants under fire over bank audits
(28 May 2014)
Financial Reporting Council: Audit Quality Inspections
Annual Report 2013/14
(28 May 2014)
FRC
publishes Big Four audit reports
(28 May 2014)
Financial Reporting Council 2014 Report : Deloitte LLP Audit Quality Inspection
(28 May 2014)
Financial Reporting Council 2014 Report: Ernst & Young LLP Audit Quality Inspection
(28 May 2014)
Financial Reporting Council 2014 Report: KPMG LLP and KPMG Audit Plc Audit Quality Inspection
(28 May 2014)
Financial Reporting Council 2014 Report: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Audit Quality Inspection
(28 May 2014)
FRC critical of Ernst & Young (EY) handling of '
letterbox
'
company audits
(28 May 2014)
New Global
Accounting
Rules to Affect How Companies Book Revenue
(28 May 2014)
Regulators Set New Rules for Companies' Revenue
Accounting
(28 May 2014)
FASB and IASB Issue Revenue Recognition Standard
(28 May 2014)
New
accounting
rule a boost for investors
(28 May 2014)
Investor greed putting
financial stability at
risk
, warns
ECB
(28 May 2014)
Mandatory
audit firm
rotation rules published in EU
(28 May 2014)
REGULATION (EU) No 537/2014 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC
(28 May 2014)
FRC comments on publication of the EU Audit Directive and Regulation
(28 May 2014)
A$100m '
accounting
fraud': police make arrest
(28 May 2014)
Ernst Young made to hand over
accounting
records
(27 May 2014)
Mainland China audit rules benefit its
accountants
, not the country
(27 May 2014)
IASB rules on recognition of revenue set to change
(27 May 2014)
Auditors
warned on independence risks
(27 May 2014)
IMF chief says
banks
haven't changed since financial crisis
(27 May 2014)
Here is a suprise .... er not: ICAEW has significant concerns over Country-by-Country reporting
(27 May 2014)
Lloyds Bank announces
TSB
flotation
(27 May 2014)
China ruling does little to end foreign audit spat
(26 May 2014)
Food giant
Mars accused of putting squeeze on suppliers
(25 May 2014)
Osborne to tell
banks
: increase SME lending
(25 May 2014)
Amazon's
£11bn
tax
trick
(25 May 2014)
Insolvency: Furnisher
Paul Simon's
collapse leaves 7000 customers owed £2.3m, but bonanza for Deloitte
(25 May 2014)
Sterne Agee files lawsuit against
KPMG
(24 May 2014)
Hong Kong Court Rules Against EY
(24 May 2014)
Golden hellos look like a
tax
on shareholders
(24 May 2014)
Logitech says audit committee investigating
accounting
matters
(23 May 2014)
Hong Kong court rejects
Ernst & Young's
case that China law protects mainland
audit papers
(23 May 2014)
Hong Kong Ruling Complicates Global Fight on
Auditing
of Chinese Firms
(23 May 2014)
Discredit Suisse: Still Too Big To Jail
(23 May 2014)
HSBC
shareholders revolt over executive pay plan
(23 May 2014)
Accountancy
is top sector for supporting and retaining female talent
(23 May 2014)
Bank of America probed for ties to
money laundering
(23 May 2014)
SEC probes Schwab, Merrill, for anti-
money laundering
violations
(23 May 2014)
IFRS
Foundation to consult on effectiveness
(23 May 2014)
Social Closure: ACCA Urges Check on
Accountant
Qualifications, but silence on how accountants damage society
(23 May 2014)
I've applied the public interest test to the big pharma deal
and Pfizer fails
(22 May 2014)
SEC Charges Former Deloitte Chief Risk Officer for Violations of Auditor Independence Rules
(22 May 2014)
Deloitte
Partner Sanctioned Over Conflict of Interest With Casino Client
(22 May 2014)
Ahold
to Pay $297 Million to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit
(22 May 2014)
Shares in Credit Suisse rose when they admitted helping
tax
evasion
(22 May 2014)
Netcare is 'seeking to silence
KPMG
'
(22 May 2014)
Auditing
the
Auditors
(22 May 2014)
US regulator probes Wipro's audits
(22 May 2014)
Carrefour ropes in
KPMG
to help it sell India assets
(22 May 2014)
CIMA
members face 5% subs hike as institute seeks move
(22 May 2014)
Law Firm Partner Wins Whistle-Blower Case at UK Supreme Court
(22 May 2014)
LLP Partners to receive protection under whistleblowing laws
(22 May 2014)
In the Shade: the UK’s missing economy
(20 May 2014)
In the Shade: the 10 minute (or less) summary of my new report
(20 May 2014)
In the shade: Research on the UK’s missing economy
(20 May 2014)
UK
banks
face yearly standards report
(20 May 2014)
US Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Guilty Plea in Credit Suisse Offshore Tax Evasion Case
(20 May 2014)
Vodafone writes
£
6.6bn off
value of
European
operations
(20 May 2014)
Fat cats: New
RBS
finance director receives nearly £2m in shares on day 1
(20 May 2014)
Investors legal claims against
RBS
reach nearly $7bn
(20 May 2014)
Waste: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed it paid Deloitte £14.8m in consultancy fees over the past year
(19 May 2014)
Massimo Cellini recruits forensic
accountants
to get to the bottom of Leeds
finances
(19 May 2014)
Sex and drugs? Real rock rebels are into tax-efficient
accountancy
abuse
(19 May 2014)
China's ban on overseas
auditors
raises concern over transparency
(19 May 2014)
GSK dodged millions in China drug
tax
scam - state media
(19 May 2014)
RSA axes
Deloitte
legal action plans
(19 May 2014)
Credit Suisse CEO says a few bankers are to blame for $10bn in tax evasion
(19 May 2014)
Glencore faces investor revolt over
accounting
(18 May 2014)
Glencore
must end secrecy around its finances, says Christian Aid
(18 May 2014)
Nifty Fifty's
accountant
indicted in $15M tax evasion charges
(18 May 2014)
New
Glencore
chief Tony Hayward opposed by investors
(18 May 2014)
Co-op
Group members approve governance shake-up
(18 May 2014)
Charities that run public services 'should have open-book
accounting
'
(17 May 2014)
Abuse of charitable
tax
reliefs worth £35m blocked by tribunal
(17 May 2014)
IASB
agrees standard-setting charter of co-operation
(17 May 2014)
George Osborne's
tax
changes sweeten Alliance Boots liabilities pill by £100m
(16 May 2014)
Boots' £2m
tax
bill: 'We don't have to justify ourselves'
(16 May 2014)
Polly Peck and Asil Nadir: The Supergun plot, murders and a report we can't ignore
(16 May 2014)
Fat cats: Kentz
shareholders first to vote down pay policy and remuneration report
(16 May 2014)
Transfer Pricing Games: Rough and Polished
:
South Africa Shortchanged on
Diamon Trade
(16 May 2014)
Rough and Polished: A case study of the diamond pricing and valuation system
(16 May 2014)
AstraZeneca at risk from Pfizer
tax
avoidance plans, says company chief
(16 May 2014)
Fat cats: Kentz
shareholders first to vote down pay policy and remuneration report
(16 May 2014)
Citigroup Fires 11 More Over Alleged Oceanografia
Fraud
(15 May 2014)
Accounting
for Earnings Manipulation
(15 May 2014)
£100m charity
tax avoidance
scheme defeated at tribunal
(15 May 2014)
NT Advisors defeated again in tax tribunal
(15 May 2014)
Fee caps and the black list prompt firms to rethink audit stratgey
(15 May 2014)
AstraZeneca and the tyranny of shareholders
(15 May 2014)
GlaxoSmithKline
executive could face prison in China over bribery claims
(15 May 2014)
Why it’s so hard to audit hedge funds and private equity
(14 May 2014)
New research reveals a black hole at the heart of London's FTSE100
(14 May 2014)
Christian-Aid Report:
FTSEcrecy:
the culture of
concealment
throughout the FTSE
(14 May 2014)
Speedy Hire earnings hit by
accounting
scandal at overseas unit
(14 May 2014)
'Disappointing' year for Speedy Hire
(14 May 2014)
EU
Audit
Rules May Trip Up US Banks, Insurers
(14 May 2014)
Co-op Group in appalling state and unlikely to fully recover
(14 May 2014)
Compass to return
£
1 billion to shareholders
(14 May 2014)
Helping the SEC crack securities
fraud
cases using cutting analysis and data technology
(14 May 2014)
Big four UK
banks
reserve £21.5bn to meet their fines and customer complaints
(14 May 2014)
Icebreaker tax avoidance scheme crushed
(14 May 2014)
Take That and Gary Barlow Tax Case: First Tier Tribunal Decision in
1) ACORNWOOD LLP, 2) BASTIONSPARK LLP, (3) EDGEDALE LLP, (4) STARBROOKE LLP, (5) HAWKSBRIDGE LLP and HMRC - Deloitte were advsiers
(14 May 2014)
Revolving Doors: Former
KPMG
policy head and HMRC specialist joins R&D tax specialists
(14 May 2014)
Head of
KPMG's
Netherlands Affiliate Resigns
(13 May 2014)
Dutch
KPMG
hit by tax fraud scandal
(13 May 2014)
Who Is Checking the Numbers at Alibaba?
(13 May 2014)
Who Audits Alibaba? (ABABA)
(13 May 2014)
Gary Barlow's
tax avoidance
as bad as Starbucks
(13 May 2014)
Deloitte mentioned in the Tax Tribunal case relating to Gary Barlow and other stars
(13 May 2014)
Banking and banksters: Empire built on frauds
(12 May 2014)
Dutch head of
KPMG
resigns amid criminal investigation
(12 May 2014)
Chairman of
KPMG
in the Netherlands resigns, company says
(12 May 2014)
FRC Investigation announced in connection with Computer 2000 Distribution Ltd
(12 May 2014)
Fannie and Freddie
Accounting
Disaster Here to Stay
(12 May 2014)
Fannie Mae's Quiet $4 Billion Adjustment
(12 May 2014)
IASB publishes amendments to IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment and IAS 38 Intangible Assets
(12 May 2014)
The Cameron crony, the private jet company, and a crash landing that cost taxpayers £100m
(11 May 2014)
We have not dealt with bank crisis
, says ex-EU adviser
(11 May 2014)
Vast hidden profits: from Asia's palm oil giants to a tiny British
tax
haven
(11 May 2014)
Swiss company agrees to pay $4.4m fine for helping US
tax
dodgers
(11 May 2014)
SEC Agrees to Hear Audit Appeal of 'Big Four'
Accounting
Firms' China Affiliates
(10 May 2014)
Accounting Standard
-Setters Offer Glimpse of 'Road Ahead'
(10 May 2014)
EU
banks
binge on capital to avoid stress test failure
(10 May 2014)
Alibaba warns over uninspected
auditor
(10 May 2014)
KPMG
retains long-standing Greggs audit work
(10 May 2014)
Revolving Doors: Cover Oregon to pay
Deloitte
$2.9 million to assess federal transfer needs
(10 May 2014)
'I stopped being an
accountant
a long time ago': Nationwide's boss
(9 May 2014)
Amazon's UK tax bill 10 million pounds on $7 billion sales
(9 May 2014)
The average FTSE 100 CEO is a 54-year-old male
accountant
(9 May 2014)
Holding
Auditors
Accountable
(9 May 2014)
Co-op bank
to raise £400m as group cuts its stake
(9 May 2014)
FMC directs MCX to drop Deloitte as
auditor
(9 May 2014)
IASB
establishes principles for cooperation with other standard setters
(9 May 2014)
Newsham facing FRC tribunal over Worthington Nicholls audit
(9 May 2014)
MPs attack Sir Win Bischoff role at FRC regulator
(8 May 2014)
Bischoff labelled 'odd choice' as new
FRC
chair
(8 May 2014)
Alibaba Warns US-China
Audit
Dispute May Have Repercussions For Investors
(8 May 2014)
SEC Announces Charges and Asset Freeze Against Hedge Fund Advisory Firm Distributing Falsified Performance Results
(8 May 2014)
PCAOB asks for additional comments on standards reorganization
(8 May 2014)
FRC Notice of disciplinary hearing: Worthington Nicholls Group - Mr Paul Newsham, Member of the ICAEW
(8 May 2014)
U.S. Seeking Guilty Plea From Credit Suisse Parent
(8 May 2014)
Standard
Chartered
Bank
reprimanded for violating
accounting rules
(8 May 2014)
US Accounting
Standard-Setters Offer Glimpse of 'Road Ahead'
(8 May 2014)
Banks in UK face having to file two sets of accounts
(7 May 2014)
Further consolidation of UK auditing firms would be disastrous says
FRC
chair
(7 May 2014)
Co-op
bosses 'don't know difference between credit and debit'
(7 May 2014)
Caffe Nero accused over
tax
affairs
(7 May 2014)
PCAOB Announces Settled Disciplinary Actions against Two Audit Firms and Four Individuals
(7 May 2014)
FASB
Anticipates Revenue Recognition Standard Release This Month
(7 May 2014)
PWC in outright denial on falling tax revenues
(6 May 2014)
KPMG
'failing to create right environment for female staff'
(6 May 2014)
CalPERS wins $12.75M settlement against
Ernst & Young
(6 May 2014)
CalPERS recovers $12.75 million in lawsuit over collapse of Lehman Brothers
(6 May 2014)
Barclays profits dragged down by investment
bank
slump
(6 May 2014)
Marking to Market
and Following the Fair Vale Accounting Debate
(6 May 2014)
Balfour Beatty chief quits on
profits
warning
(6 May 2014)
Profit
-shifting by multinational companies costing Tax Office dearly
(6 May 2014)
Mothercare
renegotiates bank loan terms after profit warnings
(6 May 2014)
Coles accused of 'unconscionable conduct
'
towards 200 small
suppliers
(6 May 2014)
Pfizer reports 15% fall in
profits
(6 May 2014)
US wants Credit Suisse to plead guilty in tax dispute - report
(5 May 2014)
Countries slow race to bottom on tax competition
(5 May 2014)
First they killed all the
accountants
: How big banks, corporations and
governments made themsleves unauditable
(5 May 2014)
Ernst & Young
Settles With
CalPERS
Over Lehman Audit
(5 May 2014)
Multinational giants line up for UK
tax
breaks
(4 May 2014)
American companies target the UK for
tax
(4 May 2014)
Huawei founder
Ren Zhengfei
rejects
'
greedy
'
public markets
(3 May 2014)
RBS
battles with bonus cap as its profits double
(3 May 2014)
Royal Mail: did the government and bankers short-change Britain by £750m?
(3 May 2014)
Mothercare
turns screw on suppliers with 2.5% extra fee on all invoices
(3 May 2014)
SEC Issues Partial Stay of Conflict Minerals Rules
(3 May 2014)
Beware Pfizer, the mid-Atlantic floating
tax
avoider
(3 May 2014)
Tax
rules facilitate avoidance, with developing countries the biggest losers
(3 May 2014)
FAF's 'gift' to the IASB: It's time to finally reject IFRS and the IASB for the U.S.
(2 May 2014)
SEC Frets It's Not Getting Enough
Accounting
Questions
(2 May 2014)
SEC Charges NYSE, NYSE ARCA, and NYSE MKT for Repeated Failures to Operate in Accordance With Exchange Rules
(2 May 2014)
Greene King
sells 275 tenanted pubs for less than book value
(2 May 2014)
Greene King
sells 275 pubs to new company
(2 May 2014)
Bank of England warns housing market boom may turn to crash
(2 May 2014)
The cat-and-mouse world of US
tax
(2 May 2014)
More trouble at the Co-op: Bank hit with fresh claims that former bosses may have massaged accounts to boost bonuses
(1 May 2014)
The Co-op Bank is considering suing the investment bank JP Morgan Cazenove and its former
auditor
KPMG
(1 May 2014)
Co-op Bank's near-collapse blamed on Britannia merger
(1 May 2014)
Failings in management and governance: Report of the independent review into the events leading to the Co-operative Bank's capital shortfall by Sir Christopher Kelly
(1 May 2014)
Co-op Bank ends 40-year KPMG relationship
(1 May 2014)
Nine problems that caused the 'debacle' at the Co-operative Bank
(1 May 2014)
BBC dumps
KPMG
as auditor after 18 years
(1 May 2014)
Number of US Accounting Class Actions Steady Over Last Two Years
(1 May 2014)
APRIL 2014
Royal Dutch
Shell
profits hit by refinery writedowns
(30 Apr 2014)
Co-op Bank changes
auditors
after 40 years
(30 Apr 2014)
BBC replaces KPMG as
auditors
(30 Apr 2014)
Bank of America's accounting blunder overlooked by
auditors
and
regulators
(30 Apr 2014)
What Bank of America's
Accounting
Mistake Can Teach the Market
(30 Apr 2014)
The
Accounting
Mirage Behind Bank of America's Blunder
(30 Apr 2014)
Merger Would Let Pfizer Duck A Billion Dollars In U.S.
Taxes
Each Year
(30 Apr 2014)
Co-op Bank and
Britannia
merger 'should never have happened'
(30 Apr 2014)
Bank of America's Bad
Accounting (audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers)
(29 Apr 2014)
BofA Pays $111 Million to Mortgage Investors for Servicing Error
(29 Apr 2014)
Bank of America Finds a Mistake: $4 Billion Less Capital
(29 Apr 2014)
Analysts React to Bank of America's $4 Billion Error
(29 Apr 2014)
Bank of America shares drop after
accounting
error
(29 Apr 2014)
Harlequin Group files High Court claim against
Wilkins Kennedy
(29 Aug 2014)
The good
,
bad and ugly of shareholder activism
(29 Apr 2014)
SEC
has
accounting
probes in the works, White says
(29 Apr 2014)
Investors concerned with auditor objectivity, FRC says
(29 Apr 2014)
Biggest LBO Ends in Bankruptcy as
Energy Future
Files; Ranks With Enron's collapse
(29 Apr 2014)
Anglo Irish
Bank pair avoid prison despite being found guilty
(29 Apr 2014)
US Accounting
Class-Action Settlements Rose for Second Year
(29 Apr 2014)
Editor’s comment: competitive audit?
(29 Apr 2014)
Serco
warns of further fall in profits and need for emergency cash
(29 Apr 2014)
Grant Thornton: Death Collectors
(28 Apr 2014)
Range of scheme
accounting
assumptions narrows
(28 Apr 2014)
Accountants
fined over Pronanotect audit
(28 Apr 2014)
No
Accounting
Skills? No Moral Reckoning
(28 Apr 2014)
Bernie Ecclestone accused of biggest ever personal
tax
dodge
(28 Apr 2014)
No Action against Failed Firms: FRC’s work to enhance justifiable confidence in audit
(28 Apr 2014)
Fat cats: Icas
chief enjoys 10% pay rise as membership grows
(28 Apr 2014)
FTSE 250 auditors survey: winds of change
(28 Apr 2014)
Insolvency: Deloitte
partners take receivership of The
Gherkin
(28 Apr 2014)
ICAS
profits fall but member numbers break 20000
(28 Apr 2014)
Bailed-out RBS snubs Osborne's bonus ban as top bankers get shares worth millions
(27 Apr 2014)
Greene King
loses tax appeal for second time
(27 Apr 2014)
IAASB reconsiders
auditors
' “other information” duties
(27 Apr 2014)
South Korea Prosecutors raid offices of
accounting
firm that worked for ferry
company
(27 Apr 2014)
India may sign
transfer pricing
pacts with Japan, UK
(27 Apr 2014)
Don’t be misled by Vince Cable’s talk of corporate transparency
(26 Apr 2014)
Insolvency abuses by banks and accountants: Inside Out Bank of Scotland investigation transcript
(26 Apr 2014)
Royal Bank of Scotland faces lawsuits totalling £1bn from five of the UK's biggest investors over £12bn cash plea
(26 Apr 2014)
France demands $1B from Google; tech giant accused of dodging
tax
man
(26 Apr 2014)
Barclays
Must Face Investor Lawsuit Over Libor Manipulation, Says US Appeals Court
(26 Apr 2014)
Pfizer must be questioned about its tax affairs if the $100bn takeover bid for AstraZeneca goes ahead
(26 Apr 2014)
Most CEOs back country by country reporting
(25 Apr 2014)
Former
KPMG
partner Scott London jailed for 14 months for leaking information
(25 Apr 2014)
Convicted
KPMG
inside trader sentenced to prison
(25 Apr 2014)
Barclays
in
$280m
settlement with US regulators
(25 Apr 2014)
RBS
plan for 200% bonuses blocked
(25 Apr 2014)
Big 4 eye non-
audit
service to drive business
(25 Apr 2014)
Insolvency: Gherkin
skyscraper in receivership after defaults
(25 Apr 2014)
Accounting
watchdog pushes long-term pay rules
(24 Apr 2014)
Starbucks suffers first UK sales drop after
tax
criticism
(24 Apr 2014)
US court revives EU money laundering case vs RJ
Reynolds
(24 Apr 2014)
Ernst & Young lose again: HMRC wins appeal on Greene King tax planning scheme
(24 Apr 2014)
Greene King Plc & Anor v Revenue And Customs [2014] UKUT 178
(24 Apr 2014)
RBS
fined £460000 over illegal emerging market trades
(23 Apr 2014)
India: ICAI to ban three
auditors, including a Price Waterhouse partner,
in Satyam case
(23 Apr 2014)
FRC reviews
Baker Tilly
audit offering
(23 Apr 2014)
FRC publishes Audit Quality Inspection Report on Baker Tilly
(23 Apr 2014)
London Stock Exchange switches
auditing
from PwC to EY
(23 Apr 2015)
Is the UK Ending Corporate Secrecy? More Spin Than Substance
(22 Apr 2014)
Big business sides with the fraudsters, criminals and tax evaders
(22 Apr 2014)
KPMG
in Holland again under investigation, this time for tax fraud
(22 Apr 2014)
Co-op Bank report
to
blame governance
(22 Apr 2014)
Senate panel faults state,
Deloitte
on technology flaws
(22 Apr 2014)
Baker Tilly criticised over deficient audit work
(22 Apr 2014)
FASB,
IASB
to Hold More Lease Accounting Talks
(22 Apr 2014)
Rentiers: Economic Policy in a Post-Piketty World
(22 Apr 2014)
U.K. Tax Authorities Question Investment Banks on VAT Swindlers
(22 Apr 2014)
Capital ratios dangerously low as
banks
continue to cry wolf
(22 Apr 2014)
FASB Pushes Revenue Recognition Release to Late May
(22 Apr 2014)
London 2012 Olympic shopping mall Westfields makes £40million profit but pays just £211,000 in tax
(22 Apr 2014)
Guess What: UK Accountancy bodies like tax avoidance - OECD plan to tackle
tax
planning 'may erode
tax
base'
(21 Apr 2014)
FASB, IASB to Hold More Lease
Accounting
Talks
(21 Apr 2014)
Vince Cable presses ahead with public register on
company
ownership
(21 Apr 2014)
Number of fines imposed by UK City regulator drops by 40
%
(21 Apr 2014)
Insolvency: RBS
may sue over claims bank deliberately undermined SMEs
(21 Apr 2014)
Social Closure: India CAs protest inclusion of other professionals under '
accountant
'
(21 Apr 2014)
FASB, IASB Plan to Resume Talks on Lease
Accounting
(20 Apr 2014)
Suit says SamTrans retaliated against ex-employee for questioning accounting practices
(20 Apr 2014)
Big auditors must be made accountable to the public
(19 Apr 2014)
Look Beyond the Firms for the Root Causes of Audit Deficiencies
(19 Apr 2014)
James Franco's Ex-Manager,
Accounting
Firm
Sued
for Diverting Actor's Commissions
(19 Apr 2014)
Vince Cable
plans 'rogue directors' crackdown
(19 Apr 2014)
US Supreme Court boosts shareholders' right to information
(19 Apr 2014)
'
Capital in the Twenty-First Century', by Thomas Piketty
(19 Apr 2014)
'No evidence'
RBS
put SMEs out of business
(18 Apr 2014)
RBS
: no evidence bank forced small businesses to close –
report
(18 Apr 2014)
Insolvency & RBS: CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE CENTRAL ALLEGATION MADE BY DR LAWRENCE TOMLINSON IN
BANKS' LENDING PRACTICES: TREATMENT OF
BUSINESSES IN DISTRESS
(18 Apr 2014)
Anglo
Irish trial: Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer
found guilty
(18 Apr 2014)
Anglo-Irish
Bank
: The background to Golden Circle deal
(18 Apr 2014)
Profile of Anglo Irish guilty
bankers
(18 Apr 2014)
Former
BP
employee pays $224000 over insider trading charges
(18 Apr 2014)
Fat cats: Co-operative Group comes under fire for handing out £3m in loss of office payments to executives
(18 Apr 2014)
Five Reasons
Accounting Firms
Need More Diversity
(18 Apr 2014)
Auditor
liability changing as courts, companies speak up
(18 Apr 2014)
Auditing
Special Purpose Frameworks: Risk Assessment
(18 Apr 2014)
PwC Takes Top Spot in Vault
Accounting
50 for 2015
(18 Apr 2014)
The RBS accountancy firm PwC has moved staff inside the office of Labour’s shadow business secretary
(17 Apr 2016)
Co-operative
Group posts record £2.5bn loss after 'disastrous year'
(17 Apr 2014)
EU Parliament adopts non-financial reporting rules
(17 Apr 2014)
The
EU
law on
non-financial reporting
- how we got there
(17 Apr 2014)
IASB publishes Discussion Paper on accounting for macro hedging
(17 Apr 2014)
Deloitte appeals Livent compensation ruling
(17 Apr 2014)
Citigroup shuns digital webcast for its
shareholder
meeting
(17 Apr 2014)
SolarCity Corp
Sued
For Providing False And Misleading Information
(17 Apr 2014)
India Government
auditor
can inspect private telecom companies: Supreme Court
(17 Apr 2014)
Bank of America, Weighed by Legal Costs, Posts Loss
(17 Apr 2014)
Former JJB boss
'
faked bank statement
to hide loan'
(16 Apr 2014)
Accounting
Fraud Is Still Widespread Among Chinese Companies
(16 Apr 2014)
EU
Parliament adopts non-financial
disclosure
requirements
(16 Apr 2014)
Britain's
accounting
watchdog wants right to 'name and shame'
(16 Apr 2014)
Bank of America
reports $276m loss after $6bn
legal hit
(16 Apr 2014)
Former HealthSouth whistleblower addresses ethics
(16 Apr 2014)
Corporate Welfare: Train operators pay
£
200m to shareholders
after £1bn subsidy
(16 Apr 2014)
Former
Anglo Irish
chairman cleared over share loans
(16 Apr 2014)
Britain's
accounting
watchdog wants right to 'name and shame'
(15 Apr 2014)
FASB
changes discontinued operations reporting guidance
(15 Apr 2014)
Long road ahead as
IASB
remedies governance concerns
(15 Apr 2014)
Auditors
critical of EU anti-corruption report
(15 Apr 2014)
Accounting
standards chair Hoogervorst dark on Ebitda, prefers'rough' measure
of earnings
(15 Apr 2014)
With ECB coming,
banks
brace with new provisions
(15 Apr 2014)
US Appellate Court Faults
SEC's
'Conflict Minerals' Rule
(15 Apr 2014)
George Staubus, campus professor emeritus of
accounting
, dies at 87
(15 Apr 2014)
Five Reasons
Accounting
Firms Need More Diversity at Partner Level
(15 Apr 2014)
Debenhams
profits fall 25% after 'challenging' trading
(15 Apr 2014)
Glaxo
finds itself on the back foot again
(15 Apr 2014)
A Tribute to Abraham J. Briloff 1917 - 2013
(14 Apr 2014)
Country-by-Country Template Won’t Require Entity-by-Entity Financial Details, Andrus, Head of OECD’s Transfer Pricing Unit Says
(14 Apr 2014)
GlaxoSmithKline faces
bribery
allegations in Poland
(14 Apr 2014)
Accounting at the London School of Economics: Opportunity Lost?
(14 Apr 2014)
Insolvency: Punch Taverns brings
in independent
restructuring specialist
(14 Apr 2014)
FRC
proposes review changes
(14 Apr 2014)
FRC consults on revised operating procedures for reviewing corporate reporting
(14 Apr 2014)
Co-op
rift risks £383m due to banking arm
(13 Apr 2014)
Fresh details about collapse of
JJB
Sports in 2012 could emerge when the firm's chairman and son appear in court to face fraud charges
(13 Apr 2014)
In search of an honest accountancy firm
(12 Apr 2014)
US
court accepts $1.8bn SAC
insider trading settlement
(12 Apr 2014)
Quality of global
audits
questioned
(12 Apr 2014)
Dotcom crash
fears wipe £20bn off FTSE
(12 Apr 2014)
International
Audit
Regulators Home In on Fair Value, Internal Controls
(11 Apr 2014)
Regulators suggest
firms
take deep dive into
audit
quality
(11 Apr 2014)
Survey Finds Audit Flaws by the Big
Accounting Firms
(11 Apr 2014)
International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators Report on 2013 Survey of Inspection Findings
(11 Apr 2014)
Co-op
boss in line for £4.6m as bank losses hit £1.3bn
(11 Apr 2014)
Co-op
Bank expects years in the red after £1.3bn loss
(11 Apr 2014)
Morrisons plans to appoint PwC as
auditors
(11 Apr 2014)
FRC’s Bulletin highlights the auditor’s responsibilities with respect to the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Remuneration Report
(11 Apr 2014)
Audits around the world are riddled with problems - survey
(10 Apr 2014)
Public
Companies
Show Persistent
Audit
Deficiencies across the Globe
(10 Apr 2014)
Problem Audits Are Global Issue, Survey Finds -- Update
(10 Apr 2014)
EU Plan To Loosen Big Four's
Audit
Market Grip
(10 Apr 2014)
Accountant Simon Pearce jailed for
tax
fraud
(10 Apr 2014)
Destined to Fail: EU proposes new
shareholder powers over
executive pay
(10 Apr 2014)
Poster Child for Fair-Value
Accounting
: Student Loan Debt Swap
(10 Apr 2014)
Norman Foster's architectural practice takes
£
130m writedown
(10 Apr 2014)
Hewlett-Packard to
pay $108m to settle scandal over bribery of public officials
(10 Apr 2014)
Hewlett-Packard Russia Agrees to Plead Guilty to Foreign Bribery
(10 Apr 2014)
Are high frequency traders rigging stock markets? Split-second sharks accused of profiting at expense of ordinary investors
(10 Apr 2014)
US Attorney Asks Judge for Three Year Sentence for Former
KPMG
Partner
(9 Apr 2014)
KPMG
auditor should get 3 years for insider trading, prosecutors say
(9 Apr 2014)
KPMG
faces embarrassing questions over its role with the Co-operative Bank
(9 Apr 2014)
Ireland: Legal firm named to review
KPMG
role as INBS auditor
(9 Apr 2014)
Deloitte
, BSR & Co can't audit MCX books, for now
(9 Apr 2014)
Japan's Olympus sued by six banks
(9 Apr 2014)
Olympus says being sued by six banks for $273 million over 2011 scandal
(9 Apr 2014)
Olympus Sued for $273 Million After 13-Year
Fraud
(9 Apr 2014)
SEC Charges CVS With Misleading Investors and Committing Accounting Violations
(9 Apr 2014)
CVS to Pay $20 Million to Settle SEC Allegations
(9 Apr 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: SEC Charges Hewlett-Packard With FCPA Violations: Company to Pay $108 Million to Settle Civil and Criminal Cases
( 9 Apr 2014)
Leasing standard reform reaches transatlantic impasse
(9 Apr 2014)
Nothing exonerates PwC for coming up with such a ludicrous name
(9 Apr 2014)
British economy: faith in the figures
(9 Apr 2014)
MNCs line up for
transfer pricing
pacts with tax authorities
(9 Apr 2014)
US
banks
must hold $68bn extra cash, say regulators
(9 Apr 2014)
U.S.
Banks
to Face Tougher Leverage Caps Than Competitors
(9 Apr 2014)
For companies daunted by the up-front cost of green infrastructure, a simple accounting change using accelerated depreciation could make a world of difference
(9 Apr 2014)
Submission to OECD on transfer pricing and developing countries
(8 Apr 2014)
Struggling
Co-op Bank
delays results for second time
(8 Apr 2014)
Insolvency: Deloitte
administrators charge half a million for RSM Tenon
(8 Apr 2014)
Livent decision could pave way for new suits against auditors
(8 Apr 2014)
Goodwill, intangibles and everything
(8 Apr 2014)
Credit Suisse faces threat of new US
tax
probe
(8 Apr 2014)
Big Four
accountants
pose 'very serious' challenge to legal sector
(8 Apr 2014)
Tax
thread runs through pharma deals
(8 Apr 2014)
Too many financial advisers not being clear about fees
,
says FCA
(8 Apr 2014)
Insolvency: Deloitte administrators close 17 Paul Simon stores
(8 Apr 2014)
Livent auditor
Deloitte
ordered to pay C$84.8-million for failing to detect
fraud
(7 Apr 2014)
Livent creditors win key ruling, awarded C$85-million
(7 Apr 2014)
Lord
Lawson
says
UK banking reforms won't make system safe
(7 Apr 2014)
India: The Companies Act, 2013: Impact on
auditors
and audit firms
(7 Apr 2014)
No accounting for
Deloitte
taste
(7 Apr 2014)
Business prefers
goodwill
amortisation
(7 Apr 2014)
Glaxo Investigates
Bribery
Accusations in the Mideast
(7 Apr 2014)
Microsoft secures UK Government deal to help reduce
tax
bill
(7 Apr 2014)
Coffee chain Caffe Nero hasn't paid a penny in
corporation tax
despite £100 million in profits since 2007
(7 Apr 2014)
Goldman
Sachs's Earnings No Longer Roar
(7 Apr 2014)
US Banks Brace for Even Tougher
Leverage
Ratio
(7 Apr 2014)
Satyam case: Ramalinga Raju appears in court on
money laundering
charges
(7 Apr 2014)
Punch Taverns seeks securitisation covenant waivers
(7 Apr 2014)
PwC's Booz Deal Revives Specter of Enron-Era Conflicts
(5 Apr 2014)
Ketan Somaia $23m fraud trial opens at the Old Bailey
(5 Apr 2014)
Deflecting Attention away from failures: KPMG
tests new long form audit report
(5 Apr 2014)
Bribery and Corruption: GSK
steps up compliance efforts in China in wake of scandal
(5 Apr 2014)
Big Four
auditors face disruption to their bread and butter work ahead of new regulations
(4 Mar 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
look ridiculous with their nod to the past
(4 Apr 2014)
Caterplillar Tax Dodge: PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, "What the heck, we’ll all be retired when this audit comes up on audit"
(4 Apr 2014)
Myths are reproduced: "Caterpillar and its accountants have an obligation to shareholders to minimize their taxes". No they don't
(4 Apr 2014)
Tax is not a cost, Senator - "It is a requirement that you try to minimize your costs. So rather than chastising Caterpillar we should be complimenting them"
(4 Apr 2014)
De-equitisation: In particular, regulation and accounting appear to have played a significant role
(4 Apr 2014)
Shell
Rushed Rig to Arctic Sea to Avoid Alaska Tax: US
(4 Apr 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Renames Booz & Co. as 'Strategy&'
(4 Apr 2014)
How would
auditors
' reporting affect “other information”?
(4 Apr 2014)
Europe's
auditors
get ready to rotate
(3 Apr 2014)
EU to Tighten
Auditing
Rules
(3 Apr 2014)
The Sorry State of Corporate Taxes: What Fortune 500 Firms Pay (or Don’t Pay) in the USA And What they Pay Abroad — 2008 to 2012
(3 Apr 2014)
Accounting
for Past Sins
(3 Apr 2014)
How The Arthur Andersen And Enron Fraud Changed
Accounting
Forever
(3 Apr 2014)
Reforming EU
audit
services to restore investors' confidence
(3 Apr 2014)
Reform of the EU Statutory
Audit
Market - Frequently Asked Questions
(3 Apr 2014)
Revolving Doors: KPMG
partner to head OECD transfer pricing unit
(3 Apr 2014)
Can Asean avoid the US-China regulatory feud?
(3 Apr 2014)
PCAOB Weighs Feedback on
Auditor
Report Changes
(3 Apr 2014)
Revamped US
Audit
Report Seen Launching 'Wave of Litigation'
(3 Apr 2014)
Biggest environmental bankruptcy settlement ever
(3 Apr 2014)
United States Announces $5.15 Billion Settlement of Litigation Against Subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to Remedy Fraudulent Conveyance Designed to Evade Environmental Liabilities
(3 Apr 2014)
PwC
completes acquisition of Booz & Co
(3 Apr 2014)
KPMG director earning £100000 falsely claimed £45000 in expenses
(2 Apr 2014)
KPMG
director 'stole £45k for gambling addiction'
(2 Apr 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Executives Grilled at US Senate Hearing Over
Caterpillar's Taxes
(2 Apr 2014)
Caterpillar's Offshore Tax Strategy: EXHIBITS - Part 1 of 2 (Exhibits 1-21)
(2 Apr 2014)
Caterpllar's Offshore Tax Strategy: EXHIBITS - Part 2 of 2 (Exhibits 22-53)
(2 Apr 2014)
India signs first batch of five advance
pricing
agreements
(2 Apr 2014)
Environmental Profit & Loss
Accounting
: Can We Make It Work?
(2 Apr 2014)
MF Global Blames
Accountants
for Fiasco
(2 Apr 2014)
Royal Mail Privatisation: Law Firm Freshfields also received £1.8million in fees, while UBS, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Merrill Lynch were all involved in the sale. The total cost to the taxpayer in adviser fees amounted to £12.7million
(2 Apr 2014)
Grant Thornton and
BDO
merge in Isle of Man
(2 Apr 2014)
Fat cats: Prudential
reveal anonymous non-boardroom individual paid £17.5m
(2 Apr 2014)
Goldman
And SocGen Accused Of Defrauding Libya Out Of Billions
(2 Apr 2014)
Caterpillar's Offshore Tax Strategies - with help from PricewaterhouseCoopers
(1 Apr 2014)
US Corporate Tax: Caterpillar paid PwC $55m to move $8bn in profits to Switzerland
(1 Apr 2014)
US Senate report claims Caterpillar avoided $2.4bn in US
taxes
(1 Apr 2014)
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (
PwC
), tax consultant and auditor to Caterpillar
(1 Apr 2014)
US Senate Report: Caterpillar's Offshore Tax Strategy
(1 Apr 2014
)
US Senate Report on Caterpillar (page 6): By acting as both Caterpillar’s independent auditor and tax consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) auditors audited and approved the very Swiss tax strategy sold by PWC tax consultants to the company, creating an apparent, if not actual, conflict of interest. PWC was paid over $55 millionfor developing and implementing Caterpillar’s offshore tax strategy
(1 Apr 2014)
US Senate Report on Caterpillar (page 7): Congress and the Public Company Oversight Accounting Board (PCAOB) should prohibit public accounting firms from simultaneously providing auditing and tax consulting services to the same corporation
(1 Apr 2014)
Canada Audit firm
regulator says it can't vouch for work outside Canada
(1 Apr 2014)
Fat cats: Persimmon pay scheme slammed as 150 top managers are in line
for £
400m reward
(1 Apr 2014)
Self-interest Rules: Law Society argues against 'prescriptive'
insolvency
fees reform
(1 Apr 2014)
Insolvency: Quinn administrators Grant Thornton earn €13m
(1 Apr 2014)
More Companies Bow to Investors With a Social Cause
(1 Apr 2014)
New Zealand: Strategic Finance receiver PwC fails in bid against auditor
(1 Apr 2014)
MARCH 2014
Investor giant warns
banks
on pay arrangements ahead of EU
bonus cap
(31 Mar 2014)
Extension of the investigation in connection with The Cup Trust
(31 Mar 2014)
Accountant
claims Lowry said fees 'fell to other parties'
(31 Mar 2014)
The Big Four in the U.S. had combined revenue for 2013 of approximately $39.8 billion, and alone audit approximately 98 percent of the U.S. market by capitalization
(31 Mar 2014)
PCAOB's Harris Wants
Big Four's
Financials
(31 Mar 2014)
In 1999, Caterpillar paid PricewaterhouseCoopers, acting as both its tax consultant and auditor, over $55 million to develop and implement a tax strategy built around redirecting to Switzerland taxable profits
(31 Mar 2014)
Xero strikes alliance deal with
KPMG
UK
(31 Mar 2014)
HMRC revises cost of
transfer pricing
in underpaid tax
(31 Mar 2014)
Men held over
Vatican
Bank 'three
trillion euro
bond
fraud
'
(31 Mar 2014)
MEP calls for independent review into IASB
(31 Mar 2014)
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Coal Company L&L Energy Inc and CEO for False Disclosures About Management
(31 Mar 2014)
They like lining their pockets: Insolvency
profession says fee changes will see fewer rescues
(31 Mar 2014)
New rules could help reduce
insolvency
practitioner fees
(31 Mar 2014)
Ian Fraser: speaking truth to power
(30 Mar 2014)
Citigroup
Auditing
Weakness Seen in Stress-Test Failure,
(30 Mar 2014)
Citigroup hurt by negligent
auditing
on failed stress test -Financial Times
(30 Mar 2014)
Ex-Dewey finance director admits
accounting
was false
(30 Mar 2014)
Goldman Sachs
Must Face Lawsuit Over 2007 Mortgage Bonds
(30 Mar 2014)
Charities need to prepare for new pension
accounting standard
(30 Mar 2014)
PCAOB's Franzel Sees 'Perfect Storm' of Internal Control Problems
(30 Mar 2014)
Goldman Sachs
President Says Markets 'Ignoring' Risks
(30 Mar 2014)
Tax Justice Focus: the country-by-country reporting edition
(29 Mar 2014)
MF Global Sues PricewaterhouseCoopers Over Its
Accounting
(29 Mar 2014)