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Patriot Software Adds Free HR Center For Users
Applications Open for Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit
Review of CCH AnswerConnect Tax Research- The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Sept 2024
Accountant Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns in Connecticut
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PCAOB Gives CPA Firm AJ Robbins the Heave-Ho
AJ Robbins' PCAOB registration was permanently revoked, its owner was barred for life, and the firm was fined $150,000 for audit failures.
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SEC Fines Crowe U.K. $750,000 For Poor Auditing of Music Streaming Service
In addition, Crowe U.K. CEO Nigel Bostock will pay a $25,000 penalty and senior auditor Matthew Stallabrass will fork over $10,000.
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PCAOB Sees Glut of Faulty Broker-Dealer Audits
More than half of the audits of brokers and dealers inspected by the PCAOB last year had mistakes, according to a new report.
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PCAOB Has Handed Out a Slew of Punishments to Audit Firms Recently
The audit watchdog doled out sanctions to 12 accounting firms from July 28 to Aug. 11 for breaking various auditing rules.
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Accounting Firms Are Messing Up on Audits at an Unacceptable Rate, Says PCAOB Chair
A new report shows a year-over-year increase in the number of audits with deficiencies at firms that the PCAOB inspected in 2022.
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Want to Search PCAOB Inspection Reports By How Many Screw-Ups an Audit Firm Made? You Can Now Do That
Investors and other users can now easily filter more than 3,700 PCAOB inspection reports by audit deficiency rate and more.
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PCAOB Looks to Add Rules for Auditors on Technology-Assisted Analysis
The proposal would update parts of existing PCAOB standards relating to audit evidence and auditors' responses to risk.
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Marcum Fined $10M by SEC and $3M by PCAOB for Shoddy Quality Controls in SPAC Audits
The top 20 firm also must make functional changes to its supervisory structure related to its system of quality control.