All Accounting & Auditing articles – Page 10
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Exela Technologies, ex-CFO settle SEC control failure charges
Texas-based IT firm Exela Technologies and its former CFO settled charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging failure to properly account for and record liabilities related to a shareholder lawsuit.
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PCAOB announces ‘complete access’ to audit papers of Chinese firms
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced it received “complete access to inspect and investigate” audit firms in China and Hong Kong, potentially averting the delisting of hundreds of Chinese public companies from U.S. exchanges.
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CPE Webcast: 2023 predictions for finance and accounting
As organizations plan for continued supply chain disruptions, talent scarcity, and market uncertainty, accounting leaders are finding ways to innovate, automate, and scale to meet organizational demands.
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ESG oversight highlighted in annual audit committee transparency report
Public companies continue to increase the overall level of audit committee disclosures in proxy statements, though there is room to improve quality by providing more tailored disclosures and transparency, according to the latest annual report.
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Challenges for SPACs: Public company, now what?
Special purpose acquisition company transactions have unique risks and require awareness of what it takes to operate as a public business. Internal controls, governance, technology, and more are essential.
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Three KPMG firms disciplined in $7.7M enforcement sweep
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced $7.7 million in total penalties against three separate KPMG firms and four individuals for varying violations of audit standards and ethical rules, including alleged exam cheating.
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CPE Webcast: Future of auditing, certification, and management systems
This presentation will provide a certification body leader’s perspective on where compliance meets service delivery and how this delivery and the value of compliance and conformance certification is set to change in the coming years.
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Five compliance triumphs from 2022
Positive contributions in the areas of ESG, AI responsibility, and setting standards regarding CCO liability highlight the latest installment of CW’s annual list of laudable ethics and compliance moments.
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Avaya discloses ICFR weaknesses linked to whistleblower logs
Avaya Holdings disclosed its assessment of internal control over financial reporting in its fiscal year 2021 annual report can’t be relied upon, along with acknowledging weaknesses in its ethics and compliance program.
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Ex-Iconix CEO found guilty of accounting fraud
Neil Cole, the former CEO of Iconix Brand Group, faces possible jail time after his conviction of fraudulently inflating the brand management company’s revenue and misleading investors and auditors.
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Unisys: Probe identified ‘material weaknesses’ in disclosure controls
IT services company Unisys Corp. revealed the discovery of faults in its internal control over financial reporting, including involving its compliance functions, following an internal investigation it first disclosed earlier this month.
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Navigating using NFTs in business applications
Non-fungible tokens can take many forms. There are potential business applications already in use, and many more are being developed as technology evolves.
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Ex-CEO at NS8 imprisoned 5 years, to forfeit $17.5M for fabricating revenue
The co-founder of NS8, a cyber-fraud prevention company, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit $17.5 million for defrauding investors of more than $100 million, the Department of Justice announced.
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SEC orders Koppers Holdings to pay $1.3M for disclosure failures
Koppers will pay $1.3 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle allegations it failed to disclose material information about its debt in fiscal year 2019.
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KPMG finds large companies ‘on the precipice of a new era’ of ESG reporting
Sustainability reporting has seen steady growth over the past three decades while overall perspectives about environmental, social, and governance reporting have seen dramatic shifts, according to the latest findings of KPMG’s Global Sustainability Report.
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Survey: How businesses are confronting governmental licenses in M&As
The results of a recent survey conducted by Compliance Week and Avalara found most businesses consider governmental licenses as part of due diligence efforts during mergers and acquisitions, yet the opportunity for risk management improvements remains.
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SEC passes Dodd-Frank executive pay clawback rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission passed a rule to require public companies to recover incentive-based compensation doled out to current and former executives up to three years before issuing an accounting restatement.
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Cronos avoids fine in SEC settlement over accounting errors
Canadian cannabis company Cronos Group and its former chief commercial officer each avoided fines in reaching settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged accounting fraud.
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Impact of FASB measuring crypto assets at fair value
The Financial Accounting Standards Board tentatively decided to require crypto assets that are in scope to be measured at fair value. Experts discuss the evolving ramifications of the project.
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Mattel fined $3.5M over accounting misstatements; ex-PwC partner could face discipline
The Securities and Exchange Commission fined Mattel $3.5 million for allegedly overstating tax expenses and initiated litigation against a former PwC partner accused of failing to inform the toy company’s audit committee about its financial statement errors.