All PwC articles – Page 5
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Grant Thornton forms audit quality advisory panel
Grant Thornton is joining the Big 4 in appointing more leadership to its firm governance to drive more focus on audit quality.
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PCAOB releases KPMG's 2016 report, 3 others
The PCAOB has published its report on KPMG’s scandal-ridden 2016 inspection, along with three other reports, describing high levels of audit deficiencies and mismanagement of quality.
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EY forms independent audit quality committee
EY has joined the rest of the Big Four in seeking independent consult on audit quality, forming a committee of outside experts to advise firm leaders.
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PCAOB report gives Deloitte its lowest deficiency rate
Deloitte & Touche’s recently published 2017 audit inspection report reflects the lowest deficiency rate the firm has ever earned.
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Big Four split on solutions to industry’s problems
Deloitte and KPMG have gone further than EY and PwC in their comments to the current CMA review of the industry, but it seems unlikely the members of the Big Four won't get on the same page.
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Lease accounting adoption still behind, PwC poll says
More than 15 percent of public companies surveyed in late October had not yet begun implementing the new lease accounting standard that takes effect Jan. 1.
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Only three directors across Big 4 boards are independent
KPMG has appointed an independent member to its U.S. board, only the third such appointment across the entire Big 4.
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Lease tools emerge to aid in last-minute adoption work
With less than three months until new lease accounting rules take effect, new tools are emerging to help companies that are still working on implementation.
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PCAOB calls out two-thirds of audits at BDO USA
The PCAOB has handed BDO USA another scathing inspection report, finding 67 percent of the audits examined in 2016 failed to comply with standards.
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No easy answers for breaking up Big Four in U.K.
The last time the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority attempted to break up what is widely referred to as an oligopoly of the audit market by the Big Four audit firms—EY, PwC, Deloitte and KPMG—its actions had the opposite effect.
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Still MIA: 2016 inspection report on KPMG
Audit regulators remain mum on when, if ever, they will publish a report on their 2016 inspection of Big 4 audit firm KPMG.
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Audit leaders issue statement to new audit recruits
As a new crop of college graduates joins the audit profession, U.S. audit leaders issued a joint statement to sell them on the viability of their career path.
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PwC ordered to pay FDIC $625 million in Colonial Bank case
PwC has been ordered to pay the FDIC $625.3 million as a result of a long-running accounting fraud that caused the 2009 failure of Colonial Bank.
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BlogU.K. audit regulator rips quality at major firms
Audit regulators in the United Kingdom have taken off the gloves in their assessment of audit quality among the major firms, especially the Big 4.
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For early revenue adopters, SEC digs into year-end disclosure
SEC staff are showing an interest in some specific disclosures companies are providing under the new revenue standard, based on themes emerging in comment letters.
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SAB 74 disclosures still lag, PwC analysis shows
Investors are not getting much warning about assets and liabilities soon to hit corporate balance sheets as companies prepare to adopt new lease accounting rules.
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Companies reflect pain points over accounting change
Virtually all public companies are feeling some pain over accounting change occurring in their organizations the past few years, according to a recent poll.
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For leading compliance programs, it’s all about technology
Leading compliance programs more often use technology tools than do their peers, according to the results of PwC’s annual State of Compliance study. These include data analysis tools, dashboards, continuous monitoring, data warehousing, data extraction tools, and a GRC solution.
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Responding to setbacks, KPMG adds outside directors
After some serious blows to its reputation, KPMG has decided to add outside directors to its board.
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PwC internal audit study centers on need for innovation
Technology and innovation should be a priority for internal auditors, in terms of both the risks it produces and how auditors use it to address risks.