According to Accounting Today, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has disciplined five auditing firms for violating its rules and standards when communicating with audit committees. Questions Source: Cohn, M. (2023) PCAOB sanctions firms over audit committee communications. Accounting Today, July 28 (Retrievable online at https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/pcaob-sanctions-firms-over-audit-committee-communications?)
Posts Tagged: independence
SEC loosens independence rules
According to Accounting Today, the SEC loosened independence rules as part of a deregulatory push in recent years. Questions: According to the article, what will the amendments to Rule 2-01 of Regulation SX do? How do the new and old rules vary on the following situation: An auditor is with a firm that audits a… Read more »
Investigating Integrity
A U.S. watchdog agency is preparing to investigate the Federal Reserve and other regulators in order to determine whether they are too lenient on the banks they are meant to police. Questions: 1. What is the strategy to be used in this investigation? 2. Explain the “revolving door” concept that the article mentions. 3. What… Read more »
Deloitte Fined and Banned: Accounting Firm Botches Consulting Engagement Dealing with Bank Regulatory Problems
Deloitte was hired by Standard Chartered, a British bank, to independently spot suspicious money transfers routed through its New York branches. However, as the consultants, a final report submitted to state regulators was watered down, indicating misconduct by Deloitte and a lack of autonomy for Standard Chartered’s illicit transfers of billions of dollars on behalf… Read more »
Audit Firm Rotation – Coming to a Theater Near You?
On Wednesday, November 30, the Internal Market Commissioner, Michel Barnier, suggested that radical changes are needed for auditing firms. Barnier said recent apparent audit failures at AngloIrish and Lehman Brothers banks, BAE Systems and Olympus “would strongly suggest that audit is not working as it should”. Under Barnier’s plan, the four top firms will have… Read more »