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Rentokil-KPMG deal seen to threaten independence

The news that KPMG has snapped up the audit of Rentokil Initial from rival PwC brings with it renewed concerns around the indepen­dence of firms providing additional services as well as opining on financial state­ments. Under the arrangement KPMG would … Continue reading

06. August 2009 by Neil
Categories: Auditing | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 comments

Big Four dominate professional services globally

The Managing Partners’ Forum was estab­lished in 1995 and is “dedicated to enhancing leadership and the status of the management team in profes­sional firms worldwide.” They recently released the inaugural Global 500, a ranking of the top 500 profes­sional services … Continue reading

12. July 2007 by Neil
Categories: Profession | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 6 comments

Accounting news roundup

Congress wants financial reporting simplified for easier under­stand­ability. I can’t honestly say their desire for more regular updates on what the industry is doing to modernize itself is a bad thing, however. Seems like a good prod for the stiff … Continue reading

02. March 2007 by Neil
Categories: Accounting | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 3 comments

Movie stars and the IRS, Ban Ki Moon, and the Top 100 Places to Work

Beancoun­terBlog discusses the recent détente between movie stars and the IRS. Seems the IRS feels all those really expensive gifts that celebrities get should be taxable, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Associ­ation agrees. Celebs will now be “issued appro­priate infor­ma­tional … Continue reading

16. January 2007 by Neil
Categories: Taxation | Tags: , , , , | 4 comments

PricewaterhouseCoopers accused of ‘false’ auditing for Yukos

The Russian tax authority has accused Price­wa­ter­house­C­oopers of providing “false audits” to the former oil giant Yukos. I’m sure we’ll find out sooner or later whether these accusa­tions have any merit, but for the time being any government insti­tution in … Continue reading

03. January 2007 by Neil
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