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Big Four owe public interest not to ditch audit, says KPMG chair

25/08/2015(0)
The UK’s largest auditors have a public interest commitment to retain their mature audit businesses despite more lucrative growth prospects elsewhere, the chairman of KPMG has said. In an interview ... Read More
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Can auditors expand assurance to meet investors’ needs?

04/08/2015(0)
A company’s audited financial statements are among the many pieces of information investors consider when they evaluate where to allocate resources. But news releases, company presentations, additional information in ... Read More
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OECD updates anti-tax evasion list

04/08/2015(0)
Europe’s attempts to clean up tax evasion and money laundering took a step forward yesterday when an international task group said that Austria — a eurozone nation that was ... Read More
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Regulator status given to ACCA for conciliation service

03/08/2015(0)
Clients of ACCA members and firms who have exhausted the internal complaints process can now seek assistance via the conciliation service of ACCA ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified ... Read More
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Italy Eyes 24 Percent Corporate Tax Rate

31/07/2015(0)
During his speech to the Ambassadors’ Conference at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 27, Premier Matteo Renzi disclosed that one of his objectives is to reduce ... Read More
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US watchdog refers PwC to ethics panel

30/07/2015(0)
A US Department of Justice (DoJ) agency has referred PwC to the AICPA professional ethics division after finding ‘extensive deficiencies’ in an audit carried out by the US firm ... Read More
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Italy Confirms FATCA Data Instructions

29/07/2015(0)
The Revenue Agency has confirmed that it has finalized its instructions for Italian financial institutions (FIs) to transmit their data to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ... Read More
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​Lessons From Toshiba: When Corporate Scandals Implicate Internal Audit

28/07/2015(0)
Last week’s high-profile resignations of CEO Hisao Tanaka and eight other Toshiba Corp. executives amid revelations of systemic and prolonged financial misstatements raise questions anew about Japan’s corporate governance ... Read More
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BDO USA Revenues exceed US$1 Billion Mark

28/07/2015(0)
BDO USA posted a 26% rise in annual revenues for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2015, growing to US$1.05 billion from US$833 million last year. It marks the first ... Read More
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