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Audit

PCAOB chairman James Doty

E&Y and partners fined more than $2m for audit errors

The PCAOB fines E&Y and three audit partners for failings related to audits of Medicis Pharmaceutical's financial statements

09 Feb 2012

Lords Lawson MacGregor and Lipsey

Lawson urges tougher audit reforms from Brussels

Former chancellor urges European Commission to create rules for auditors

08 Feb 2012

Colin WGA Treasury

Colin: Treasury surprise

Colin realises the true meaning of WGA

07 Feb 2012

US watchdog recruits federal government auditor

PCAOB hires MD of Government Accountability Office, in a move investors believe will stem tougher requirements on audit firms

07 Feb 2012

EU will answer to Lords on audit market future

The House of Lords will grill internal markets commissioner on their proposals for changes to audit

06 Feb 2012

Deloitte hits back at AADB complaint

Deloitte disappointed with AADB decision to file a complaint against it over the firm's work with MG Rover

02 Feb 2012

Deloitte face AADB disciplinary for MG Rover

Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board files complaint against Deloitte and a former partner over their role in collapse of MG Rover

02 Feb 2012

Government pension scheme qualified by the NAO

Civil Superannuation accounts qualified due to a lack of record-keeping over pension payments

01 Feb 2012

'Less revolutionary' UK accounting changes welcomed

ASB has listened during the consultation process on the future of UK accounting, say experts

30 Jan 2012

New financial services body to discipline auditors

ICAEW believes Financial Services Bill will give the regulator more disciplinary powers over auditors

27 Jan 2012

PwC claims E&Y 'shadows' its Lloyds audit

PwC claims that E&Y has a shadow team set up to target its Lloyds Banking Group audit

27 Jan 2012

Can principles overule the rules?

Accounting standards must not slip towards complex rules, warns ICAS

24 Jan 2012

"Progess" gained on accounting convergence

IASB chief sees progress on IASB/FASB efforts for accounting standard converegence

23 Jan 2012

Goldmans audit head joins RBS

Nicholas Crapp to leave Goldman Sachs for Royal Bank of Scotland role

19 Jan 2012

Annual reports must reflect economic uncertainty

Directors must consider the risks faced by global economic uncertainty, says the FRC

18 Jan 2012

Auditors cleared in Olympus investigation

KPMG and Ernst & Young's Japanese firms cleared by lawyers over Olympus fraud

17 Jan 2012

US audit watchdog hopes for China deal in 2012

Watchdog wants to hash out an agreement with China over joint audit inspections before the end of the year

12 Jan 2012

Tough love is the AADB's aim

Accountancy watchdog AADB argues a consultation is needed to ensure reprimands on firms are proportional

09 Jan 2012

Watchdog calls for tougher reprimands on firms

Accounting and Actuarial Discipline Board's executive counsel suggests larger fines for firms would be in the public's interest

06 Jan 2012

Accountancy Age's 2011 Review: In Cartoons...

Accountancy Age takes a misty-eyed look back through our 2011 cartoon archives, to remind you of the big issues of the past year

06 Jan 2012

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

ABI wants cover for insurance accounting

With insurance accounting up in the air, the ABI wants the right balance between consistency of application while avoiding the burden of new rules

Permanently check out of business record-keeping scheme

Taxman should find a better use of its 120 Business Record Checks staff, says Kevin Reed

Bankruptcy tourism - it's not a holiday

Foreign nationals may think it is an easy ride to bankrupt themselves here, but Neil Smyth warns it is just as tough

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The benefits and pitfalls of partnership status

Solicitor Tim Marshall explains the issues to bear in mind when thinking about your firm's structure

Who’s not Who?

IT SEEMS Deloitte's CEO David Sproul has been left in the shadows by colleague Louise Brittain.

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