The Ministry of Defence's accounts today got the thumbs-down from the National Audit Office due to out-of-date technology and a failure to account cor...
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View articleAndersen boss Joe Berardino has admitted the firm got it wrong over the audit of Enron, the US energy company that collapsed last month. Read More...
View articleICAS is this week celebrating another landmark goal as it welcomes its 15,000th member. Read More...
View articleThe UK accounting standard setter is hoping the global board will heed its moves to harmonise accounting rules for listed and non-listed companies. Re...
View articleShould the costly independent professional review continue? Yes, says Danielle Stewart, as it is better than audit in many ways. Oh no it's not, says ...
View articleThe independent professional review: a waste of time, or the way forward? Stella Fearnley, reader in accounting at Portsmouth Business School, and Dan...
View articleAndersen is bracing itself for an independent investigation of its audit work at Enron in the wake of the collapse of the US energy trader. Read More...
View articleTough key performance indicators will be used to measure the success of the ICAEW's regional structure and justify the institute's investment in the n...
View articleHeads of the European Union's Supreme Audit Institutions are to meet with the European Court of Auditors in London today to work towards furthering th...
View articleAndersen, auditor of Enron, the energy company that filed for bankruptcy protection at the weekend, is to have its work investigated by Deloitte Touch...
View articleIt goes without saying that money laundering - whether connected with terrorism, drugs or organised crime (or indeed a combination of the three) - nee...
View articleErnst & Young says it was not contacted for information by the forensic accountants who concluded there were 'serious concerns' about the Big Five...
View articleForensic accountants have defended lawyers after a survey revealed solicitors do not always encourage expert witnesses to be 'truly independent' and o...
View articleJohn Stoker, the chief charity commissioner, will today be quizzed by the influential and powerful Public Accounts Committee following a critical Nati...
View articleBig Five firms meet Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure future disasters don't result in business meltdown due to IT failure Read More...
View articleBig Five firm accuses European Central Bank of maintaining secrecy over its policies and causing market confusion Read More...
View articleSmall businesses will be offered a lighter-touch after the Auditing Practices Board this week confirmed it is to push ahead with offering the independ...
View articleThe ICAS quality review scheme seems to have had little publicity in your paper to date and I would like to redress the balance. I had to stump up an ...
View articleSixty-eight year old chartered accountant Kenneth Grant, of Dreghorn, Edinburgh, has started an 18 month sentence at Glasgow's Barlinnie prison after ...
View articleThe Public Accounts Committee and comptroller and auditor general Sir John Bourn are considering a formal request from another Commons committee for a...
View articleThe BBC has confirmed Big Five firm Andersen is probing into its accounts following an alleged fraud in connection with its Worldwide division. Read M...
View articleShareholders in e-district.net, the interactive entertainment provider, are considering legal action against PricewaterhouseCoopers over its role as c...
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