According to the FT: The Bank of England has probed the strength of KPMG’s business after a string of high-profile corporate scandals damaged the reputation
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The Big 4 need to be held to account
I was engaged in email conversation with tax justice activists yesterday, when the following was said to me: The idea of a dual agenda –
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Time to take the Big 4 out of their central role in tax policy making
The Corporate Europe Observatory has published a new report today showing how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance, and concludes
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There is something rotten in the state of accountancy and it’s not just KPMG audits
According to the FT: KPMG has been sternly rebuked by the UK accounting watchdog for an “unacceptable deterioration” in the quality of audit work it
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Another day, another KPMG fine
Accountancy Age report this morning that: The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined and reprimanded KPMG and partner William Smith over admitted misconduct relating to their audit of Quindell,
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It should be all over for the Big 4: the corruption of markets has to end
The combined committee report from the House of Commons on the failure of Carillion provides some ‘interesting’ reading this morning. The findings on the company
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Can KPMG survive?
From the FT, late yesterday: KPMG is in deep trouble in South Africa, and for good reason. Its audit failings in the UK also leave it
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If KPMG can’t work out who can sign their audit reports what chance is there that they’re right?
This comes from the disciplinary pages of this months Economia magazine, reporting from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales: It would appear
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It’s KPMG, again
The Guardian has reported: Guess who the auditors are? KPMG. Again. To add to a long list of failed audit clients who have gone from
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