The FT has a report this morning following on from Deloitte being fined $8 million for deficiencies in audit work it undertook in Brazil. As
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The Big 4 in the firing line
The Guardian reported last night that: Labour has said that if it was in government the Department for International Development would stop using the services
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Why are the Big 4 accountants all in Panama and the BVI?
Who is in the British Virgin Islands? EY KPMG PWC Deloitte And who is in Panama? EY KPMG PWC Deloitte Why, is the fair question
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KPMG with a conflict of interest? Surely not?
The Sunday Times reports this morning that: An international consulting firm won or managed foreign aid contracts worth more than £25m at the Department for
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Are KPMG really masters of the universe?
My friend Atul Shah of Suffolk Business School asks questions of KPMG’s latest annual report: The growing size and influence of Big 4 global accounting
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KPMG and country-by-country reporting: a work in progress
I have already mentioned KPMG’s 2015 accounts this morning, and whilst looking at them I thought I’d have a quick check on country-by-country reporting. This is
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KPMG really do have to learn how to account for tax
KPMG’s 2015 accounts were drawn to my attention by Alex Cobham of the Tax Justice Network yesterday. They include, upfront for all to see and absorb, this extraordinary
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Has KPMG changed yet?
The Guardian has reported: A complex tax avoidance scheme being used by transport group Stagecoach to wipe £11m off its tax bill has been defeated
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The Big 4 accountants are not culturally neutral
I am pleased to share this guest post: Professional Chameleons Or Independent Public Auditors And Regulators? — A Case Study of KPMG and its Regulatory
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