The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board found deficiencies in five out of 10 KPMG Canada audits it inspected in 2023 as well as issues of independence

Many small businesses across Canada rely on accountants without designations for bookkeeping and corporate taxes — but non-designated firms lack oversight

Accounting standards have focused on the balance sheet, says Philip Maguire, CPA, CA, yet the effort to match book value to market value has been a failure

The US audit watchdog inspection report details audits with unsupported opinions by BDO Canada and firm-identified instances of independence non-compliance

Bradley E. Berg and Sahil Kesar of Blakes review the first amendments to the regulatory rules of the Canadian Public Accountability Board in almost 20 years

Vancouver-based accounting firm censured by Canadian Public Accountability Board based on information disclosed during inspection by US audit watchdog

Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news

Accounting professor Douglas A. Stuart asserts the Competition Bureau’s fine for drip pricing practices is just one example of sustainability mismanagement

Imagine four accountants on divergent career paths. Do current continuing professional development models serve both professionals and the public interest?

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in the United States releases audit inspection results for Vancouver-based Dale Matheson Carr Hilton LaBonte LLP

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in the United States fines two Canadian auditors for violation of audit committee communications rules in audits

The prosecution of BF Borgers and its principal by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario closes another chapter in the Canadian cannabis story

Canadian Public Accountability Board prohibits Kingston Ross Pasnak and Macias Gini & O’Connell from accepting new medium and high-risk reporting issuers

Is audit quality on the upswing in Canada? The US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board finds little fault in newly released Canadian audit inspections

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board notes repeated use of Canadian Professional Engagement Guide (PEG) audit programs for US audits

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board hit KPMG Netherlands with a record US$25-million civil civil penalty for widespread improper answer sharing

The Canadian Public Accountability Board says it will take at least two years before more transparency is provided as to which firms fail and which succeed

Though similiar, there are important differences between Australian and Canadian professional rules of conduct explains accounting professor George Gonzalez

Five Deloitte partners to pay $40k each in fines and costs for manually overriding computer clocks to backdate audit working papers in multiple engagements

US audit watchdog inspection report details audits with multiple deficiencies and potential non-compliance with independence rules over financial relationships

Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news

Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news

Among the many curiosities of the 2022 new audit client gains and losses data were the prevalence of foreign firms and the dearth of cannabis companies

The Canadian Public Accountability Board closed 2023 as it had begun — with an enforcement action against an American public accounting firm

CPA Ontario’s 15-page settlement agreement provides the most insight yet into widespread answer-sharing on PwC’s mandatory internal training tests