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

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

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

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

Million-dollar settlements with Deloitte Canada and Marcum LLP over professional conduct breaches make headlines during uneasy times

Ford has disparaged Bonnie Lysyk, FCPA, FCA, whose decade-long tenure has come full circle with a special report on a deal that favoured developers

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

The Big Four accounting firm will also provide information relevant to the ongoing litigation against executives censured by the PCAOB

Accounting and ethics professors explain the agency theory behind effective whistleblower systems to avoid cases like LuxLeaks at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Marco Baldasaro and Graham McLennan of McLennan Ross LLP on an Alberta court decision involving a disclaimer clause in an accounting firm's Review Engagement Report

KPMG Canada fined in 2022 over use of other auditors in multinational audit

David J Rotfleisch explains why the Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the CRA in a Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credits case

Alberta court denies accounting professional’s attempt to stay proceedings

Accounting firm wins court decision over “time theft” by accounting employee

The top five stories and some honourable mentions from the past year’s reporting

Adrienne Oake and Rachael Saab of Torys LLP review the Supreme Court of Canada decision in light of recent opioid-related claims brought against McKinsey

Transparency in financial disclosure is a crucial part of ethical, responsible governance, say Canadian accounting professors

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

Four Canadian accounting professors say corporate codes of conduct can offset the failures of audit committees in helping to prevent fraud

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

As a profession, accountants are aiding and abetting unethical tax avoidance, yet feel that our behaviour falls within our code of ethics, says Nick Shepherd

Canadian Public Accountability Board oversees public accounting firm audits

Hay & Watson barred by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board over backdating of files related to California oil & gas company