The vote for audit quality

Next week’s vote on the appointment of KPMG plc at Rentokil (15 May) looks to be more than usually interesting. While the cut price deal struck by KPMG offers a 30% headline discount, concerned investors are questioning the real hidden costs of blurring lines of accountability to management on the one hand and …… continue reading >>

Non-audit services: no change please

The Auditing Practice Board has published 137 responses to its consultation on audit firms providing non-audit services to listed companies that they audit. A consistent theme in may of the responses is a call for further transparency in disclosures in accounts of listed companies in relation to the non-audit work undertaken by …… continue reading >>

No value in a non-audit service bar say Scottish accountants

There is no benefit to be gained from a complete prohibition on auditors providing non-audit services to their listed clients.

That’s the view of a new research paper published by a Working Group established by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland to examine the issue of the provision of non-audit services by …… continue reading >>

Big 4 Auditors under pressure: cross-selling persists

Shareholders don’t like it, nor do the regulators. It’s expressively forbidden to be included in appraisals. Unfortunately, evidence uncovered by the Financial Reporting Council’s Audit Inspection Unit (AIU) shows that the controversial practice of selling non-audit services to audit clients is alive and well, threatening the independence of  audits.

At Deloitte audit directors …… continue reading >>

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