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Engagement partner's "audit style" has impact, study finds
A study of audit work performed by the Swedish subsidiaries of major audit firms found that the audit reporting style of the engagement partner assigned to an account had a significant impact on the audit. The market penalized companies exposed to audit partner reporting decisions that were aggressive, according to the study. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Chairman James Doty is citing the research as he pushes for a requirement to disclose the names of U.S. public company auditors. Compliance Week/Accounting & Auditing blog
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IRS mistakenly distributed at least $110.8B in earned income tax credits
The Internal Revenue Service erroneously distributed between $110.8 billion to $132.6 billion
in earned income tax credit payments between 2003 and 2012, according to Treasury's Inspector General for Tax Administration. An executive order in 2009 called for the IRS to set targets to roll back improper payments, but it hasn't done so yet. The IRS is meeting with the Office of Management and Budget to address this issue. The Hill/On the Money Blog
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Data analysis helps SEC uncover abuses
Increased technological power to analyze large swaths of data helped the Securities and Exchange Commission detect a variety of trading violations at securities firms, says Mary Jo White, head of the SEC. The findings from the analysis could prompt the SEC to step up enforcement efforts, experts say. Reuters
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India issues draft rules for accounting authority
India's National Financial Reporting Authority, the proposed regulator under the new Companies Act, would have the authority to review audits of companies, including those listed outside India, according to draft rules issued by the Corporate Affairs Ministry. Under the draft rules, the authority also could undertake peer reviews of auditors or audit firms and impose severe penalties, including debarring an audit firm for a maximum of 10 years. The Economic Times (India)/Press Trust of India
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How some states' measures can unintentionally undermine CPA mobility
CPA mobility laws have been put in place in 49 states and the District of Columbia, but some state legislatures have passed measures that unintentionally counter the push for CPA mobility, according to this post. These measures include the streamlining of military family occupational licensure processes, the creation of film tax incentives that require audits by in-state CPAs, and the growing trend of state tax tribunals in which CPAs represent taxpayers. AICPA Insights
(10/22)
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Get an update on the AICPA Fall Meeting of Council
The three-day fall meeting of the AICPA governing Council, which ended yesterday, included professional issue updates from AICPA leadership, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the Private Company Council, as well as guest speakers, including Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy. Various awards were also presented and a new Chairman of the AICPA Board of Directors was elected. Read a full summary of the Council's activities in this special issue of AICPA News Update.
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