Spain opts for non-renewable 9 year rotation, rushing EU audit reform ahead of election
Spain's economy ministry is to propose a mandatory audit rotation period of nine years, scrapping the option provided to member…
Month: October 2014
ICAEW wields newly conferred regulatory powers for probate licensing
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) has become the first non-legal regulatory body to authorise a…
ByAICPA defies federal crackdown on partnership retirement policies
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has called on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to stop what…
Integrated Reporting – tackling the director liability challenge
The potential legal liability arising from forward-looking disclosures gives ammunition to those who are hostile towards <IR> to delay adoption…
CIPFA reactivates disbanded Audit Commission’s counter-fraud function
The UK's Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting (CIPFA) has launched a code of practice for countering fraud in…
ByGreek accounting body and ICAEW close to mutual recognition agreement
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece (SOEL) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)…
South African senior management still mostly white and male: SAICA
A survey of all 475 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has found that the majority of South…
ByABS: Will accountants be spreading themselves too thinly?
By Mandy Mitten*At a recent roundtable event of ICAEW's Tomorrow's Practice research project, Alternative Business Structures were raised as one…