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Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... prohibited from providing to an audited entity. The auditor's independence declaration should be expanded to require the auditor to specifically confirm that no prohibited non-audit services have been provided, the committee found. University of ...

Public servants caught in SG bungle

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... million worth of interest. Between January and June 2020, an audit was conducted to investigate the matter. In late October, Auditor-General for the Northern Territory Julie Crisp tabled the findings in parliament and blamed the lack of oversight for ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... financial year had brought it to the attention of ASIC and nothing was done about it," he said. "It is not normal for the auditor-general to write to a minister and say that in order to gain greater confidence that appropriate action was taken." ASIC ...

Crackdown on SAN misuse continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
A fourth tax agent has been deregistered for misusing an SMSF Auditor Number (SAN) as the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) continues its crackdown on SAN misuse. Following a referral from the ATO in relation to identified SAN misuse, the Tax Practitioners ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... expenses paid by the regulator following his relocation in 2018. According to a letter sent to the Treasurer from the Auditor-General, prior to Shipton joining ASIC, the regulator approved an engagement letter from KPMG to provide taxation services to ...

ASIC puts SMSF auditors on notice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... auditors following a slew of misconduct. William Krammer from Victoria and Yuk Wong from New South Wales have breached auditor independence and audit quality deficiencies. The breaches include not obtaining engagement or trustee representation letters ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... donated their services to ASAM to have it operating at full speed. Perpetual has offered its services as custodian, EY as auditor, Norton Rose Fulbright as legal team, Citco as administrator and BTIG as broker. "The fund's operations are as good as any ...

ASIC takes disqualification decision to Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... The corporate watchdog has refused to back down on a decision to disqualify a Queensland-based self-managed super fund auditor, taking the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's decision to the Federal Court of Australia. John Gilliland had his ASIC disqualification ...

CoreLogic appoints financial services solutions head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... recently head of underwriting risk and business review. Prior to this he was risk manager, senior risk analyst and insurance auditor. Prior to this he was a risk analyst at GE Money and a credit analyst at Royal and Sun Alliance. Commenting on his appointment ...

ASIC cracks down on 42 SMSF auditors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... reviews as well as educational and exam requirements. This includes a number of audits reviewed by an independent SMSF auditor to ensure compliance with standards, as well as having to complete courses of study in audit and fund compliance under the ...