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e-conomic snags PwC in Denmark

July 6, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

In a post on the e-cconomic blog, the company says: We’re delighted to say we’ve just signed a contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Denmark. They will be putting a substantial number of their clients on to E-conomic, during the next few months. From this point on, PWC will be using E-conomic for all their clients who [...]

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PwC off the hook over Satyam? Not so fast!

November 5, 2009 Tax and Ethics

When I read this article while hanging around in Madrid airport people must have thought I was nuts when I yelled: ‘WTF?’ Here’s what happened: Earlier on Wednesday, the Delhi-based franchise of PwC had approached the Delhi high court seeking quashing of proceedings initiated against it by the government in the aftermath of Satyam scam. [...]

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Beckham's golden PWC balls

October 31, 2009 Humour

Going Concern (from where the image above orginated) is an irreverent but poignant example of where professional critique is going. And rightly so. When I saw this image I could not resist the notion of linking David (Golden Balls per spouse Victoria) Beckham to PWC’s inept efforts at making itself look cool. Caption ideas welcome [...]

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KPMG and PWC Icelandic offices raided by police

October 2, 2009 Tax and Ethics

In what can only be described as a deeply embarrassing event: Time is Money is reporting that the Icelandic offices of both KPMG and PWC were raided by 22 police officers and six ‘foreign’ accountants. Apparently, police were looking for papers that might help them determine whether three failed Icelandic banks: …are [in] “violation of [...]

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On PWC – does everyone in Chicago hate them?

June 16, 2009 Tax and Ethics

Francine is not slow to take a swipe at PWC. Now through the marvel of Google Alerts I find that a CPA in Texas is even more errr…provocative. Both come from Chicago. Is there something they put in the water to make them feisty? Check this from Skeptical CPA on PWC and Satyam: At best [...]

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Understanding IFRS: don't pay CCH's tax

April 14, 2009 General

I received this in email: Learn the ins and outs of first-time IFRS adoption and other key issues — in a timely and convenient audio seminar that you can participate in — right from your office — on Thursday, April 23rd. This practical two-hour audio seminar is the second of three IFRS sessions that highly [...]

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PWC's blood stained ties

March 29, 2009 General

In a long, angry but well researched piece in the San Francisco Bay View: One of the multinational corporations affiliated with UNHCR is PricewaterhouseCoopers International (PWC), a New York “accounting” firm that earned $US 28.2 billion in revenues in 2008. PWC is also a shareholder involved in the niobium/tantalum (pyrochlore) mine at Lueshe, North Kivu, [...]

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Corporate ASBO's? Nah – throw them in jail

March 26, 2009 General

Simon Sweetman was one of the first people with whom I recorded a podcast. As an ex-tax Inspector he’s well versed in the wrinkles that people try and pull in their efforts to avoid tax. This week he’s positively spitting teeth with the provocatively titled: Let’s shoot all the bankers over on AccountingWeb. Given the [...]

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PwC, Berg Kaprow Lewis receive petty cash fines

March 11, 2009 General

PwC and Berg Kaprow Lewis have each been fined the princely sum of £750 by ICAEW for regulatory breaches: The £750 penalty has been incurred by the Big Four firm for inadvertently allowing ‘partners who were not at the time properly appointed as responsible individuals, to take responsibility for and sign audit reports on Charitable [...]

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