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Fireblocks said it has partnered with onchain financial data platform TRES to give clients data sources to compile audit tax-ready reports.

Liminal Custody stated on Monday, September 9, that an independent audit conducted by Grant Thornton has cleared them of any involvement in the $230 million cyberattack that occurred on July 18, 2024. According to Liminal Custody, the breach of the multi-signature (multi-sig) wallet was most likely due to vulnerabilities at WazirX’s end, not their own. Grant Thornton’s audit clears Liminal Custody

National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) will wrap up its first annual inspection of eight audit firms — including the Big Five — and reveal its findings by October or November, people aware of the auditing regulator's plans said. The inspection, focused on the processes and standards adopted by auditors, could reveal how NFRA plans to bolster the country's audit and accounting ecosystem to curb corporate frauds and uphold shareholders' interests in a fast-growing economy, one of the persons said. The inspection reports will also reveal the Big Five's compliance with suggestions made in the regulator's December 2023 reports that had flagged deficiencies in their work processes. It had also expressed its reservation over non-audit services provided by some of these auditors to the same companies for whom they are also the statutory auditors.

Air India Express announced on Monday that it had completed Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) by the International Air Transportation Authority (IATA), the trade association of airlines worldwide. Improving airline operational safety and enhancing efficiency are the two key elements of the IOSA registration. The audit looks at corporate organization and management, flight operations, operational control and flight dispatch among other key areas. '’We are proud to announce our successful completion of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). The IOSA is a rigorous evaluation process, and achieving this distinction reinforces our commitment to upholding the highest international standards across all aspects of our operations," said Aloke Singh, Managing Director, Air India Express.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took 15 months to act on a whistleblower complaint about the Abbott Nutrition factory at the center 2022's nationwide infant formula shortage

A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases

Nemo judex in causa sua, which roughly translates as: “No one should be a judge in their own cause." In this article, while we will try to establish a structure to personal financial audits, we should also acknowledge that since we are emotionally attached to our finances (and we also have our own biases), it would be necessary at times and for some people to have some external intervention, like getting professional investment advisers to take a look at their finances and identify gaps to fill up fast. Now, coming to the audits. The purpose of a personal financial audit is to take a look at all aspects of your finances.

Worldcoin will continue to halt operations in Spain through the end of 2024 or until a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance audit is completed.

statutory auditors of their company to ensure the company’s accounts are thoroughly checked keeping in mind the failures detected in other companies.These could be in the areas of related party transactions or inter-corporate loans. Pandey cited an instance where ₹3,500 crore was diverted from an entity to a subsidiary and then to another company linked to its major shareholder.

Suresh Tanwar, Head of Audit and Consultancy, British Safety Council India Workplaces with high risks are understandably associated with significant health and safety hazards. Despite several noteworthy advancements in safety procedures in recent years, many workers still face avoidable risks during their daily work routines.

NEW DELHI : India's top eight auditors will be inspected and the financial statements of up to 60 of their clients vetted this year, as the national audit watchdog widens efforts to enhance audit quality countrywide. The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) which last year inspected five auditors, involving audit reports of 24 clients, is planning to expand the exercise, a person informed about the development said. “This year, inspections would be done on eight audit firms and in the case of audit firms inspected last year, audit documentation of a different set of audit clients will be examined.

With $6 million raised to date and a place in the top 30 of the projects with the best security audit score, BlastUP has cemented its status as one of the biggest successes in the rollup space. Investors still have a few days to buy $BLP tokens with a bank card at $0.06 per token before the price jumps to $0.065. 

The New York Times and ProPublica reported that former US President Donald Trump could be hit with an IRS penalty exceeding $100 million as a result of a government audit that found he double-dipped on tax losses related to a Chicago building. The claim was based on a years-long audit and public filings. It is anticipated that the results of the investigation may bring attention to Trump’s business background once more as the presumed Republican nominee looks to win back the White House following his defeat in 2020.

Donald Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an IRS inquiry uncovered by The New York Times and ProPublica. Losing a yearslong audit battle over the claim could mean a tax bill of more than $100 million. The 92-story, glass-sheathed skyscraper along the Chicago River is the tallest and, at least for now, the last major construction project by Trump. Through a combination of cost overruns and the bad luck of opening in the teeth of the Great Recession, it was also a vast money loser.

A report by The New York Times and ProPublica says former President Donald Trump may face an IRS bill in excess of $100 million after a government audit indicates he double-dipped on tax losses tied to a Chicago skyscraper

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday took note of concerns over the safety of the 150-year-old Bombay High Court building and the need for additional space, and directed the Maharashtra government to «forthwith» conduct a safety audit of the heritage structure. A special bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices B R Gavai and J B Pardiwala also asked the government to expedite drawings of the site earmarked for constructing new high court building in Mumbai.

The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers

Supreme Court's decision to hear a plea seeking complete count of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail paper slips in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls has brought back the focus on the Election Commission of India's rationale in limiting the verification to five randomly selected EVMs. The poll panel has defended its rationale in courts and also found support from experts such as the Indian Statistical Institute which said the random formula was statistically sound. After a petition by over 20 political parties in 2019, SC mandated physical verification of EVM-VVPAT counts in 2% polling booths per constituency. Of the 20,687 polling stations where the mandatory physical verification of VVPAT slips was conducted on SC orders in 2019, eight cases of mismatch were found, which EC said were mainly due to 'easily explainable human errors'. The mismatch estimated at 0.0004% had no impact on the results in all eight cases, EC maintained.

Audit fees for Nifty 500 companies increased by a modest 28% between 2018 and 2023, indicating that they have lagged behind their growth and operational performance, as market capitalisation grew 92.75%, net sales rose 83.7%, and profit after tax (PAT) increased 126.2%. According to data provided by Prime Database, audit fees grew from ₹1,114 crore in FY18 to ₹1,430 crore in FY23 for Nifty 500 companies and from ₹404 crore to ₹466 crore for Nifty 50 companies. While the audit fee hike is marginal, the sharply increasing complexity in business operations, heightened regulatory oversight on listed companies, growing complexity in reporting requirements, and escalating talent and organisation costs every year are putting auditors in a tough spot.

A state audit has found that Vermont did not provide adequate oversight to prevent the massive fraud that occurred in ski area and other development projects funded by foreign investors’ money through a special visa program

IIFL Finance Ltd and JM Financial Products Ltd (JMFPL) will undergo a special audit to further probe their regulatory breaches, as the RBI has initiated the process for the appointment of auditors. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has floated two separate tenders for the appointment of auditors for special audit of these two companies. Audit firms empanelled by the Securities and Exchange Board of India for forensic audit can participate in the tendering process, and the last date for submission of bids is April 8, as per the tender document published by the RBI. The selected firms will be awarded work on April 12, as per the bid documents. Earlier this month, the RBI put a curb on these two entities for non-compliance of regulatory guidelines.