Audit Reform Stalls as UK Limps From Crisis to Crisis
Talking Tax
English - November 05, 2020 21:09 - 14 minutes - ★★★★ - 96 ratingsBusiness News News Government Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A series of auditing scandals in the U.K. made it seem like a fait accompli that we'd see major legislation forcing auditors to be more independent. But 2020's unending string of crises means Parliament has been unable to devote attention to this difficult issue.
On this episode of our weekly podcast, Talking Tax, host Amanda Iacone speak with Bloomberg Tax U.K. correspondent, Michael Kapoor, about why the push to overhaul the British auditing industry is stalling and about what this means for the industry's handful of big firms.
A series of auditing scandals in the U.K. made it seem like a fait accompli that we'd see major legislation forcing auditors to be more independent. But 2020's unending string of crises means Parliament has been unable to devote attention to this difficult issue.
On this episode of our weekly podcast, Talking Tax, host Amanda Iacone speak with Bloomberg Tax U.K. correspondent, Michael Kapoor, about why the push to overhaul the British auditing industry is stalling and about what this means for the industry's handful of big firms.