Million-dollar settlements with Deloitte Canada and Marcum LLP over professional conduct breaches make headlines during uneasy times

Months after Canadian regulator censured Smythe over audit quality, US audit watchdog censures Smythe for using unregistered overseas firms

Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news

Audit regulator's mid-year inspections report suggests Canada’s largest accounting firms are showing little audit quality progress as a group

US audit watchdog releases inspection reports with multiple deficiencies for PwC Canada, De Visser Gray LLP, and Harbourside CPA LLP

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in the United States has censured Canadian firm K.R. Margetson and its principal, Keith R. Margetson

Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news

Audit regulator terminates Hay & Watson audit engagements, censures Calgary-based firm PKF Antares over new audit engagements with risk

Ronald Nobrega and Devon LaBuik of Fasken on the responsibilities imposed on advisors, including tax professionals, by new reportable transactions rules

The Big Four accounting firm will also provide information relevant to the ongoing litigation against executives censured by the PCAOB

Wrapping up the odds and ends from the past week in Canadian accounting news

Smythe LLP, Manning Elliott LLP, and DMCL have all been barred by the Canadian Public Accountability Board from accepting new, high-risk clients