I suppose, even in a complete dictatorship, you've got to pretend there is a veneer of democratic accountability. Avoiding Godwin, I believe the Soviet Union show trials always have the victims 'conf… (View Post)
Perhaps the best way woud be to remember what an audit is for, who it is for and make it work that way. An audit is for the shareholders (ONLY) to confirm the accounts are not materially misstated. [… (View Post)
Confession time. I'm a Chartered Accountant STILL in the (SME) audit sector for twenty years. As already said, nothing has changed. Audits are a huge conflict of interest. I've sat in a final meeting… (View Post)
I've been wanting to type this for a while. As a big fan of alternative history, it's very hard to say. Trying to peer through the barrier between the two realities! (Well, only one, as we've no real… (View Post)