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- Mandatory audit firm rotation unlikely because of obstacles, PCAOB’s Hanson says
Jay Hanson, a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, said Tuesday that mandatory audit firm rotation faces so many significant obstacles that he struggles to see how the board would ever be able to require it. Hanson said at the AICPA Conference on SEC and PCAOB Developments that the obstacles include finding evidence that links firm tenure to audit failure, and showing that the benefits to such a requirement would outweigh the costs. JournalofAccountancy.com
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- PCAOB urges auditors to maintain professional skepticism
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued an audit practice alert Tuesday urging auditors to maintain their professional skepticism when they conduct audits. The alert is a response to continued instances in which the PCAOB has concluded auditors did not apply appropriate professional skepticism, and was issued to assist audit firms in upcoming calendar year-end audits. JournalofAccountancy.com
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- FASB, IASB struggle to overcome differences amid SEC indecision on IFRS
International Accounting Standards Board Chairman Hans Hoogervorst again pushed for the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards during a speech Tuesday. On the same stage, Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Leslie Seidman said U.S. financial reporting needs clearer guidance than the IASB has offered. With convergence programs near an end, the future of cooperation between the world's most prominent standard setters is in question. JournalofAccountancy.com
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- SEC staff describe why a country would adopt IFRS
The Securities and Exchange Commission still does not have a timeline for deciding whether to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards, but SEC staff offered some insight at the AICPA's national regulatory conference into why countries make a switch to IFRS. Paul Beswick, the SEC's acting chief accountant, said the IFRS is possibly the most significant accounting consideration the agency has dealt with since the 1930s. Compliance Week/Accounting & Auditing blog
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- Quarter of taxpayers claim mortgage-interest deduction
Placing limits on the U.S. mortgage-interest deduction, an idea raised in the debate over how to cut the budget deficit, would have consequences for relatively few homeowners, according to government data. The Internal Revenue Service said 25% of people filing tax returns claim it. USA Today
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- "Fiscal cliff" is becoming less of a worry for global investors
Optimism that U.S. officials will avoid the "fiscal cliff" prompted investors to increase equity overweight positions to a 20-month high in November in Europe and the U.S., according to a Reuters poll. "All eyes are now on the fiscal cliff, where a muddling-through until the end of [the first quarter] can be expected," said Boris Willems of UBS Global Asset Management. Reuters
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- EU transaction tax moves forward without U.K. input
The EU is proceeding with a plan for a financial-transaction tax despite objections from the U.K., which wants wording changes to the proposal. The European Parliament and all EU nations must approve the measure before 11 interested countries can proceed. Bloomberg
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