Back in October, we took an initial look at the results of shareholder voting to ratify their company’s auditor. The main focus of that post was to give an idea of the overall trends in the outcome of these auditor … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Accounting-Related NT Filings
Following our recent post on the subject of non-timely filings, we now turn to the question of what explanation late filing companies give as the reason for the delay. The chart below presents a breakdown of the reasons given for the untimeliness in … Continue reading
Canadian Audit Fees: 2012 Industry Analysis
In this post, we take a look at the audit fees of Canadian public companies. How do audit fees compare from one industry to the next in Canada? How do the audit fees of those industries compare to their United … Continue reading
Non-Timely Filings: An Overview
Companies, like we individual taxpayers, have to file their annual and quarterly reports within a given time frame. What happens when a company won’t be able to meet the filing deadline? Just as an individual can easily obtain an extension … Continue reading
Overseas Earnings of Russell 1000 Tops $2 Trillion in 2013
A Spotlight on Permanently Reinvested Foreign Earnings Early this morning, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Department of Homeland Security will hold a hearing on “Caterpillar’s Offshore Tax Strategy”. The purpose of the hearing is to examine the “structures and methods employed … Continue reading