{"id":1745,"date":"2008-12-11t10:03:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-11t15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/2008\/12\/11\/big-four-audit-firms-urged-report-your-financials\/"},"modified":"2008-12-11t10:05:25","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11t15:05:25","slug":"big-four-audit-firms-urged-report-your-financials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2008\/12\/11\/big-four-audit-firms-urged-report-your-financials\/","title":{"rendered":"big four audit firms urged: report your financials"},"content":{"rendered":"
does public accounting mean public disclosure?<\/strong><\/p>\n barry melancon, president and chief executive officer of the american institute of certified public accountants and a member of the paulson advisory committee, thinks some public disclosure of revenues and partner pay policies “seems to be an appropriate first step.” (at cfo.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n auditing geek mike ramos at theeyeshade.com<\/a><\/em> says:<\/p>\n not sure where i come down on this.i think i need to look at the issue a little more. on one hand, my instinct is for greater transparency in general. but i definitely sympathize with the firms’ presumed argument that they are a partnership, and why should they have to submit audited financials.<\/em><\/p>\n my question for mr. melancon and others who are pushing for accounting firms to file audited financials with the pcaob: how does this serve the public interest? convince me. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" does public accounting mean public disclosure? barry melancon, president and chief executive officer of the american institute of certified public accountants and a member of the paulson advisory committee, thinks some public disclosure of revenues and partner pay policies “seems … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outlook"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n