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Accountant faces tribunal after UK convictions
A chartered accountant has appeared before the industry's disciplinary tribunal after being convicted of criminal charges in the United Kingdom.
Jailed director struck off as accountant
Jailed former Bridgecorp director Gary Urwin has been struck off the professional body of chartered accountants and ordered to pay $7000.
'Fudge this' blooper haunts company
An accountant's blunder in the 2009 accounts of New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay has come back to haunt a Singaporean commodities giant.
Dodgy donations: Accountant struck off
An Auckland accountant has been struck off and ordered to pay more than $31,000 after he used 60 clients to get tax rebates on donations for his own benefit.
Accountant fined for ethics breach
A Wanaka accountant has been ordered to pay more than $26,000 after he was appointed receiver of a failed winemaker despite an obvious conflict of interest.
Farmers fraud accountant struck off
An Auckland accountant has been struck off for reusing more than $14,500 worth of department store gift vouchers to help herself, family and friends.
High profile accountants face being struck off
Two directors of well-known failed finance companies are among a group of accountants who face being struck off.
Xero posts 5pc annual loss, says more to come
Xero's annual net loss swelled 5 per cent to $7.9 million even as its annualised committed revenue rose 82 per cent.
Auditor scrap prompts BNZ Pyne Gould bond pull out
An investment portfolio managed by BNZ has pulled out of a Pyne Gould managed fund after an auditor walk-out.
Accounting slip-ups have big costs
Simple errors made by small businesses are resulting in penalties worth thousands of dollars.