Q&A With Tetsuya Mogi, New Head of Japan Institute of CPAs

Japan’s laws governing CPAs are changing to provide a legal mandate for the national accounting industry to cancel the memberships of auditing firms that violate its guidelines. Bloomberg Tax spoke recently with Tetsuya Mogi, the new chairman and president of the Japan Institute of Certified Public Accountants, about the implications of the CPA law revision, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and environmental, social, and governance auditing. Mogi previously served as executive director of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC.

The interview is translated from the original Japanese.

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