Changing accounting standards driving financial process remediations
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Maria L. Murphy2021-08-27T11:40:00
In response to new standards affecting leases, revenue recognition, and credit losses, public companies have significantly changed their financial processes in the past year and are not done yet, according to data from Deloitte.
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