ICFR findings rose in 2018, pending report to say
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Tammy Whitehouse2019-07-24T18:06:00
Adverse auditor attestations on the state of internal controls at public companies made a bit of a comeback in 2018 after a brief retreat, according to a coming report from Audit Analytics.
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