New IAASB standards tackle audit quality management
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-01-04T20:08:00
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has issued a trio of new and revised standards intended to strengthen and modernize the way audit firms on an international level approach quality management.
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