PCAOB fines Deloitte Canada $350K for quality control failures
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-10-01T17:23:00
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a $350,000 civil penalty on Deloitte Canada for reasonable assurance quality control failures regarding an electronic work paper system update.
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