Report: Accounting enforcement at SEC, PCAOB down in 2021
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-02-18T12:33:00
The amount of accounting and audit enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board decreased in 2021, resulting in a sharp decline in monetary settlements, according to Cornerstone Research.
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