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| U.K. fines Grant Thornton, sanctions ex-managers for audit | | By Christopher Elser 2 min read | | The Financial Reporting Council fined Grant Thornton UK LLP and sanctioned two of the auditor’s former executives for failing to maintain ethical standards, in the latest critique by regulators of accounting firms’ shortcomings. | |
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| GASB offers guidance on CARES Act and coronavirus | | By Michael Cohn 1 min read | | The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a technical bulletin with guidance for applying existing GASB standards to transactions related to the CARES Act and outflows incurred in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
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