Panel Says Small Public Firms Should Be Exempt From External Auditing Law
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A Securities & Exchange Commission committee voiced approval for changes to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that could save small device firms millions of dollars spent to comply with external auditing requirements
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