Sarbanes-Oxley costs dropped a whopping 41% with outside audit spending related to 404 compliance down 5.4%. But a spike in external audit fees resulted in an overall increase in all accounting costs for the year

Sarbanes-Oxley costs dropped a whopping 41% with outside audit spending related to 404 compliance down 5.4%. But a spike in external audit fees resulted in an overall increase in all accounting costs for the year

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