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Article: RUSSIA: FINANCE MINISTRY CRACKS DOWN ON ACCOUNTING FIRMS.(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 4, 2005
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The Finance Ministry announced on 3 May that it issued a directive on 27 April suspending the licenses of 627 accounting firms, "Kommersant-Daily" reported on 4 May. There are some 6,100 accounting firms in Russia, and the directive affects the more than 10 percent of them that had failed to conform to licensing regulations requiring firms to have at least five certified accountants. Similar violations prompted the Finance Ministry to suspend the licenses in March 2004 of 57 accounting firms, none of whom have had their licenses restored. According to ...