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9am Lowdown: PwC fined, Toshiba & DMARC

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16th Aug 2017
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Good morning and welcome to the 9am Lowdown.

In the news

The FRC has fined PwC £5.1m and given it a severe reprimand after it admitted misconduct over its audit of accounting firm RSM Tenon. (Reuters)

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The number of official appeals against business rates has collapsed since the introduction of reforms branded “disastrous” by representatives of small companies. (The Times)

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In an effort to make a serious dent in phishing fraud, HMRC’s head of cyber security has completed a three-year project to implement DMARC, also known as Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance. (Information age)

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The FRC has released plans to force UK firms to make more detailed anti-corruption disclosures in their financial statements. (City A.M)

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Toshiba Corp.’s auditors PwC Aarata signed off on its full-year earnings, offering some temporary relief as the Japanese company struggles to stabilize after an accounting scandal. (Bloomberg)

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