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Independent accountants don't need guild, French Polynesian antitrust watchdog says

( April 24, 2025, 01:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Moves by French Polynesia's government to establish a new professional order of independent accountants are unnecessary and will create an “institutional overlap” likely to create “competitive uncertainty” in the sector, the French territory’s antitrust watchdog has concluded. In its study examining the proposal, the Autorité polynésienne de la concurrence recommended against establishing an order of independent accountants to operate alongside the existing order of chartered accountants, saying it would lead to confusion in the minds of clients about the two guilds’ respective goals. Instead, the antitrust authority has recommended that the territorial government create a division within the existing order of chartered accountants to address the needs of independent accountants.The Autorité polynésienne de la concurrence's study is attached. ...

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