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Financial accounting reports refer to the basic financial statements. They are prepared per period and they cannot be published until they had been audited by independent auditors. O True O False

Contemporary Auditing

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337650380

Author:KNAPP

Publisher:KNAPP

Chapter1: Comprehensive Cases

Section1.2: Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

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Financial accounting reports refer to
the basic financial statements. They are
prepared per period and they cannot
be published until they had been
audited by independent auditors. *
O True
O False

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