The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 generally prohibits public accounting firms froma. Acting in a managerial decision-making role for an audit client.b. Auditing the firm’s own work on an audit client.c. Providing tax consulting to an audit client without audit committee approval.d. All of the above.

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