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ISBN: 9781260299366
Author: Ray Whittington, Kurt Pany
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 37EOQ
The search for unrecorded liabilities for a public company includes procedures usually performed through the:
- (1) Day the audit report is issued.
- (2) End of the client’s year.
- (3) Date of the auditors’ report.
- (4) Date the report is filed with the SEC.
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