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ISBN: 9781260299366
Author: Ray Whittington, Kurt Pany
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 40RDC
a.
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Describe the for and against arguments as an auditor insisting that the client should expense some portion of the construction cost rather than accumulating as an increasing asset.
b.
To determine
Indicate whether the auditor should modify their report because of uncertainty about the entity’s going concern possibility and the type of opinion to be issued.
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