ACP AUDITING - RISK BASED APPROACH
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ISBN: 9780357195079
Author: JOHNSTONE
Publisher: CENGAGE C
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Chapter 4, Problem 14MCQ
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Audit firm litigation:
An audit firm may face litigations for its failure in an audit engagement. Most of the audit litigations occur at the time of failure of business or detection of company frauds by the third party.
To choose: The correct option.
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ACP AUDITING - RISK BASED APPROACH
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