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25. Accountants only audit

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 15, 2022, 09:18 AM

Feb 2022

if they are paid to or required to. Neither the tax work nor issuing compiled financial statements requires any type of audit and the accountant can trust what the client gives him as long as it makes pro forma sense.

Audits mostly exist in the realm of public companies and governments.

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