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Auditors would issue a qualified opinion in situations where they view a departure from GAAP as being material, but not pervasive or highly material relative to the entire set of financial statements;

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+Unqualified Opinion: The financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the entity in accordance with applicable accounting standards, other mandatory professional reporting requirements, and relevant statutory and other regulations. +Emphasis of Matter: Still an unqualified opinion, but has an additional paragraph to draw the reader's attention to specific circumstances that would be useful for decision-making. +Qualified Opinion: "except for" a specific section of the financial report, the remained can be relied upon as being true and fair, free from material misstatement, and prepared in accordance with an applicable financial reporting framework. +Disclaimer of Opinion: Expressed when the possible effect of limitation of scope is so material and pervasive that the auditor has not been able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence on which to form an opinion an the accounts. +Adverse Opinion: Expressed when an auditor's reservations about the preparation of the financial reports are of such a magnitude that they believe the financial report, taken as a whole, is misleading and is of little use to the addressee of the financial report.


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What is qualified and unqualified report?

The most frequent type of report is referred to as the Unqualified Opinion, and is regarded by many as the equivalent of a "clean bill of health" to a patient,[2] which has led many to call it the Clean Opinion. This type of report is issued by an auditor when the financial statements presented are free of material misstatements and are in accordance with GAAP, which in other words means that the company's financial condition, position, and operations are fairly presented in the financial statements. It is the best type of report an auditee may receive from an external auditor. A Qualified Opinion report is issued when the auditor encountered one of two types of situations which do not comply with generally accepted accounting principles, however the rest of the financial statements are fairly presented. This type of opinion is very similar to an unqualified or "clean opinion", but the report states that the financial statements are fairly presented with a certain exception which is otherwise misstated. The two types of situations which would cause an auditor to issue this opinion over the Unqualified opinion are: * Single deviation from GAAP - this type of qualification occurs when one or more areas of the financial statements do not conform with GAAP (e.g. are misstated), but do not affect the rest of the financial statements from being fairly presented when taken as a whole. Examples of this include a company dedicated to a retail business that did not correctly calculate the depreciation expense of its building. Even if this expense is considered material, since the rest of the financial statements do conform with GAAP, then the auditor qualifies the opinion by describing the depreciation misstatement in the report and continues to issue a clean opinion on the rest of the financial statements. * Scope of limitation - this type of qualification occurs when the auditor could not audit one or more areas of the financial statements, and although they could not be verified, the rest of the financial statements were audited and they conform GAAP. Examples of this include an auditor not being able to observe and test a company's inventory of goods. If the auditor audited the rest of the financial statements and is reasonably sure that they conform with GAAP, then the auditor simply states that the financial statements are fairly presented, with the exception of the inventory which could not be audited. Soure From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditor's_report (WIKIPEDIA)


Why an auditor should not prepare the financial statement and then express an opinion Also the standards to which this relates?

The auditor is the person who assesses whether the financial statement has been prepared accordingly or not. Firstly it is not the role of the auditor to prepare the financial statement as the auditor has to form an independent opinion. Secondly, it would be part of internal control and corporate governance activities for the preparation of the financial statement and the audit to be conducted be two separate parties to eliminate error or fraud.


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Interest groups would send a telegram to express an opinion on an issue.


What is the impact of a company financial Statements if it is not prepared on the assumption that an enterprise is a going concern?

A going concern is an accounting assumption that states that a business will stay in operation for the foreseeable future. When the financial statements are not prepared for the annual report, it is the responsible of the Board of Directors must put this information into the footnotes to the financial statements and state any factors that may threaten that status. Further, the fact that the business is not a going concern means that it can not pay its liabilities and realize its assets. The company's auditor is responsible to the Board of Directors and must determine whether or not the company is still a going concern. The auditor is required to disclose any negative trends in the company's business operations. Negative trends would be lower operating income, loan denials, loan defaults, repossession of assets, and more. The auditor then must not issue a "going concern opinion." Investors may have second thoughts about holding the stock of the company if an auditor does not issue a going concern opinion in the annual report.


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An issue that is uniformly liked or disliked among the electorate, as opposed to a position issue on which opinion is divided. An example would be corruption: most people oppose corruption, while, say, the issue of the legalization of abortions would not be a valence issue: opposition and support for abortions is split.


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yes the opinion of all cabinet members do determine the course of action because the pregnant lady would be out tanning and the president would ask all cabinet members to determine the course of action the president may take on a particular issue; issue as in pregnant lady tanning


What are the duties of auditor's secretary?

The duties of an auditor's secretary would be the same as those of any secretary. To answer phone calls, take dictation, type up correspondences and assist in anyway the auditor needs to make their day easier.


What are the 5 types of audit report?

+Unqualified Opinion: The financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the entity in accordance with applicable accounting standards, other mandatory professional reporting requirements, and relevant statutory and other regulations. +Emphasis of Matter: Still an unqualified opinion, but has an additional paragraph to draw the reader's attention to specific circumstances that would be useful for decision-making. +Qualified Opinion: "except for" a specific section of the financial report, the remained can be relied upon as being true and fair, free from material misstatement, and prepared in accordance with an applicable financial reporting framework. +Disclaimer of Opinion: Expressed when the possible effect of limitation of scope is so material and pervasive that the auditor has not been able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence on which to form an opinion an the accounts. +Adverse Opinion: Expressed when an auditor's reservations about the preparation of the financial reports are of such a magnitude that they believe the financial report, taken as a whole, is misleading and is of little use to the addressee of the financial report.


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That would be the 'editorial'.


Which of the following would an auditor scrutinize during a quality audit?

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