c. Management in today's corporate world has developed a habit of acting on their own interest rather than maximizing the interest or wealth of the shareholders. This has made the need for Independent Audit greater in Today's Society than it was in 50 years ago. Mr. Ama Yaw, an investor, in his opinion sees "Auditor as an Insurer or a Guarantor of the correctness of the financial statements" because they rely only on audited Financial Statements in making investment decisions. Required: Comment on the Opinion of Mr. Ama Yaw d. Differentiate between forecast and projection in relation to Prospective financial information
c. Management in today's corporate world has developed a habit of acting on their own interest rather than maximizing the interest or wealth of the shareholders. This has made the need for Independent Audit greater in Today's Society than it was in 50 years ago. Mr. Ama Yaw, an investor, in his opinion sees "Auditor as an Insurer or a Guarantor of the correctness of the financial statements" because they rely only on audited Financial Statements in making investment decisions. Required: Comment on the Opinion of Mr. Ama Yaw d. Differentiate between forecast and projection in relation to Prospective financial information
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Transcribed Image Text:c. Management in today's corporate world has developed a habit of acting on their own interest
rather than maximizing the interest or wealth of the shareholders. This has made the need for
Independent Audit greater in Today's Society than it was in 50 years ago. Mr. Ama Yaw, an
investor, in his opinion sees "Auditor as an Insurer or a Guarantor of the correctness of the financial
statements" because they rely only on audited Financial Statements in making investment
decisions.
Required:
Comment on the Opinion of Mr. Ama Yaw
d. Differentiate between forecast and projection in relation to Prospective financial information
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