Loose-leaf For Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260687637
Author: William F Messier Jr, Steven M Glover Associate Professor, Douglas F Prawitt Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.24P
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Introduction: Information risk is the risk that the information which was used to estimate the business risk was inaccurate.
To explain: The factors that make an audit necessary and valuable for a company.
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