Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780077732509
Author: William F Messier Jr, Steven M. Glover Associate Professor, Douglas F. Prawitt Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.23P
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Inquiry letter: Inquiry letter is letters that contain a request send by the auditor to the customer’s management to obtain the information about the lawyer whom they whom they consulted about litigation, claims, and assessment.
To describe: The omission, ambiguities, inappropriate statement and terminology in inquiry letter
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