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 21, Problem 21.8RQ
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A compilation engagement: compilation engagement is an engagement in which a company allowed an outside accountant to prepare the financial statement. In a compilation engagement, the company does not follow the standards of accounting principles to prepare the financial statement. .
To discuss: The type of knowledge that an accountant must posse about the entity in order to perform a compilation engagement and review engagement
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Auditing & Assurance Services: A Systematic Approach (Irwin Accounting)
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