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adverse Opinion   show
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associated (association) with financial stmts   show
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audi-tee   show
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circumstance-imposed scopre limitation   show
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show the auditor who audits divisions, subsidiaries, or components that are included in the group of financial statements  
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show the date on which auditors have obtained sufficient appropriate evidence to support their opinion.  
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departure from GAAP   show
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disclaimer of opinion   show
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division of responsibility   show
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show a paragraph added to an auditors' report that providers information fundamental to users' understanding of financial stmts (such as consistency, going-concern uncertainties, or justified departures from GAAP)  
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show a paragraph added to auditors report that either provide info fundamental to users' understanding of find stmts (emphasis-of-matter) or relevance to user's understanding of audit, auditor's responsibility, or auditor's report (other-matter-paragraph)  
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going-concern uncertainty   show
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group auditors   show
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group financial statements   show
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integrated report   show
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show paragraph in auditor's report tha refers to the auditors report on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control over fina rptg  
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introductory paragraph   show
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justified departure from GAAP   show
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mitigating factos   show
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show any opinion other than an unqualified opinion on an entity's fin an stmts (qualified, adverse opinion, or disclaimer opinion)  
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opinion paragraph   show
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show a paragraph added to the auditor's report that expresses the auditors' opinion on whether the financial stmts are presented in conformity with GAAP  
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show issued when auditors conclude that, with the EXCEPTION of one or more issues(s), the financial stmt present the finan condition, results of opera., and cash flows in conform with GAAP. Issued for material departures from GAAP & mater scope limitations  
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show copy of previously-issued report that auditors provide or gran clients permission to use in another document after its original date; REPORT NOT MODIFIED to consider events occurring subsequent to date of original rpt  
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report on financial statements and related disclosures   show
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show report that expresses an opinion on whether the entity's finan stmts & disclosures are prepared in conformity with GAAP  
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show report that expresses an opinion on effectiveness of entity's internal control over financial reporting  
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scope limitation   show
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scope paragraph   show
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show issued when the auditors conclude that the financial stmts present the financial condition, results of operations, & cash flows IN CONFORMITY WITH GAAP  
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updated report   show
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show method used in an engagement in which users (clients) participate in determining the scope procedures performed by the accountants  
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appropriate financial reporting framework   show
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assurance services   show
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attestation   show
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show special purpose framework that include no accruals  
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show acctg service in which practitioner assists in assembling information that is representation of mngt but provides no assurance  
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show an attestation engagement similar to nature to an audti  
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show communication terminology required by Securities & Exchange commission for companies to use to provide fin an stmts info that has a computer-readable engagement identifying tag for each individual item of data  
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show prospective financial information reflecting an entity's estimates of what is LIKELY to occur in a future period  
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financial projection   show
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show refers to financial info or stmts covering a period less than a full year or for a 12-month period ending on a date other than entity's fiscal year end  
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management's discussion and analysis   show
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modified cash basis accounting   show
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show description of financial information reflecting historical data as if a certain transaction had occurred  
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show person/persons, either as individual or representatives of entity, responsible for the subject matter of an attestation engagement  
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review   show
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review evidence   show
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show an organization or segment of it that provides services to user entities that are likely to be relevant to user entities' internal controls as it relates to finan rptg  
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show coherent acctg framework in which substantially all important finan measurements are governed by criteria other than GAAP or IFRS  
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show triple-botton-line of economic viability, social responsibility, and environmental responsibility  
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show assurance function that reviews entity's computer system to provide confidence to busi partners & customers concerning security, privacy & confidentiality of info in addition to system availability & processing integrity  
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trust service   show
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show assurance function designed to reduce the concerns of Internet susers regarding existence of a company & reliability of key business information placed on its website  
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show (in moral philosophy): The emphasis on an individual act a it is affected by the specific circumstances of a situation  
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categorical imperative   show
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commission   show
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contingent fee   show
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covered member   show
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show (in moral philosophy): judicious combination of the imperative and utilitarian principles; to act as one thinks others should act in a similar circumstance  
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show mental attitude & the appearance that auditor is not influenced by others in judgements & decisions  
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referral fee   show
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rule-utilitarian   show
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show quality control reviews & disciplinary actions conducted by fellow CPAs-professional peers  
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show numeric distance from the estimated population value in which the true (but unknown) population value may lie with a given probability; used to adjust sample estimate to control exposure to sampling risk  
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show a form of selection used to determine the extent to which some characteristics (attribute) occurs within a population of interest; used by auditors during test of controls  
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audit risk   show
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audit sampling   show
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audited balance   show
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show amount which an account balance or component should be recorded, assuming no departures form the appropriate reporting framework (GAAP/IFRS)  
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block selection   show
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show an approach that uses the laws of probability and the central limit theorem to provide an estimate of either the amount of misstatement or the true balance of an account balance/class transaction  
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show likelihood that the true population value lies within the precision interval  
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show likelihood that the auditors' substantive procedures will fail to detect a material misstatement that exist within an account balance or class of transaction  
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show audit procedure used as both a test of controls and substantive test  
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show method of selecting sample items in an unstructured manner but without any intentional bias  
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monetary unit sampling (MUS)   show
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show example that differs substantially from the population on one or more key characteristics of interest from which it is drawn  
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non-sampling risk   show
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non-statistical sampling   show
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show entire group of items about which a conclusion is desired in a sampling applicatio  
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show likelihood that the decision made based on the sample will differ from decision that would have been made if the entire population by the necessary sample size  
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show a range around the sample estimate that has a retain likelihood (equal to reliability) of including the true population value  
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show method of choosing sample items so that every combination of some number of items in population has an equal probability of being chosen  
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show proportion at which internal control activities are not functioning as intended  
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show likelihood that the true population value lies within the precision interval  
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show likelihood that the auditors' sample will provide evidence that the client's controls are not functioning effectively when they are functioning effectively  
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show likelihood that the auditors' sample will provide evidence that the client's controls are functioning effectively when they are functioning effectively  
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risk of incorrect rejection   show
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risk of overreliance (risk of assessing control risk too low)   show
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risk of underreliance (risk of assessing control risk too high)   show
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show subset of items drawn from a population of interest  
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show difference between the recorded account balance and the audited account balance  
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sampling   show
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sampling interval   show
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show the likelihood that the decision made based on the sample will differ from the decision that would have been made if the entire population had been examined  
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show measure of the variability of the population  
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standard error of the mean (standard deviation)   show
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show a plan that applies the laws of probability to select items for examination and evaluated the results; allows an individual to control the exposure to sampling risk  
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systematic random selection (systematic selection)   show
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show method of choosing sample items in which a starting point is selected and a fixed number of items are bypassed between selections  
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show maximum amount by which an account balance or class of transactions can be misstated and be accepted by the audit team as being fairly presented  
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show maximum proportion of variability the audit team allows without modifying the planned reliance on an internal control policy or procedure  
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show method of choosing items in which all items in the population are assigned a number and selected based on random numbers picked from a random number table or generated from a computer program  
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show amount that has (1-risk of incorrect acceptance) probability of equaling or exceeding the try amount of misstatement in the population  
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upper limit rate of deviation (ULRD)   show
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variable sampling   show
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