A special purpose framework that is a non-GAAP financial reporting framework, that employs either a cash, tax, regulatory, contractual, or other basis of accounting. For example, a tax basis of accounting is used to file an organization’s tax return for the period covered by its financial statements. After performing a special purpose framework as decribed above, what level of assurance is provided to the financial statements?

A special purpose framework that is a non-GAAP financial reporting framework, that employs either a cash, tax, regulatory, contractual, or other basis of accounting. For example, a tax basis of accounting is used to file an organization’s tax return for the period covered by its financial statements. After performing a special purpose framework as decribed above, what level of assurance is provided to the financial statements?

Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach to Conducting a Quality Audit

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