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suppose your audit firm is in the intitial planning phase for the audit of apple for the year ended September 25, 2021. As the audit senior, you have been assaigned responsibility for gathering and summarizing information necessary to evaluate Apple's business risk.
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Go to Apple's website (investor.apple.com) and explore the website. Click on the "SEC filings" link. Obtain the most recent SEC form 10-K (annual report for the fiscal year ended September 26, 2020) provided for Apple. Based on the information obtained from the website and your know ledge of the industry:
1. Prepare a memo discussing your understanding of Apple and its envirioment. Evaluate Apple's performance and the risk of misstatement, be sure to describe your reasoning.
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