Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach (MindTap Course List)
Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337619455
Author: Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 2RQSC
To determine

An audit firm may face litigation for its failure in an audit engagement. Most of the audit litigation occurs at the time of failure of business or detection of company frauds by the third party.

To state: Difference between the terms breach of contract, ordinary negligence, gross negligence, and fraud.

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