Which of the Following Statements Regarding Auditors Is FALSE

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding auditors is FALSE?

• A)Most auditors have a longstanding relationship with their audit clients;this extended relationship and the auditors' desire to keep the lucrative auditing fees makes auditors less willing to challenge management.
• B)Most accounting firms have developed large and extremely profitable consulting divisions.Obviously,if an audit team refuses to accommodate a request by a client's management,that client will be less likely to choose the accounting firm's consulting division for its next consulting contract.
• C)Auditing firms are supposed to ensure that a company's financial statements accurately reflect the financial state of the firm.
• D)In the post Sarbanes-Oxley world,accounting firms are no longer allowed to offer both audit and non-audit services to the same firm.

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Definitions:

Capital Reserve

Funds set aside from a company's profits for future investments or to cover anticipated liabilities or losses.

U.S.GAAP

United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which are the set of accounting standards used for financial reporting in the U.S.

Accrual-Basis

An accounting method that records income and expenses when they are earned or incurred, regardless of when the cash is actually received or paid.

Cash-Basis

An accounting method where revenues and expenses are recorded when they are actually received or paid, not when they are incurred.