Why Would a Service Organization Choose to Hire an Accountant

question 6

Essay

Why would a service organization choose to hire an accountant to perform a SAS 70 engagement and issue a report? Would the clients of the service organization
(in other words, the user organizations) want the service organization to provide a
SAS 70 report? Why or why not? What might the service organization consider when
it contracts for a SAS 70 engagement to make the resulting report the most useful
for user organizations and their auditors?

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Definitions:

Capital

Financial assets or resources owned by an individual or organization, particularly those used to generate income or investment.

Adjusting Journal Entries

Journal entries that are needed in order to update specific ledger accounts to reflect correct balances at the end of an accounting period.

Worksheet

A tool used in accounting to consolidate all of the financial information and to prepare adjusting entries and financial statements.

Account Balances

The amount of money in an account at a specific point in time, reflecting the difference between debits and credits.