To Reduce the Likelihood of Conflicts of Interest, SOX Prohibits

question 183

Multiple Choice

To reduce the likelihood of conflicts of interest, SOX prohibits registered public accounting firms from providing the following contemporaneously with the audit:

• A) internal audit outsourcing
• B) financial-information-system design and implementation
• C) expert services
• D) all of these.

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