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What Is the Responsibility of Management and of the Auditor

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What is the responsibility of management and of the auditor with regard to a client's accounting choices?


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$400 Billion

A monetary value representing four hundred billion dollars, often mentioned in the context of budgets, market values, or economic policies.

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Accounting Scandal

An accounting scandal involves the deliberate manipulation of financial statements to create a false or misleading appearance of a company’s financial health, often to deceive investors and regulators.

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