audit firm

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meaningsofauditandfirm

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audit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.dɪt/us
/ˈɑː.dɪt/
an official examination of the accounts of ...
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firm
adjective
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
not soft but not ...
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(Definition ofauditandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This could entail disciplinary action against individual partners as well as against theauditfirmitself.
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Furthermore, anauditfirmtaking on an audit for the first time is not necessarily better able to scrutinise the operations of its client.
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Where the employees of anauditfirmwish to join their client's payroll, proportionality should again be the watchword.
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We considered various aspects of the auditor's role, particularly in relation to that old chestnut ofauditfirmrotation.
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It is proper for theauditfirmto be judged by its own professional peers.
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Why should one monitor the activities of a smallauditfirmthat audits the local newsagent?
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Quite simply, the answer is that there is always the concern that there will be too much cosiness between corporate management and anauditfirm.
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We are currently exploring questions in relation toauditfirmrotation, more frequent rotation of partners and the supply of non-audit services to audit clients.
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As well lacking access to insurance cover anauditfirm, by virtue of being a people business and a partnership, may lack ready access to capital.
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I fully accept that the best auditing firms send a management letter each year which describes what theauditfirmsees as being wrong with the internal control.
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Those circumstances depend on the relationship between the client company and theauditfirm, and the particular non-audit services that it is proposed will be bought.
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Further, anauditfirmcan not audit a company if those in specified senior management roles worked for the auditor in the past year.
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He avoided legal action on that occasion, although action was taken against anauditfirm.
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Having this additional working relationship with the client would result in questions being asked of the independence of theauditfirm.
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It is common for theauditfirmof a company to provide extra services as well as performing the audit.
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This allows you to find the low-hanging fruit yourself and only pay the duplicate paymentauditfirmfor those difficult-to-find items.
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Zimmerman had also previously been employed at a car dealership and a mortgageauditfirm.
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Payments to audit firms and contract audit staff are excluded.
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I am not sure whether the provision of non-audit services is an issue for small audit firms.
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There is evidence that some of the worst problems arise in an audit firm's first year, when the team, by definition, is completely new.
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