external auditor

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandauditor

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external
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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auditor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.dɪt.ər/us
/ˈɑː.də.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to carry out an official examination of the accounts of a business and to produce ...
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(Definition ofexternalandauditorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexternal auditor

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At no time in the last 10 years has theexternalauditordeclined to sign the accounts.
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Alternatively, matters relating to misconduct, fraud or the loss of public money can be referred to the council'sexternalauditor.
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As such, it does not produce annual accounts and so there is noexternalauditor.
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If there are doubts about the propriety or value for money for the contract in question they should be raised with the authority'sexternalauditor.
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In some cases, a company will not be able to buy those non-audit services from itsexternalauditor.
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This was not a natural relationship between an authority exercising public power and anexternalauditor.
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In 2007, for the first time, there is not a single chapter with a red card on control systems from theexternalauditor.
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For instance, a prohibition on the supply of internal audit services by theexternalauditormight involve checking on management controls.
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An audit committee could choose theexternalauditorrather than that auditor being hired through some old boy network.
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Theexternalauditoralso drew attention to the failure to comply with regulations governing transfers of funds between appropriations, and recommended action to minimise excessive use of transfers.
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However, clause 5 preserves the right of local taxpayers or the authority'sexternalauditorto challenge certified contracts under public law through judicial review and audit-related proceedings.
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It acts as anexternalauditor.
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Canterbury city council has been investigating the accounts and operation of its works and services department, with the involvement of theexternalauditorand the police.
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This article mostly deals with the "independence of the statutory auditor" (commonly calledexternalauditor).
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Independence of theexternalauditormeans independence from parties that have an interest in the results published in financial statements of an entity.
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Under statute, anexternalauditorcan be prohibited from providing certain services to the entity they audit.
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The level of independence is therefore somewhere between the internal auditor and theexternalauditor.
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This responsibility includes communications with theexternalauditorconcerning the auditor's roles and responsibilities within the financial reporting process.
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This differs from theexternalauditor, who follows their own auditing standards.
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Anexternalauditorreviews the findings of the internal audit as well as the inputs, processing and outputs of information systems.
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