Rachel, CPA, is conducting an audit of Eaton Enterprises, a nonissuer. Rachel has conducted her audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and she wishes to emphasize in her report that such standards do not require the same level of testing and reporting on internal control as is required for audits of issuers under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Which report modification would be most appropriate in this situation?
930 Hannah, CPA, has been engaged to perform financial statement audits for three different clients. The first two clients, McCormick Surf Shop and Kleinpeter
Technologies, are both nonissuers, while the third client, Bender Industries, is an issuer. Hannah is required to follow PCAOB standards in her audit of Bender Industries. She has also been asked to conduct the Kleinpeter audit in accordance with both generally accepted auditing standards and the auditing standards of the PCAOB. Regarding the McCormick engagement, Hannah has decided to follow only generally accepted auditing standards, and not the standards of the PCAOB.
Which of the following best describes the scope of Hannah's work related to internal control in these three engagements?
Management of Eva Industries, an issuer as defined under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, believes it has eliminated a material weakness previously noted in its assessment of internal control, and has hired Henna and Company, CPAs, to attest to the improvements in internal control. Which of the following is true of this engagement?
For a nonissuer, a control deficiency would be considered a material weakness when the likelihood and magnitude of potential financial statement misstatements are:
In an audit of an issuer, the auditor must provide an opinion on which of the following?
I. The financial statements.
II. The audit committee's oversight of financial reporting and internal control.
III. The effectiveness of internal control.
Which of the following best describes the responsibility of the auditor to report significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in an audit of a nonissuer?
Which of the following best describes the responsibility of the auditor with respect to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in an audit of an issuer?
Which of the following best describes the responsibility of the auditor to report significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in an attest engagement to examine the effectiveness of a nonissuer's internal control?