A major customer of an entity suffers a fire after year-end, but just prior to completion of audit fieldwork. The entity believes that this event could have a significant direct effect on the financial statements. The auditor should

A. Advise management to disclose the event in the notes to the financial statements.

B. Disclose the event in the auditor's report.

C. Withhold submission of the auditor's report until the extent of the direct effect on the financial statements is known.

D. Advise management to adjust the financial statements.


A. Advise management to disclose the event in the notes to the financial statements.

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wrong, Lisa, because our company pays its employees much more than othercompanies. B. Your ideas will not work, Lisa, because our employees are already satisfied with their pay. C. Your point of view certainly has merit, Lisa, but I have doubts because our company's payalready exceeds industrial standards. D. Your idea will fail to reduce employee turnover, Lisa; you should already know that our company pays the most in the industry.

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A. 6.58% B. 7.74% C. 9.37% D. 6.50% E. 7.90%

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A typical problem for limited-line retailers is that

A. their marketing strategy usually relies only on low price. B. many of the items they carry are slow moving. C. they usually cannot carry enough items in a line for any customers to find what they want. D. it is almost impossible for them to satisfy any particular target markets better than other types of retailers. E. All of these are problems for limited-line retailers.

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