Week 3 Topic 1 review minimum of 150 words

Carlos

 "The auditor's report must include the title, "Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm; the auditor performs an integrated audit and issues separate reports on the company's financial statements and internal control over financial reporting; and a statement that the financial statements are the responsibility of the company's management." (PCAOB, 2018) Therefore the three primary differences between the audit report for nonpublic entities and the one for public entities are that public entities are that public entities need to have registered in the tittle to ensure the professionalism of the accounting firm, include a paragraph that the auditor went over the public entities internal controls to see that the internal controls are actually effective or not and a short statement that goes over the public companies management's responsibilities to ensure that the company is working in the most professional way. Even though there are various differences in audit reports between nonpublic and public entities, it is very important to distinguish the differences to be able to ensure that you are making the auditing reports properly with the correct information. 

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Reference

PCAOB. (2018). AS 3101: The Auditor's Report on an Audit of Financial Statements When the Auditor Expresses an Unqualified Opinion Title Footnote. Retrieved February 19, 2018, from https://pcaobus.org/Standards/Auditing/Pages/AS3101.aspx

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