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AA – Nov 2020 – L2 – Q1a – Audit Failure and Expectation Gap
Discuss factors that account for the audit expectation gap.
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In recent years, some well‐publicized corporate failures and its subsequent implication of the reporting auditors have highlighted the audit expectation gap. Public misperceptions are a major cause of the threat of legal challenges facing the accounting profession. One of the key challenges facing assurance providers is understanding and tackling the expectation gap in assurance.
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Discuss what factors account for the expectation gap.
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