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State the respective responsibilities of the directors and management of a company and its external auditors regarding financial statements?

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Question added by Frank Mwansa , ACCOUNTING LECTURER , FREELANCER
Date Posted: 2016/03/12
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Management's Responsibility

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements of the company in accordance with the reporting standards.

 

Auditors' Responsibility

The auditors are responsible to express an opinion on the financial statements based on their audit procedures (which include tests of controls and tests of detail). Those standards also require that the auditors comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatements.