opinion shopping

(noun)

The process of contracting or rejecting auditors based on the type of opinion report they will issue on the auditee.

Related Terms

  • audit
  • adjusting entry

Examples of opinion shopping in the following topics:

  • Preparing Financial Statements

    • To ensure a positive reports, some companies try to participate in opinion shopping.
  • An Expanded Equation

    • To ensure a positive reports, some companies try to participate in opinion shopping.
  • Additional Items: Auditor and Management Reports

    • When an audit is performed on a company, the auditor issues a formal opinion in the form of an auditor report.
    • This opinion takes the form on an auditor report .
    • A qualified opinion report is issued when the auditor encounters one of two types of situations.
    • A disclaimer of opinion, also referred to as a disclaimer, occurs when the auditor could not form, and consequently refuses to present, an opinion on the financial statements.
    • State how qualified opinion, unqualified opinion, adverse and disclaimer opinion reports differ from one another
  • Full-Disclosure Principle

    • To obtain an unqualified (or clean) opinion, one must have an intrinsic understanding of the full disclosure principle to insure sufficient information for an unqualified opinion on the financial audit.
    • An opinion is said to be unqualified when the auditor concludes that the financial statements give a true and fair view in accordance with the financial reporting framework used for the preparation and presentation of the financial statements.
    • An auditor gives a clean opinion or unqualified opinion when he or she does not have any significant reservation in respect of matters contained in the financial statements.
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  • Gain Contingencies

    • For example, an auditor expresses an opinion on whether financial statements are prepared, in all material aspects, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
  • Uses of Financial Reports

    • Results are summarized in an audit report that either provides an unqualified opinion on the financial statements or qualifications as to its fairness and accuracy.
    • The audit opinion on the financial statements is usually included in the annual report.
  • Basic Components of Asset Valuation

    • Moreover, an asset's intrinsic value may be subject to personal opinion and vary among analysts.
    • An appraised value is an expert's opinion of an item's fair market price if the item were sold.
  • Fair Value Method

    • Opinions on value are always based upon subjective interpretation of available information at the time of assessment.
  • Loss Contingencies

    • However, in management's opinion, the final resolution of all legal matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
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