5. Your friend, Mike Anderson, is the owner of a local advertising business. While talking...

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5. Your friend, Mike Anderson, is the owner of a local advertising business. While talking with Mike about the awesome auditing class that you recently completed, he started asking you some guestions. Mike explains that others have advised him to consider having his company's financial statements audited by an independent CPA. Mike tells you that he took a bookkeeping class in college and prepares his company's financial statements each year. Mike admits that he does not understand the value of having his financial statements audited by a CPA and is asking you to explain why such an audit would be beneficial (or not). Regquired: 1. Describe the objectives of an independent financial statement audit. 2. List at least five ways in which Mike could benefit from an independent audit. 3. Knowing that a finandal statement audit can be guite expensive, what other types of assurance services might you suggest that Mike consider besides a full financial statement audit

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