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Comfort Letter |
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Comfort letter A letter from an independent auditor included in a preliminary prospectus stating that, while a full audit has not been undertaken, the auditor has done a 'review' sufficient to assure that financial statement information in the preliminary prospectus is correctly prepared to the best of the auditor's knowledge. The auditor in effect states that, had a full audit been done, they are comfortable that the audited financial statements would not be materially different from the ones presented in the preliminary prospectus.
Comfort Letter Before or during a new issue, a statement by an auditor stating that, while a full audit has not been done, a review of the issue's prospectus has revealed nothing inaccurate or misleading. The comfort letter also states that the auditor is confident that a full audit would not uncover anything unusual that would negatively affect the issue. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Citing a backlog of at least 400 proposed technical amendments dating back to 2002 and at least 250 comfort letters issued by the Department of Finance going back to 1998, Canada's Auditor General has questioned the government's effectiveness in identifying, developing, interpreting and applying technical amendments which clarify the Income Tax Act but do not change tax policy. On the issue of comfort letter, the source said as per this letter, the On the issue of comfort letter, the source said as per this letter, the |
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