What standards were the audits of Management Recruiters conducted in accordance with?
Management_Recruiters Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Source: Item 21 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (FDD pages 65–66)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Management Recruiters' 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the audits were conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). These standards necessitate that the auditor plans and performs the audit to reasonably assure that the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
The PCAOB standards also require the auditor to understand internal control over financial reporting as part of the audit. However, the purpose of this understanding is not to express an opinion on the effectiveness of the company's internal control over financial reporting, and accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
The audit includes procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and to perform procedures that respond to those risks. These procedures involve examining evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements on a test basis. The audit also includes evaluating the accounting principles used, significant estimates made by management, and the overall presentation of the financial statements, providing a reasonable basis for the auditor's opinion.