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Samples Wanted: Unable to Express an Opinion

English translation: unable to express an opinion

06:07 Jun 10, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting / Auditor's Report
English term or phrase: Samples Wanted: Unable to Express an Opinion
Looking for sample text of auditors' disclaimer that they have not audited the financial statements for the YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR IN AUDIT and hence they are unable to express an opinion on it, and that the accompanying financial statements for the YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR IN AUDIT are soley for the purpose of comparison and reference.
anastasia t (X)
Local time: 12:38
Selected answer:unable to express an opinion
Explanation:
Maybe this sentence from the provided link can help you:
"Difficulties experienced during the implementation of a national financial system have resulted in the Corporation being unable to maintain proper books of account and internal control. Accordingly, in our audit report to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Minister of Communications, we stated that we were unable to express an opinion on the financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended 31 March 1986, and that the Corporation did not maintain proper books of account from which the financial statements have been prepared."

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Note added at 43 mins (2006-06-10 06:50:37 GMT)
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Sorry, I pasted the link into the wrong field:

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/8603ce.html

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Note added at 49 mins (2006-06-10 06:57:18 GMT)
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And this one?
"In view of my observations appearing in this report, I am unable to express an opinion on the accounts presented. Major deficiencies observed in audit are given below."

http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:lXxVR7CdFyoJ:www.treasur... (HTML version of a large PDF file)
Selected response from:

William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 06:38
Grading comment
Thank you. Finally, I settle on "I have not audited the financial statements of XXX for 200X and therefore cannot express any opinion on these statements. These statements are included solely for the purpose of comparison and reference. "
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +3unable to express an opinion
William [Bill] Gray


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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
samples wanted: unable to express an opinion
unable to express an opinion


Explanation:
Maybe this sentence from the provided link can help you:
"Difficulties experienced during the implementation of a national financial system have resulted in the Corporation being unable to maintain proper books of account and internal control. Accordingly, in our audit report to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Minister of Communications, we stated that we were unable to express an opinion on the financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended 31 March 1986, and that the Corporation did not maintain proper books of account from which the financial statements have been prepared."

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Note added at 43 mins (2006-06-10 06:50:37 GMT)
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Sorry, I pasted the link into the wrong field:

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/8603ce.html

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Note added at 49 mins (2006-06-10 06:57:18 GMT)
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And this one?
"In view of my observations appearing in this report, I am unable to express an opinion on the accounts presented. Major deficiencies observed in audit are given below."

http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:lXxVR7CdFyoJ:www.treasur... (HTML version of a large PDF file)


Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/8603ce.html
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 06:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Thank you. Finally, I settle on "I have not audited the financial statements of XXX for 200X and therefore cannot express any opinion on these statements. These statements are included solely for the purpose of comparison and reference. "

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
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