audit failure

audit failure
audit failure audit failure failure

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audit failure UK US noun [C or U] ACCOUNTING
a situation in which an audit wrongly states that a company's accounts are correct when they contain mistakes or false statements: »

Until the audit failure has been investigated, we will not know if it was due to negligence or wrongdoing.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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