independent audit

American  

noun

1. an audit of a company conducted by accountants from an outside accounting firm (internal audit ).

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Example Sentences

To make matters worse, stablecoin rival Tether announced it had hired a Big Four accounting firm to complete its first full independent audit, adding to chatter about the company’s potential U.S. expansion.

From Barron's

It previously declined to comment on the accounting issues, although it did release an independent audit that found nothing amiss.

From Barron's

Mears said it works on an open book basis with the Home Office and, following an independent audit, had made agreed repayments to the government.

From BBC

A shareholder proposal had requested that the board of directors commission an independent audit and report of the working conditions and treatment that Amazon warehouse workers face.

From Los Angeles Times

After a flurry of city-court diplomacy, the city agreed to pay $2.2 million, a figure later upped to more than $3 million, for an independent audit.

From Los Angeles Times