An accountant has been engaged to compile the financial statements of a nonissuer. The financial statements contain many departures from U.S. GAAP because of inadequacies in the accounting records. The accountant believes that modification of the compilation report is not adequate to indicate the deficiencies. Under these circumstances, the accountant should:a. Withdraw from the engagement and provide no further service concerning these financial statements.b. Quatify the effects of the departments from GAAP and describe the departures from GAAP in a special report.c. Obtain written representations from management that the fiannacial statements will not be used to obtain credit from financial institutions.d. Inform management that the engagement can proceed only if distribution of the accountant's report is restricted to internal use.

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a. Withdraw from the engagement and provide no further service concerning these financial statements.

Explanation:

An accountant should consider whether the financial statements have no mistakes in the application of accounting principles during an engament to compile the financial statements of nonissuers.

If the accountant believes that modification of the compilation report is not adequate to indicate the deficiencies, then s/he should withdraw rom the engagement and provide no further service concerning these financial statements.

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