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Heather Townsend's avatar

The world of auditing has one big advantage over consulting… gross recurring fees. I.e. when a firm is appointed as an auditor they know - as long as they don’t muck up - that they will get the audit for many, many years. How many other professionals have that luxury of a business model?

In fact, partners are often made up in audit practices to facilitate the rotation of audit partners to help satisfy good governance practices.

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