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What do you consider the easiest type of audit evidence to obtain and why? What do think is the hardest type of evidence to obtain and why?

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//Before writing about the easiest type of Audit evidence, it is necessary to have knowledge about the basic meaning of 'Auditing'. One should know about the process of Auditing, which further will assist in analyzing the type of audit evidence, in an effective manner.//

Auditing is concerned with the examination and verification of accounting data and information. With this end in view, the auditor ...

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