LEGAL ENTITY Definition

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LEGAL ENTITY is a person or organization that has the legal standing to enter into contracts and may be sued for failure to perform as agreed in the contract, e.g., a child under legal age is not a legal entity, while a corporation is a legal entity since it is a person in the eyes of the law.

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INCOME STATEMENT see PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT.

CONTINUING AUDITOR is the auditor of the current year who also audited the financial statements of the client for the previous year.

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