Clark, CPA, compiled and properly reported on the financial statements of Green Co., a nonissuer, for the year ended March 31, 2008. These financial statements omitted substantially all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Green asked Clark to compile the statements for the year ended March 31, 2009, and to include all GAAP disclosures for the 2009 statements only, but otherwise present both years’ financial statements in comparative form. What is Clark’s responsibility concerning the proposed engagement?
a. Clark may not report on the comparative financial statements because the 2008 statements are not comparable to the 2009 statements that include the GAAP disclosures.
b. Clark may report on the comparative financial statements provided the 2009 statements do not contain any obvious material misstatements.
c. Clark may report on the comparative financial statements provided an explanatory paragraph is added to Clark’s report on the comparative financial statements.
d. Clark may report on the comparative financial statements provided Clark updates the report on the 2008 statements that do not include the GAAP disclosures.