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Which, to be clear, is a failure of the auditor. We don't need auditors to make sure the numbers add up; the whole point of double-entry bookkeeping is "the numbers always add up".



Depends on the scope of the audit. In most cases that's precisely what they do, make sure the numbers add up, and we do need that.




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