What course of action should auditors take if,after evaluating management's plan to mitigate the effect of factors that suggest going-concern uncertainties,they believe that substantial doubt about going-concern status does not exist?
A) Modify their report on the financial statements to describe management's plan to mitigate going-concern uncertainties, identify the procedures performed by the auditors, and indicate that substantial doubt about going concern does not exist.
B) Prepare a separate report that describes management's plan to mitigate going-concern uncertainties, identify the procedures performed by the auditors, and indicate that substantial doubt about going concern does not exist.
C) Require financial statement disclosure of management's plan to mitigate going-concern uncertainties with no modification to the auditors' report on the financial statements or no separate report on going concern.
D) Conclude that substantial doubt about going-concern status does not exist and not require financial statement disclosure or modification of the auditors' report.

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If auditors have evaluated management's plan to mitigate going-concern uncertainties and believe that substantial doubt about going-concern status does not exist, they should simply conclude that no financial statement disclosure or modification of the auditors' report is necessary. This is the correct course of action as per Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).

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