But that is not now the purpose of financial statements according to the IASB and so we have an obvious conflict of interest.

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Amerco also claims PwC acted recklessly when it told Amerco it had to consolidate the special-purpose entity on its own financial statements in 2002, causing Amerco to restate two years of numbers and wipe out 92% of its reported 2001 net income.

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