Able & Co. is evaluating its independence relative to its audit of the City of Baker's self insurance fund using the conceptual framework for independence included in Government Auditing Standards. During the course of the review of the work performed, the audit partner notes that virtually no audit procedures were performed on an actuarial valuation of the fund's unpaid claims liabilities conducted by consultants from Able & Co's actuarial group. The actuarial valuation was performed as part of a separate nonaudit engagement. The unpaid claims are material to the fund. The situation above represents: A. No threat to independence. B. A self-interest threat. C. A self-review threat. D. A familiarity threat.
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