Short-Form Report

It's the TL;DR version of an audit...for the busy executive or investor, who would really prefer the Short-Short-Short-Form report, which would say something like "financials good" or maybe just consist of a dollar sign followed by either a thumbs-up or poop emoji.

The short-form report gets into a little more detail than that. But it's still an abbreviated version of an audit's findings.

It's usually a two-paragraph statement added to a firm's financial statements, giving an overview of the audit. It also includes the auditor's opinion as to whether the financial statements provide a true and accurate description of the company's situation. Fundamentally, it's a slightly wordier version of the thumbs-up or poop emoji.