Prior studies find that the greater the client’s financial distress, the greater the probability of receiving a going-concern report (e.g., Carcello et al. 1995; McKeown et al. 1991; Mutchler et al. 1997). We measure financial distress using Zmijewski’s financial condition score (ZFC). Specifically, we use Zmijewski’s (1984) financial distress prediction model based on: return on assets, financial leverage, and liquidity, and the PROBIT coefficients from his 40 bankrupt / 800 non-bankrupt estimation sample. Higher ZFC scores indicate greater financial distress, so we expect a positive relation between ZFC and the receipt of a going-concern report