Materiality
Area 2: Assessing Risk and Developing a Planned Response (25-35%)
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Topics
- Performance materiality
- Tolerable misstatement
Lessons
Study Frameworks
Overall Materiality
Benchmark × Percentage
Common benchmarks: 5% of pre-tax income, 0.5–1% of total revenue, 1–2% of total assets
Performance Materiality
Overall Materiality × 50–75%
Set below overall materiality to reduce the risk that aggregate uncorrected misstatements exceed materiality
Tolerable Misstatement (sampling)
Performance Materiality allocated to account
Maximum misstatement in an account that can be accepted