Chapter 9

Considering
Materiality and
Risk

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 Apply the concept of materiality to the
audit.
Make a preliminary judgment about what
amounts to consider material.
Determine performance materiality during
planning.
Use materiality to evaluate audit findings.
Define risk in auditing.

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 Describe the audit risk model and its
components.
Consider the impact of engagement risk on
acceptable audit risk.
Consider the impact of several factors on
the assessment of inherent risk.
Discuss the relationship of risks to audit
evidence.
Discuss how materiality and risk are related
and integrated into the audit process.
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Apply the concept of materiality to the audit.

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M qualitative -
dink tinh
than other
Revenue is more material trang yes income

quantitative
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dink luing
VND
amount Co A M is 50 mil
special
:
: e g
.

A . .

F
Co B : -80-
.

auditor define/calculate M
>
in planning stage

Major consideration in determining

the appropriate audit report

Referenced in auditor’s responsibility

section of the audit report

What is meant by the term “material”?

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Auditor’s responsibility = determine whether
financial statements are materially misstated.
Sai sot trang yeit

Auditor will bring material misstatements to the

client’s attention so corrections can be made.

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Make a preliminary judgment about what
amounts to consider material.

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 dann gi s b-ngay tu dai

affect to S
over >
-

Thresholds 1 (m) affect to user's decision

not affect

Auditors set materiality thresholds early in the

engagement.

ngung sai soto the bo

qua

Thresholds represent the maximum amount

that statements could be misstated and still
not affect users’ decisions.

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 Materiality is a relative rather
than an absolute concept.

Benchmarks are needed for

evaluating materiality.

Qualitative factors also

affect materiality.

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 lower M the threshold t
# nigh
When
risk ->

Considerations that may render material a

quantitatively small misstatement include:

Loan covenants Changing trend

Management compensation

Financial statement users Conceals an illegal act

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 Accounting and auditing standards do not
provide specific materiality guidelines.

Professional judgment is used to set and

apply materiality guidelines.

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~PM =
75 % M
trang yeir thes hien
Determine performance materiality
during planning.

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 m : mus trangyes for Segment (khoan mus
tal khoan 5% PM
thip bang ching theo tring
=
m
thu

↑
Evidence is accumulated by segments
rather than for the financial statements
as a whole.

Most practitioners allocate materiality

to balance sheet accounts.

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Use materiality to evaluate audit findings.

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 Khong has

Auditor can determine the misstated

amount in an account (“Known”)

Two types of “Likely” misstatements:

 Judgmental differences
 Projections of misstatements from
audit samples

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Khang hos

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 Estimated Net misstatements in Sample ($3,500)
× Total recorded
Misstatement = Total sampled ($50,000) population value
($31,500)
($450,000)

the population
)
+
audit :
take sample -> examine

have the
result 7 the result of population

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 5
Define risk in auditing.

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 Auditors accept some level of
risk in performing the audit.

Risks exist, are difficult to

measure, and require careful
thought in response.

Proper risk response is critical

to achieving a high-quality audit.

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 Auditors need to understand the client’s
business and assess business risk.

The audit risk model helps identify the

potential and likelihood of misstatements.

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 Cashier in a company also take the responsibility of payment => control risk

PDR = AAR ÷ (IR × CR)

where: PDR = Planned detection risk

AAR = Acceptable audit risk

IR = Inherent risk
CR do Long ty kH kiem soat
-

(human
CR = Control risk
lack of skill , experience,
behavior e .
g careless

audit risk = control risk x inherent risk x detective risk

=
AR CR X
IR PR
=
-

-
-

↓
E auditer
E
Rui ro kien tran cilent
auditor keeps DR low
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 Sales and Acquisition Payroll and
collection and payment personnel
cycle cycle cycle
Inherent
A Medium High Low
risk
Control
B Medium Low Low
risk
Acceptable
C Low Low Low
audit risk
Planned
D Medium Medium High
detection risk

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 Inventory and Capital acquisition
warehousing and repayment
cycle cycle
Inherent
A High Low
risk
Control
B High Medium
risk
Acceptable
C Low Low
audit risk
Planned
D Low Medium
detection risk

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Describe the audit risk model and
its components.

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 Planned
Inherent
Detection
Risk
Risk

Acceptable
Control Audit
Risk Risk

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Consider the impact of engagement risk
on acceptable audit risk.

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 What is Engagement Risk?

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 Auditors decide engagement risk and use
that risk to modify acceptable audit risk.

Engagement risk closely relates to client

business risk.

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  The degree to which external users
rely on the statements

The likelihood that a client will have

financial difficulties after the
audit report is issued

The auditor’s evaluation of

management’s integrity

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Consider the impact of several factors on
the assessment of inherent risk.

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 How thu

Nature of Client’s Audit Experience

Business
 Prior audit results
 Initial vs. repeat engagement
 Industry practices
 Audit judgment required to
 Non-routine transactions
correctly record balances and
 Makeup of the population
transactions

Culture
 Related parties
 Factors related to fraudulent
financial reporting
 Factors related to
misappropriation of assets

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Discuss the relationship of risks
to audit evidence.

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 Acceptable audit risk
I
D D
Factors Planned I
Inherent Planned
influencing detection
risk audit
risks risk evidence
D

Control risk
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 Auditors can change the audit to respond
to risks

The engagement may require more

experienced staff

The engagement will be reviewed more

carefully than usual

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 Both control risk and inherent risk are
typically set for each cycle, each
account, and often each audit
objective, not for the overall audit.

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 It is common to assess inherent and control
risk for each balance-related audit objective

It is not common to allocate materiality

to objectives

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 One major limitation in the audit risk model is
the difficulty of measuring the components
of the model.

Known Unknown
Preliminary Actual level of
Assessed Level +/- risk achieved
of Risk on the audit

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 Auditors develop various types of worksheets
to aid in relating the considerations affecting
audit evidence to the appropriate evidence
to accumulate.

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Discuss how materiality and risk are related
and integrated into the audit process.

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 Acceptable
audit risk D D I
Planned I Planned
Inherent detection risk audit evidence
risk I
I D I
Control
risk

Performance
materiality
D = Direct relationship; I = Inverse relationship

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 The auditor must revise the original
assessment of the appropriate risk.

The auditor should consider the effect

of the revision on evidence requirements,
without the use of the audit risk model.

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