- 15 Marks
AA – Nov 2017 – L2 – Q3a – Audit and Assurance Risk Environment
Describe four factors affecting judgment about materiality in an audit context.
Question
Anaba Sampson is an audit assistant at Global Accountants, a firm of Chartered Accountants. During the audit of a client’s account, for the year ended 31 December 2011, Anaba detected an error amounting to GH¢10.00 in respect to each interest payment, which recurred multiple times. The Chief Accountant advised Anaba not to request any adjustment entry, claiming the errors were insignificant. The company had 3,000 deposit accounts, and interest was paid half-yearly.
Required:
i) Describe four factors affecting judgment about materiality.
ii) Discuss the advice of the Chief Accountant.
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- Tags: Audit evidence, Audit Risk, Financial Reporting, Judgment, Materiality
- Level: Level 2
- Topic: Audit and Assurance Evidence
- Series: NOV 2017
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