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Establishing Materiality - Example 1 Planning materiality Start with pretax income

Establishing Materiality - Example 1 Planning materiality Start with pretax income 5% to 10% based on risk level If excessive fluctuation in income year-to-year use total sales instead of income use ½% to 1% If sales not stable use gross margin use 1% to 2%. If gross margin not stable

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Establishing Materiality - Example 1 Planning materiality Start with pretax income

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  1. Establishing Materiality - Example 1 • Planning materiality • Start with pretax income • 5% to 10% based on risk level • If excessive fluctuation in income year-to-year • use total sales instead of income • use ½% to 1% • If sales not stable • use gross margin • use 1% to 2%

  2. If gross margin not stable • use total assets • use .25% to .5%

  3. Tolerable error (performance materiality) • Set at 50% to 75% of materiality • if very stable company use 50% • this becomes nominal amount • if error found above this amount, include in audit differences • if below this amount pass on it • Evaluation • Summarize all errors over nominal amount • then compare to planning materiality

  4. Larger of Client Total Revenues or Total Assets is … Over But not Over Planning Materiality + Factor X Excess Over $0 $30 thousand $0 + .0593 X $0 30 thousand 100 thousand 1,780 + .0312 X 30 thousand 100 thousand 300 thousand 3,960 + .0215 X 100 thousand 300 thousand 1 million 8,260 + .0145 X 300 thousand 1 million 3 million 18,400 + .00995 X 1 million 3 million 10 million 38,300 + .00674 X 3 million 10 million 30 million 85,500 + .00461 X 10 million 30 million 100 million 178,000 + .00312 X 30 million 100 million 300 million 396,000 + .00215 X 100 million 300 million 1 billion 826,000 + .00145 X 300 million 1 billion 3 billion 1,840 + .000995 X 1 billion 3 billion 10 billion 3,830,000 + .000674 X 3 billion 10 billion 30 billion 8,550,000 + .000461 X 10 billion 30 billion 100 billion 17,800,000 + .000312 X 30 billion 100 billion 300 billion 89,600,000 + .000215 X 100 billion 300 billion . . . 82,600,000 + .000148 X 300 billion Materiality Table - Example 2

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