In the accounting profession, the concept of materiality in financial reporting comes from two distinct areas: Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and generally accepted auditing ...

The AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) is proposing changes to the definition of materiality in its standards for auditors and attestation engagements to eliminate inconsistencies with the ...

Navigating the world of business finances can sometimes feel like wading through an alphabet soup of acronyms, jargon, and inscrutable terminology. This is especially true when it comes to the ...

Operational changes, remote procedures, and new risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic have made the audit environment much different than it was in the days before COVID-19. George Botic, ...

The American Institute of CPAs released a discussion paper Wednesday explaining some of the challenges of determining materiality in an attestation engagement when the subject matter can’t be measured ...

Companies’ management should consider whether to add a materiality carve-out to the related party representations now being included in management representation letters as a result of the PCAOB’s ...

This article is about the assessment of materiality in planning and completing an audit of a nonprofit organization is inherently difficult. The for-profit world’s rules of thumb for materiality ...

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, which sets international auditing standards used in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions, has been trying to become more closely aligned ...

Morningstar’s third annual global asset owner survey finds ESG materiality broadening, active ownership rising and demand for improvements in ESG data growing. The global quantitative survey, ...