Tag: Materiality
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Materiality Assessment
Materiality assessment A materiality assessment is a process used to identify and prioritize key environmental and social issues that are most relevant to a business. These issues are critical either due to the company’s reliance on them or because of the significant impact or interaction between the business and those issues. For example, a paper…
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Materiality
Materiality Materiality, a cornerstone of accounting and auditing, is based on the idea that if information is material, its omission or misstatement could impact users’ decisions. Essentially, materiality involves gauging the importance of information in financial statements — information that carries a substantial likelihood of influencing the investment decisions of reasonable investors. This assessment of…