PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK

The purpose of this article is to present the issues of materiality andaudit risk within the activity of financial audit. The concepts of materiality and audit risk aredescribed from a theoretical perspective, providing approaches found within the national andinternational literature and within the...

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Main Authors: ANA MARIA JOLDOŞ, IONELA CORNELIA STANCIU, GABRIELA GREJDAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Petrosani 2010-01-01
Series:Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics
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Online Access:http://www.upet.ro/anale/economie/pdf/20100221.pdf
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description The purpose of this article is to present the issues of materiality andaudit risk within the activity of financial audit. The concepts of materiality and audit risk aredescribed from a theoretical perspective, providing approaches found within the national andinternational literature and within the specific legislation. A case study on the calculation ofmateriality and audit risk for an entity is presented in the last part of the article. Through thetheoretical approach and the case study, it was concluded that materiality has an importantrole in determining the type of report to be issued, that is why it can be considered helpful forthose involved in the audit process.
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spelling doaj-art-235c954f2ca84fa2b3269f4cba507acd2025-08-20T03:11:40ZengUniversity of PetrosaniAnnals of the University of Petrosani: Economics1582-59492010-01-01X2225238PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISKANA MARIA JOLDOŞIONELA CORNELIA STANCIUGABRIELA GREJDANThe purpose of this article is to present the issues of materiality andaudit risk within the activity of financial audit. The concepts of materiality and audit risk aredescribed from a theoretical perspective, providing approaches found within the national andinternational literature and within the specific legislation. A case study on the calculation ofmateriality and audit risk for an entity is presented in the last part of the article. Through thetheoretical approach and the case study, it was concluded that materiality has an importantrole in determining the type of report to be issued, that is why it can be considered helpful forthose involved in the audit process.http://www.upet.ro/anale/economie/pdf/20100221.pdfauditstatutory auditmaterialityaudit riskopinionaudit reportfinancial statements
spellingShingle ANA MARIA JOLDOŞ
IONELA CORNELIA STANCIU
GABRIELA GREJDAN
PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK
Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics
audit
statutory audit
materiality
audit risk
opinion
audit report
financial statements
title PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK
title_full PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK
title_fullStr PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK
title_full_unstemmed PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK
title_short PILLARS OF THE AUDIT ACTIVITY: MATERIALITY AND AUDIT RISK
title_sort pillars of the audit activity materiality and audit risk
topic audit
statutory audit
materiality
audit risk
opinion
audit report
financial statements
url http://www.upet.ro/anale/economie/pdf/20100221.pdf
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