ISA 320: Materiality in planning and performing an audit

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Audit and assurance essentials for professional accountancy exams
Katharine Bagshaw (Wiley, 2013)
This primer on the key concepts of professional auditing and assurance syllabuses has a short section on percentages and benchmarks which highlights some of the benchmarks in use and provides a worked example showing how materiality and performance materiality might be calculated.

Core auditing standards for practitioners
Katherine Bagshaw and John Selwood (Wiley, 2014)
This book contains a complete chapter on materiality which gives some of the benchmarks and percentages in use, along with further detailed examples.

Frequently asked questions in ISAs
Steven Collings (Wiley, 2014)
This book addresses key areas where audit firms are failing which have been flagged up by audit regulators. It includes a chapter on materiality, with worked examples, covering the calculation of financial statement materiality, qualitative and quantitative considerations, materiality considerations during the audit and documentation of materiality.

Articles and books in the Library collection

Selected books

Implementing GAAS: A practical guide to auditing and reporting
Ian Connon (Croner-i)
Implementing GAAS (Generally Accepted Auditing Standards) provides guidance on current UK auditing standards and the supporting Practice Notes, Bulletins and other material. The annually updated title contains examples, illustrations of recent reports and discussion of problem areas, including a chapter on materiality and the audit.

The audit process: Principles, practice and cases
Iain Gray and Stuart Manson (Cengage Learning, 2011)
An introduction to the principles and practice of auditing, with a chapter on sampling and materiality. 

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Materiality in the audit of financial statements
Published jointly by ICAEW’s International Accounting, Auditing and Ethics (IAAE) and Audit and Assurance Faculty, this guide takes a practical look at the ISA requirements on materiality, highlighting the challenges and providing practical illustrations. Published in June 2017.