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Difference between not trivial and not material

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by MikeLittle.
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  • February 20, 2015 at 9:39 am #229300
    questforknowledge
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    Hello Mike
    i was reading my text and i came across this expression, The principal auditor should set a threshold where a misstatement should be considered to be not trivial and further it says not trivial is different from not material.
    i am not quite clear with the expressions

    February 20, 2015 at 5:08 pm #229343
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    Interesting this, and I’m not myself 100% certain, but here’s a guess.

    Items may be trivial but not material in themselves. But it’s possible that a number of trivial matters could combine to make a material adjustment

    Does that sound reasonable?

    February 23, 2015 at 8:45 am #229755
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    its obvious that an item which is trivial will not be material but can something be trivial and be material i dont think so unless so many of such trivial items combine as you put it. what i think is that when something is trivial its obvious that it is immaterial

    February 23, 2015 at 9:06 am #229761
    MikeLittle
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    Well, yes, but that hasn’t really got us much further down the road to understanding

    “If something is trivial it’s obvious that it is immaterial” is like saying that if it’s got 4 legs then it’s an animal (unless it’s a table!)

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