The concept of materiality is applied by the auditor when both planning and performing the audit, and in evaluating the effect of identified misstatements on the audit and uncorrected misstatements, if any, on the financial statements.In general, misstatements,including omissions, are considered to be material if there is a substantial likelihood that,individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements. Judgments about materiality are made in light of surrounding circumstances, and involve both qualitative and quantitative considerations.These judgments are affected by the auditor's perception of the financial information needs of users of the financial statements,and by the size or nature of a misstatement, or both.The auditor's opinion addresses the financial statements as a whole. Therefore, the auditor has no responsibility to plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance that misstatements, whether caused by fraud or error, that are not material to the financial statements as a whole, are detected.
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审计师在规划和执行审计工作时都会运用重要性概念,并在评估已识别错报对审计的影响以及未经更正的错报(如果存在)对财务报表的影响时也会使用这一概念。通常,错报,包括遗漏,如果单独或汇总起来有实质可能影响合理用户基于财务报表做出的判断,就会被认为是重要的。重要性的判断要考虑周围环境,涉及定性和定量因素的权衡。这些判断受到审计师对财务报表使用者信息需求的理解,以及错报的金额或性质,或两者兼有的影响。审计意见针对的是财务报表的整体,因此,审计师没有责任规划和执行审计以获取合理的保证,发现对财务报表整体不重要的错报,无论是由欺诈还是错误造成的。