ClairAudit

Materiality with its working shown.

Choose a benchmark and a percentage. ClairAudit derives performance materiality and the clearly-trivial threshold, keeps the calculation as a numbered version and copies the active figures onto the engagement.

ISA 320 · ISA 450

A small brass hand balance laid flat with its two pans and a set of round coin weights.
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One benchmark, three thresholds.

The percentage is the engagement team’s judgement. Any value above zero and up to 100 is accepted, and ClairAudit does not suggest a range. The derived thresholds are fixed ratios, so they read the same on every file.

  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Profit before tax
  • Total assets
  • Net assets
  • Expenditure
B-3.1Materiality, version 2Sample · illustrative
Sample materiality calculation
ThresholdBasisAmount
BenchmarkRevenue48,200,000
Overall materiality1.0% of benchmark482,000
Performance materiality75% of overall361,500
Clearly trivial5% of overall24,100
Supersedes version 1. Amounts are illustrative.

Reassessments are numbered, not overwritten.

When materiality is revisited during the audit, the new calculation becomes the next version and names the one it replaces.

  1. Version

    Numbered per engagement

    Each calculation records its benchmark, percentage, derived thresholds and who computed it.

  2. Supersede

    Revisions link to what they replace

    A superseded version points to its replacement, so the sequence of reassessments stays readable.

  3. Active

    The active version cannot be deleted

    Its figures are copied onto the engagement record.

  4. History

    Prior years by client

    Materiality from earlier engagements for the same client can be read beside the current calculation.

Bring an engagement. We will walk the file with you.

A demo covers your audit methodology, the standards you report under, and how agents, citations and review gates would fit your team. Pricing is discussed on the call.