Two alternative approaches are used in audit practice to make quantitative materiality assessments about proposed audit adjustments: the cumulative approach compares to net income the total amount of misstatement existing at the end of the current period, while the current-period approach...

Two alternative approaches are used in audit practice to provide quantitative materiality assessments about proposed audit adjustments. The cumulative approach compares to net income the total amount of misstatement existing at the end of the current period, while the current-period approach...