If an Auditor Assigns a Tolerable Misstatement of $1,000 to Accounts

question 45

True/False

If an auditor assigns a tolerable misstatement of $1,000 to accounts payable, he or she would need to obtain more audit evidence for that account than if $100,000 had been assigned.

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