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Judgment & ambiguity · When to escalate

Testing controls, you find a reconciliation control that was performed but with no evidence it was reviewed, in an area that feeds a material account. Is this a deficiency you note and move on, or does it rise to something you escalate — and how do you decide the severity?

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Testing controls, you find a reconciliation control that was performed but with no evidence it was reviewed, in an area that feeds a material account. Is this a deficiency you note and move on, or does it rise to something you escalate — and how do you decide the severity?

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