Summary of audit differences (SAD)
Every misstatement above the clearly trivial threshold goes on one schedule, corrected or not; at the end you evaluate what is left both on the profit and loss and on the balance sheet, individually and in aggregate, and then ask whether anything qualitative makes a small number a material one, because that last question decides more opinions than the arithmetic does.
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- 1Summary of audit differences (SAD)SA 450
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[Name of the firm] · Chartered Accountants
SUMMARY OF AUDIT DIFFERENCES
Worked example — Sunrays Auto Components Private Limited, year ended 31 March 2026
WP ref: 1.4 · Prepared by: [Name, date] · Reviewed by: [Manager, date] · Concluded by: [Partner, date]
Benchmark | Rs lakh |
|---|---|
Revenue from operations (reported) | 8,460.00 |
Profit before tax (reported) | 462.00 |
Net worth (reported) | 2,180.00 |
Overall materiality (1% of revenue — benchmark rationale at WP 2.3) | 85.00 |
Performance materiality (75%) | 64.00 |
Clearly trivial threshold (5% of overall materiality) | 4.25 |
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