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Materiality

Materiality is an accounting principle that determines whether an amount is significant enough to influence decision-making. If information could affect the judgment of a reasonable user, it is considered material. Immateriel errors or omissions can be ignored, while material ones must be disclosed and corrected promptly in reports.

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