Definition: Materiality

Category: OECD terminology

Refers to the significance of a matter in relation to a set of financial or performance information. If a matter is material to the set of information, then it is likely to be of significance to a user of that information. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/OCDE_09E74304_en.pdf
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Effects of European Union Accession, Part 1: Budgeting and Financial Control", OECD SIGMA Paper No. 19, Paris, March 1998
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