Audit Planning — Materiality & Risk AssessmentMACROSLM · PLANNING & CROSS-CUTTING
1210AS 2105 / AS 2110
Prepared 2026-07-13

Planning materiality & significant-account risk matrix

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) · FY2024 · integrated audit
Reporting framework: US GAAPFigures: $ in millions, as reported FY2024Component: single-entityBenchmark basis: auditor judgment

SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT — SELECT A BENCHMARK

Total revenue11,314+14.6%
Food, beverage & packaging3,37229.8%
Labor2,79524.7%
Occupancy, D&A, G&A & other3,23128.6%
Operating income1,91616.9%
Income before income taxes2,01017.8%
Provision for income taxes(476)4.2%
Net income1,53413.6%
Total assets (balance sheet)9,204

MATERIALITY DETERMINATION

BenchmarkIncome before income taxes$2,010M
Overall materiality (OM)5.00% of benchmark$100.5M
Performance materiality75% of OM$75.4M
Clearly trivial threshold5% of OM$5.0M
Auditor judgment — % applied5.00%
Suggested range for pre-tax income: 3.0%–8.0%

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTS & ASSERTIONS — RISK OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT

SHOW
AccountRelevant assertionsInherent risk driversFlagsRMM
Revenue — restaurant salesOccurrence · CutoffHigh volume, digital/third-party channels, period-end cutoff; presumed fraud risk (AS 2110).SIGFRAUDHigher
Management override of controlsAll · Entity-levelMandatory fraud risk; manual top-side journal entries, estimates.FRAUDHigher
Operating lease ROU assets & liabilitiesValuation · CompletenessASC 842; discount-rate & term judgment across large lease portfolio.SIGHigher
Impairment of long-lived assetsValuationASC 360; cash-flow forecasts, restaurant-level triggering events.SIGElevated
Gift cards — deferred revenue & breakageValuation · CutoffBreakage estimate; redemption-pattern assumptions.Elevated
Self-insurance reservesValuation · CompletenessActuarial estimate; workers' comp & general liability.Elevated
Accrued payroll & bonusCompleteness · CutoffPeriod-end accrual; performance-bonus estimate.Normal
Income taxesValuation · PresentationMulti-state; uncertain tax positions, effective-rate reconciliation.Elevated
Financial data from Chipotle Mexican Grill FY2024 10-K: revenue $11,314M (+14.6%), operating income $1,916M (16.9%), income before taxes $2,010M, net income $1,534M, total assets $9,204M. Operating-cost lines shown at reported cost ratios (food/bev 29.8%, labor 24.7%); occupancy/D&A/G&A grouped. Materiality inputs are interactive — select a benchmark and flex the judgment percentage; performance materiality and the clearly-trivial threshold recompute. Filter the risk matrix by significant and fraud risks.