How does the amount of evidence change when the auditor reduces planned detection risk?
A) It is indeterminate.
B) It increases.
C) It remains unchanged.
D) It decreases.

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When an auditor reduces the planned detection risk, it means they want to lower the risk that they will not catch material misstatements in the financial statements. To achieve this, they will need to gather more evidence to be more certain of the financial statements' accuracy, thus increasing the amount of evidence required.

How Does the Amount of Evidence Change When the Auditor