Network-Firm Screen

Screen shared firm characteristics for network-firm indicators.

Description

Shared firm characteristics can trigger network-firm review.

Shared firm characteristics can trigger network-firm review. This tool counts four equally weighted recorded indicators.^[1]

Screen shared firm characteristics for network-firm indicators.

When to use Network-Firm Screen

Use this tool to screen shared firm characteristics for network-firm indicators.

Prepare the documented facts, aligned totals or expected/observed evidence labels requested. Choose applicable requirements and thresholds separately before interpreting a planning screen.

How to use Network-Firm Screen and understand its results

Prepare the documented facts, aligned totals or expected/observed evidence labels requested. Choose applicable requirements and thresholds separately before interpreting a planning screen.
Enter commonBrandName, sharedQualityManagement, sharedProfitsOrCosts, commonOwnershipOrControl using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read networkIndicators, screenResult, triggeredIndicators. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
commonBrandName	Common brand name	boolean	Required
sharedQualityManagement	Shared quality management	boolean	Required
sharedProfitsOrCosts	Shared profits or costs	boolean	Required
commonOwnershipOrControl	Common ownership or control	boolean	Required

Enter booleans; return count, true IDs in declared order and category.

0→unlikely; 1–2→possible; 3–4→likely

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
networkIndicators	Network indicators	integer; minimum: 0
screenResult	Network-firm screen result	string; one of "unlikely", "possible", "likely"
triggeredIndicators	Triggered indicators	list of string

json

{
  "input": {
    "commonBrandName": true,
    "sharedQualityManagement": true,
    "sharedProfitsOrCosts": false,
    "commonOwnershipOrControl": true
  },
  "output": {
    "networkIndicators": 3,
    "screenResult": "likely",
    "triggeredIndicators": [
      "commonBrandName",
      "sharedQualityManagement",
      "commonOwnershipOrControl"
    ]
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

No firm relationship, professional definition or independence conclusion is established.

Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Peer-Review Independence: Audit peer-review independence safeguards. For a complementary task, use Nonattest Hours Threshold: Total nonattest service hours against a caller-supplied exception limit.

References

Network-Firm Screen — tool.io

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