scholarly journals HOW DECISION MAKING TO THE AUDIT FEE, AUDIT COMMITTEE ON A AUDIT QUALITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Aprilya Dwi Yandari ◽  
Erina Sudaryati
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
Report Result ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Client Pressure

This article writes related the purpose of writing is to measure the extent of audit fees, audit committee on audit quality in a decision making. When to pay a fee should not be done by an auditee, because avoiding the existence of a form of problem to the loss of an auditor independence. Especially for clients who have opinions other than unqualified (WTP). It may also encourage an auditee to pressure the auditor, such as the form of pressure that will replace his or her public accounting firm with another accounting firm. Fee audit and audit committee are very influential in audit quality, when the actual audit cost is higher than normal audit cost. And then, audit fee of expensive can create an incentive to the auditor to agree on client pressure in a form of report result so that it can result to quality audit. In addition, audit fees also arise over a clients business risk relationship which has important implications for the obligation of an independent auditor for an audit that has been allegedly negligent in doing so, as well as on audit fees which theoretically relate to both an audit effort and a business's risk auditors. Keywords: Fee Audit, Audit Committee, Audit Quality, Financial Statements

scholarly journals Audit Fees and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Saccos in North RIFT, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Dorris Serem ◽  
Dr. Rashid Fwamba ◽  
Dr. Alala Benedict
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Firm Experience ◽  
The Impact

The collapse of Deposit-Taking SACCOS and financial institutions in Kenya has caught the attention of the public and supervisory agencies to query the quality of audit. SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority on its inspection report indicated that SACCOs have been implicated in maladministration, scams and fraudulent dealings that led to their eventual collapse. SASRA also revoked licenses and rejected audited financial statements of some Deposit Taking SACCOs between 2013 to 2017.These financial scandals have been traced to poor audit quality. The study aimed to test the impact of audit quality on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. The study sought to establish the influence of audit fees on financial performance; determine the influence of audit firm tenure on financial performance; establish the influence of auditor independence on financial performance and to determine the influence of audit firm experience on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. This study was based on Agency theory, Role theory and the Concept of audit expectation gap, and Stakeholders’ theory. This research adopted descriptive cross-sectional research design. The target population for the study was 266 staff of all the 16 registered Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. The sample size was 48 respondents comprising of chief executive officers, finance officers and internal auditors of the Deposit-Taking SACCOs selected using purposive sampling method. Primary and secondary data was used. Questionnaires collected primary data while audited annual financial statements of SACCOs provided secondary data. Inferential and descriptive statistics was used in analyzing data through SPSS version 25. It emerged that audit fees, audit firm tenure and audit firm experience have a significant positive influence on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. Auditor independence had an insignificant positive influence on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in North Rift Region, Kenya. The study concluded that audit quality has a positive noteworthy impact on financial performance of Deposit-Taking SACCOs in Kenya. The study recommends that regulatory authorities should formulate strict rules on audit fee charges and oversee the implementation of the same. Also, SASRA should ensure DT-SACCOs implement auditor rotation in compliance with auditing regulations and standards. DT-SACCOs to consider auditor’s professional competence and experience before initiating any audit engagement. Finally, DT-SACCOs and auditors should reinforce the professional code of ethics in regard to auditor independence in terms of familiarity between auditor and the client that may lead audit work into jeopardy.

scholarly journals A theoretical approach to auditor independence and audit quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-141
Author(s):  
Rahman Yakubu ◽  
Tracey Williams
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Accounting Scandals ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Auditor independence and the quality of audit report is of growing concern to regulators, institutional investors and stakeholders as a series of accounting scandals have undermined the professionalism of auditors. The findings from this study produced an insight of how auditor’s independence improve audit quality and that abnormal audit fees is as a result of additional effort for auditor to carry out rigorous audit engagement as a result of wider audit scope; that mandatory audit firm rotation will enhance auditor independence, and that audit committee with nonexecutive independence will promote audit quality. The study also finds that in terms of auditor size, smaller audit firms that belong to professional bodies will provide higher audit quality. The main conclusion of this research is that where an auditor is fully independent in carrying out audit engagement with strong resistance to fees pressure will enhance audit quality. This research provides insight into the impact of IFRS adoption on audit fees.

scholarly journals PENGARUH INDEPENDENSI DAN PENGALAMAN AUDITOR TERHADAP KUALITAS AUDIT PADA KANTOR AKUNTAN PUBLIK

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Amrulloh Amrulloh ◽  
Yuniarti Hidayah Suyoso Putra
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
Public Accountants

Public accountants are independent auditors who provide services to public, especially in the field of audit of financial statements made by the client. Public accountant’s task is to examine and provide an opinion on the fairness of financial statements of an entity based on the standards set by the Indonesian Institute of Accountants (IAI). Afflicting many companies which in turn involve public accountants, financial cases make the accountants to consider their audit quality. Some factors have a very important role in determining the audit quality, including the auditor independence and experience. Therefore, the issues examined in this study are: (1) Do the auditor’s independence and experience simultaneously have an influence on the quality of the audit? (2) Do the auditor’s independence and experience have a partial effecton audit quality? From that background, this research aims to (1) determine the simultaneous effect of auditor’s independence and experience on the quality of audit, (2) determine the partial effect of auditor’s independence and experience on the quality of audit. This research employs a survey method with questionnaires. The population of this research consists of auditors who work in Public Accounting Firm (KAP) in Malang. Data analysis is performed with validity and reliability test, and classical assumption test whereas hypothesis test with multiple linear regression method. The researcher uses and obtains the primary data by distributing questionnaires to 33 respondents. The result concludes that independence has a partial effect on the quality audit with significant level of 2,049. Simultaneously, the independence and the experience of the auditors affect the audit qualitywith significant level of 8,645. Therefore, both the auditor and the Public Accounting Firm (KAP) are expected to improve their audit quality.

scholarly journals The Effect of Audit Tenure, Audit Rotation, Audit Fee, Accounting Firm Size, and Auditor Specialization to Audit Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinta Permata Sari ◽  
Ayu Aris Diyanti ◽  
Rita Wijayanti
Keyword(s):  
Firm Size ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Auditor Specialization

The company management has a responsibility to run the company activities by reporting the resultsthrough financial statements. The role of an auditor is needed to mediate the management's interest and share holder’s concern.An auditor is an independent part of giving an opinion about the information contained in the financial statementsthroughits audit quality. Audit quality can be reduced if the auditor is not independent anymore. This study aims to analyze the effect of audit tenure, audit rotation,audit fee, accounting firm size, and auditor specialization to audit quality. The population of the study is manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in2015-2017. The sample was taken by a purposive sampling method and obtained 50 companies as samples. Data were tested using logistic regression. The results of this study indicate that audit rotation,fee audit, and accounting firm size do not affect audit quality,meanwhile, the audit tenure and auditor specialization affect audit quality.

Abnormal Audit Fee and Audit Quality

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharad C. Asthana ◽  
Jeff P. Boone
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Power Increase ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Audit Fee

SUMMARY This study tests the hypotheses that below-normal audit fees signal important nuances in the balance of bargaining power between the auditor and the client, and that such power may ultimately influence audit quality. We find that audit quality, proxied by absolute discretionary accruals and meeting or beating analysts' earnings forecasts, declines as negative abnormal audit fees increase in magnitude, with the effect amplified as proxies for client bargaining power increase. We find that this effect is dampened in years following the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), suggesting that SOX was effective in enhancing auditor independence.

Audit Fees and Investor Perceptions of Audit Characteristics

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison K. Beck ◽  
Robert M. Fuller ◽  
Leah Muriel ◽  
Colin D. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Comparative Audit

ABSTRACT: We investigate how audit fee disclosures affect investor perceptions of audit characteristics. We find evidence that when audit fees are presented to investors with supplementary contextual information indicating that the fees are low, average, or high (as compared to industry averages), investors perceive audit quality and auditor effort as being low, average, or high, respectively. When not provided with any additional information concerning the audit fee (similar to the present state of disclosures), investors assess audit quality and auditor effort as being average. Surprisingly, we find that while investors perceive auditor independence as low, average, and high when fees are presented as high, average, or low, respectively, investors not provided with any relative fee information assess auditor independence as low, similar to the investors who are presented with high relative fees. This latter finding provides important insight regarding investors' current perceptions of auditor independence, particularly in the absence of relative or comparative audit fee information. Data Availability: Contact the authors.

scholarly journals Political Connection And Gender Diversity To Audit Fees

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-614
Author(s):  
Pedi Riswandi, Et. al.
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Political Connection ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Public Accountants ◽  
Ceo Gender

Introduction: Audit fee is one of the factors that results in reduced audit quality. Audit fees are rewards provided by companies to public accountants for audit services provided. Purpose:  this study to investigate political connection and CEO gender affect the size of audit fee paid to public accountants by the company. Method: This study uses secondary data in the form of the annual report of company going public in 2015-2018 and using a purposive sampling technique with a total of 407 company data companies. The variables used in this study are audit fee as the dependent variable while for the independent variables used in this study are political connection, CEO gender. Analysis techniques data used in this study are multiple linier regressions with classical assumption test Finding: The results show that political connections can increase audit fee Originality: the results show that CEO gender has no effect on audit fees Limitation: Disclosure of audit fees in the annual report is still voluntary, so there are still many companies that do not meet the sample criteria. The variable used is limited to the gender of CEO Directors without involving the gender of the board of commissioners and audit committee.

DETERMINAN FEE AUDIT

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Baldric Siregar ◽  
Mutiara Indah Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Main Requirement ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
A Company

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the factors that affect audit fees. Factors examined include  factors derived from the entity (client) and the factors derived from the auditor. The sample of this research is that companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2007- 2008. The existence of audit fee disclosure in the financial statements or annual report is the main requirement for a company used as a sample. The hypotheses are tested using multiple regression. Empirical evidence shows that the size and complexity of the entity have positive influences on audit fees. Both of these factors are factors derived from the entity. In addition, the audit reputation has a positive influence on audit fees. This audit reputation is a factor derived from the auditor. Other factors are tested as risk, internal audit, audit committee, financial condition, and audit tenure have no influence on the audit fee. Keywords: audit fee, client size, risk, entitas complexity, auditor reputation, internal audit, audit committee, audit tenure, client financial condition. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi biaya audit. Faktor yang diteliti meliputi faktor yang berasal dari entitas (klien) dan faktor-faktor yang berasal dari auditor. Sampel dari penelitian ini adalah perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia untuk periode 2007-2008. Adanya pengungkapan biaya audit dalam laporan keuangan atau laporan tahunan adalah syarat utama untuk sebuah perusahaan yang digunakan sebagai sampel. Hipotesis diuji dengan menggunakan regresi berganda. Bukti empiris menunjukkan bahwa ukuran dan kompleksitas entitas memiliki pengaruh positif pada biaya audit. Kedua faktor ini adalah faktor-faktor yang berasal dari entitas. Selain itu, reputasi audit memiliki pengaruh positif pada biaya audit. Reputasi Audit ini merupakan faktor yang berasal dari auditor. Faktor-faktor lain diuji sebagai risiko, audit internal, komite audit, kondisi keuangan, dan masa jabatan audit tidak memiliki pengaruh pada biaya audit. Kata kunci: biaya audit, ukuran klien, risiko, kompleksitas entitas, reputasi auditor, audit internal, komite audit, masa jabatan audit, kondisi keuangan klien

scholarly journals Auditor’s Income Taxation and Audit Quality

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110408
Author(s):  
Marcel Steller ◽  
Erich Pummerer
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Paradoxical Effects ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
National Tax

We use an analytical research model to analyze the effect of the auditor’s personal income tax on audit effort. We show that the auditor’s level of care crucially depends on the tax rate and amount of loss recognition. Taxes may cause paradoxical effects on the auditor’s effort, audit quality, and marginal audit fee if profits and losses are taxed differently or in case of risk-averse decision-makers. Therefore, compared with the pretax setting, taxes have distortional effects. Thus, common auditing standards (e.g., International Standards on Auditing framework) will imply diverse audit quality and marginal audit fees depending on the respective national tax law. Our results are relevant for standard setters, auditors, and financial statements’ addressees.

PENGARUH INDEPENDENSI AUDITOR DAN KOMPETENSI AUDITOR TERHADAP KUALITAS AUDIT DENGAN TEKANAN KLIEN SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-390
Author(s):  
Prayogi Gunawan ◽  
Abriandi Abriandi
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Ideal Condition ◽  
Certified Public Accountants ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
The Public ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
Client Pressure ◽  
Survey Approach

This study aims to test whether client pressure can moderate the influence of auditor’s independence and auditor’s competence on audit quality. This study used a survey approach with questionnaire form which filled by 80 auditors who work at the Public Accounting Firm of North Jakarta listed at the Indonesian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The result of the research shows that if the auditor has high independence and competence, then audit quality will be higher also. Based on testing of a pure moderator, client pressure is able to moderate and strengthen each influence of auditor’s independence and auditor’s competence on audit quality. This suggests that this study produces an ideal condition in which client pressure makes the auditor more independent and competent to the job. Keywords: Auditor’s independence, Auditor’s competence, Audit quality, Client pressure

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