scholarly journals Pentagon fraud perspective analysis in detecting indications of financial statement fraud

Author(s):  
Ni Putu Winda Ayuningtyas ◽  
I Putu Sudana ◽  
I Wayan Suartana ◽  
Ni Putu Sri Harta Mimba

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence regarding the elements of fraud pentagon theory on indications of financial statement fraud. This research was conducted on banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2017-2020 period. The method of determining the sample used is non-probability sampling with purposive sampling technique. The number of samples that meet the sample selection criteria are 140 samples, namely 35 banking companies during the four years of observation 2017-2020. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. Based on the results of the analysis, it is stated that the nature of industry and change of directors have a negative effect on indications of financial statement fraud, while personal financial need, rationalization, and CEO duality have no effect on indications of financial statement fraud. This study has implications for investors, creditors, the government and other parties who need financial statement information to consider the elements of the fraud pentagon theory to detect indications of fraudulent financial statements in banking companies.

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1441
Author(s):  
Ni Kadek Suparmini ◽  
Dodik Ariyanto ◽  
I Made Andika Pradnyana Wistawan

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of fraud diamond theory. This research was conducted on manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) for the 2015-2017 period. The sample determination method used is nonprobability sampling with purposive sampling technique. There are 145 companies as a population with a total of 66 companies as samples. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. Based on the results of the analysis, it was stated that the nature of industry had a negative effect on indications of financial statement fraud while financial need, auditor firm size, and change of directors had no effect on indications of financial statement fraud. This study has implications for shareholders, regulators, or parties who use information in financial statements as a consideration in providing an assessment of the chances of fraudulent actions on the company's financial statements. Keywords: Diamond Fraud; Financial Statement Fraud.


Cases of financial statement fraud today are increasingly prevalent. Cases of this type of fraud result in material losses that are not insignificant. Many investors and creditors as well as the general public are victims of this type of fraud. Not only in European and US countries, in Indonesia there are also many cases of fraudulent financial statements. Financial statement fraud can occur due to many things. This study aims to analyze the effect of financial liquidity, audit rotation and audit tenure on financial statement fraud. Population determined is a manufacturing company with a food and beverage subsector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2013-2018. The sample selection is done by purposive sampling technique, the sample results that meet the criteria are 78 samples. The research method used is multiple linear methods, where the results of the research partially show that the liquidity financial variable does not significantly affect fraudulent financial statements, variable audit rotations significantly influence fraudulent financial statements, and variable audit tenure does not significantly influence financial statement fraud.


Author(s):  
R. Daniel Eka Prasetya Antawirya ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Made Dwija Putri ◽  
I Gde Ary Wirajaya ◽  
I Gusti Ngurah Agung Suaryana ◽  
Herkulanus Bambang Suprasto

Financial statements manipulation was a fraud form which is generally difficult to detect. The study was intended to analyze fraud pentagon elements in detecting fraudulent financial statements. The research population was all financial sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2015-2018 period. Purposive sampling technique was used to determine the research sample and data analysis techniques used multiple regression. Based on the test results, it shows the financial set has a positive positive effect on fraudulent financial statements and the number of audit committee meetings that reflect effectiveness has a negative effect on fraudulent financial statements. The study results also contribute to the fraud pentagon theory and provide evidence that elements on fraud pentagon model can be used to detect fraudulent financial statements.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Desi Elviani ◽  
Syahril Ali ◽  
Rahmat Kurniawan

This study aims to examine how the influence of fraudulent financial reporting on firm value is viewed from the perspective of a pentagon fraud with a sample of 71 companies from the infrastructure, utilities and transportation sectors in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014-2018. The sample selection used was purposive sampling method. Company value is measured by price book value, financial statement fraud is measured by fraud-score models. There are two variables that have a positive and significant influence, namely the opportunity and arrogance variables, the two variables present two of the five elements of pentagon fraud, where as the three variables, pressure, rasionalization, competence, do not affect the fraudulent financial reporting. The results of this study have proven that fraudulent financial reporting has a negative effect on firm value.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-280
Author(s):  
Abdurrachman Abdurrachman ◽  
Suhartono Suhartono

Financial statement fraud is a serious and constructive problem for external parties of the company, especially for investors. This study aims at factors that cause false financial statements with variables as moderating variables. The factors used in this study are pentagon fraud theory which consists of variables of pressure, opportunity, rationalization, competence, and arrogance. This study uses the company in the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2016-2017 period as a research sample. Based on the results of purposive sampling obtained 204 data manufacturing companies that meet the sample. Testing the hypothesis in this study was carried out using logistic regression analysis. The results of testing the hypothesis to see the effect on fraudulent financial statements indicate that competence has a significant positive effect, pressure has a negative effect, the opportunity has no significant effect, rationalization has no significant effect, arrogance has no significant effect. In the moderating variable earnings, quality cannot weaken the influence of pressure, opportunity, rationalization, and arrogance on fraudulent financial statements, but earnings quality can weaken the influence of competence on fraudulent financial statements. Simultaneous testing shows that the overall variable has a significant effect on fraudulent financial statements. Keywords: Fraudulent Financial Statement, Pentagon Fraud   Abstrak                                                                         Kecurangan laporan keuangan merupakan masalah yang serius dan menjadi ancaman bagi pihak-pihak eksternal perusahaan, khususnya bagi investor. Beberapa penelitian mengenai faktor faktor yang berpengaruh pada fraudulent financial statement telah dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji kembali faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi fraudulent financial statement dengan menambahkan kualitas laba sebagai variabel moderasi. Faktor-faktor yang diuji dalam penelitian ini adalah teori pentagon fraud yang terdiri dari variabel pressure, opportunity, rationalization, competence, dan arrogance. Penelitian ini menggunakan perusahaan manafaktur terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2016-2017 sebagai sampel penelitian. Berdasarkan hasil purposive sampling diperoleh 204 data perusahaan manufaktur yang memenuhi kriteria sampel. Pengujian hipotesis dalam penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan analisis regresi logistik. Hasil pengujian hipotesis untuk melihat pengaruh terhadap fraudulent financial statement menunjukkan bahwa competence berpengaruh positif signifikan, pressure berpengaruh negatif, opportunity tidak berpengaruh signifikan, rationalization tidak berpengaruh signifikan, arrogance tidak berpengaruh signifikan. Pada variabel moderasi kualitas laba tidak dapat memperlemah pengaruh pressure, opportunity, rationalization dan arrogance terhadap fraudulent financial statement, namun kualitas laba dapat memperlemah pengaruh competence pada fraudulent financial statement. Pengujian secara simultan menunjukkan bahwa variabel secara keseluruhan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap fraudulent financial statement. Kata kunci: Fraudulent Financial Statement, Pentagon Fraud


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Yulia Frischanita, Yustrida Bernawati

This study aims to examine the effect of CFO demographics on financial statement fraud. The results contribute to companies for increasing CEO and CFO elections and corporate governance designed to prevent illegal actions. The sample in this study was manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2018 with 308 data and hypothesis testing using multiple regression analysis techniques. The test results show that the age of the CFO affects the fraudulent financial statements. More mature the CFO engage with fraudulent financial statements. Other results indicate that the level of education, gender and experience of the CFO have no effect on financial statement fraud. The control variable used is ROA which has a positive effect on financial statement fraud. While company size and leverage have a negative effect on financial statement fraud.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arief Hidayatullah Khamainy ◽  
Mahrus Ali ◽  
M. Arif Setiawan

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of the new fraud diamond model in explaining financial statement fraud. Design/methodology/approach The variables used to examine the factors consist of motivation, opportunity, personal integrity and capability. This research used manufactured companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange of the 2015–2019 period as the population. Findings There has been a positive influence between personal financial need (OSHIP), nature of the industry (RECEIVABLE) and history of sale (SG) toward financial statement fraud, while the negative effect is found only in the effective monitoring (IND). Research limitations/implications The new fraud diamond model theory which is used as a reference in this study is a new and under-developed theory. So the author suggests that further research on this theory be carried out to strengthen the new fraud diamond model theory and ensure whether it can be used as a reference to find out the causes of financial statement fraud. In addition, the object used in this study is limited to manufacturing companies, so the author suggests that further research combine several types of companies. Originality/value The research finding supports the new fraud diamond model theory in elaborating the financial statement fraud phenomenon.


Author(s):  
Agustina Riyanti ◽  

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of the influence of the six elements of fraud hexagon theory on potential financial statement fraud by involving the audit committee which acts as a moderating variable in the financial statements of state- owned companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2020. Potential financial statement fraud is measured using the f-score model. The research sample was obtained by the purposive sampling technique. Data analysis methods and techniques include descriptive statistics, evaluation of the SEM-PLS model, and hypothesis testing. The results show that financial pressure has a positive effect on potential financial statement fraud, effective monitoring has a negative effect on potential financial statement fraud, while related party transactions, CEO education, CEO narcissism, and political connection do not affect potential financial statement fraud. The role of the audit committee as a moderating variable is only able to weaken the relationship between financial pressure and potential financial statement fraud.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 886
Author(s):  
Ni Ketut Rai Riskatari ◽  
I Ketut Jati

Tax avoidance is an effort made by taxpayers to reduce tax debt legally by utilizing loophole from tax regulations. Tax avoidance is a unique and complicated problem, on the one hand tax avoidance is allowed but on the other hand tax avoidance is not desired by the government. This research was conducted on property and real estate companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) for the 2014-2018 period. The sample selection in this study uses a purposive sampling technique with predetermined criteria and a sample of 22 companies is obtained. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. The hypothesis testing method uses a significance level of 5 percent. Based on the results of the study indicate that the profitability variable has a negative effect on tax avoidance, leverage variable has a positive effect on tax avoidance and company size has a positive effect on tax avoidance. Keywords: Tax Avoidance; Profitability; Leverage; Firm Size.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabrina Prasmaulida

Financial statements generally aim to provide information about the company’s financial position, performance, and cash flows to the interested parties. The motivation to gain trust from the users, especially investors, shareholders and creditors, leads someone to commit fraud in the financial reporting. This study aims to detect and predict financial statement fraud based on the perspective of fraud triangle adopted by SAS No. 99. The dependent variable in this study is financial statement fraud which is proxied by earnings management, while the independent variables in this study are financial stability pressure, personal financial need, ineffective monitoring, effective monitoring, external pressure, and financial targets.Population of this research is manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2012 - 2014. Samples are selected using purposive sampling method and obtained 150 companies out of a total population of 162 companies. The results show that financial stability pressure and external pressurehave significant positive effect on financial statement fraud. Meanwhile, personal financial need, ineffective monitoring, effective monitoring, and financial targets do not have significant effect on financial statement fraud.


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