scholarly journals A review of the empirical determinants of audit delay

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salem Eghlaiow ◽  
Guneratne Wickremasinghe ◽  
Stella Sofocleous
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Significant Characteristic

Timeliness in financial reporting is considered to be a significant characteristic of accounting information. Since audit delay has been found to be the single most important factor in determining the timing of financial reports releases, this concept paper discuss the determinants of “audit delay”, the number of calendar days from fiscal year-end to the audit report date. The first section sheds some light on the significance of studying the determinants of audit delay. Next, it reviews the literature on audit report delay (ARL) and its determinants.

scholarly journals The Recent Reform of Spanish Local Governmental Accounting: A Critical Perspective from Local Governmental Accountants As Internal Users Of Budgeting And Financial Accounting Information.

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-476
Author(s):  
Jose Manuel Vela-Bargues ◽  
Rosa María Dasí-González ◽  
Amparo Gimeno-Ruíz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Governmental Accounting ◽  
Government Accounting ◽  
Recent Reform

Local Government Accounting and Financial Reporting in Spain has been recently reformed by the new Accounting Instructions published in 2103 and in force since the 1st of January 2015. Once the financial reports corresponding to 2016 fiscal year have been published, the main purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate, the perceptions and opinions that local governmental accountants have about the recent reform. Our analysis has found a clear gap between the aims of the reform and the opinion of local governmental accountants, who consider the system too complex and clearly biased towards financial accounting information.

scholarly journals Determinants of Audit Report Lag of Financial Statements in Banking Sector

2019 ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Sigit Handoyo ◽  
Erza Diandra Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Financial Service Authority ◽  
Firm Reputation ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Auditor Switching

Audit Report Lag (ARL) is the time length of the auditor completing their activities on the client is measured from the end of the fiscal year until the date of audit report was signed. Research related to ARL has been widely carried out in some countries, considering the importance of this issue. This study analyzed the factors that affect ARL on the Conventional Bank Companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The sample consisted of 84 companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) which submitted financial reports to OJK (the Financial Service Authority) in the period of 2013-2015. The data used in this research was selected by using purposive sampling method and analysis used multiple linear regression. Based on the analytical results, Profitability, Auditor Opinion, and Firm Reputation had negative significant effect toward ARL. Then Auditor Switching, Complexity, and Board of Size of Director had positive significant effect toward ARL.

scholarly journals Analysis of The Implementation of Accounting Information Systems to Improving the Preparation of Financial Statements in The Sales Cycle of Oil and Gas Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Ayi Astuti ◽  
Indri Utami ◽  
Mentari Puteri Pertiwi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

This study aims to determine the role of accounting information systems in improving the quality of financial reporting and analyzing financial reports in the sales cycle in accordance with accounting information systems theory. The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis technique, namely how to analyze, interpret, and process oil and gas financial report data. Respondents in this study were one of the oil and gas companies in Bandung, namely PT. Puteramas Teguh Jaya by conducting a survey of 35 respondents. The type of data used in this research is qualitative data. Sources of data in this study are secondary data in the form of financial reports on oil and gas sales. Data collection techniques used in this study are interview techniques and documentation techniques regarding accounting information systems for sales financial reports. From the known research results, it is obtained as follows: Responses about the variables of this study are included in the high category, financial reports and sales cycle The results of the analysis found that there is a significant relationship between accounting information systems and financial reports, including knowledge of entrepreneurial competence with stakeholder support. interests with a fairly close relationship. The results of the analysis also found that the accounting information system and it were found simultaneously to have a significant effect on the sales cycle.

Office-Level Characteristics of the Big 4 and Audit Report Timeliness

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Whitworth ◽  
Tamara A. Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Office Size ◽  
Reporting Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industry Expertise

SUMMARY: Recent changes in the audit and financial reporting environment have resulted in longer audit report lags and have increased the importance of identifying factors associated with a timely audit. We examine timeliness implications of office-specific attributes of the audit firm. Specifically, we examine whether office-specific industry expertise, office size, and the importance of the client to the local office are associated with audit delay (i.e., the time between fiscal year-end and the audit report date). We explore the sensitivity of our results to various measures and consider the impact of earnings quality. We examine two types of industry expertise and whether the aforementioned audit firm attributes are associated with a propensity to issue an early earnings announcement. We find that office-specific industry expertise is negatively associated with audit delay (for all but the largest quartile of firm offices) while office size and client importance are both positively associated with audit delay; however, the most important clients are associated with a more timely audit. Office-specific industry expertise is positively associated with the propensity to announce earnings substantially early and such expertise garnered via a product-specialist strategy is positively associated with audit delay relative to a low-cost specialist strategy. Our study provides further support for the importance of office-specific characteristics on audit and financial reporting outcomes and provides evidence of the benefit of office-specific industry expertise.

scholarly journals The Possibility of the Jordanian Industrial Corporations to Apply the IFRS No. 15

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
Hasan Al-Shatnawi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Revenue Recognition ◽  
Accounting Disclosure ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Accounting Measurement ◽  
The One ◽  
Level Of Significance

The goal of this study is to explore the possibility for the Jordanian industrial corporations to apply the International Financial Reporting Standers (IFRS) No. 15 from the point of view of the financial reporting preparers. To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was designed and distributed to a sample consisting of 84 individuals. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the study sample such as the frequencies, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation. In addition, the one-sample t-test was employed to test the study hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. This study showed that it is possible for the Jordanian industrial corporations to commit to the requirements for revenue recognition and the accounting measurement. As well as it is not possible commit to the requirements for the accounting disclosure of the revenues according to the IFRS 15. Furthermore, this study recommended to encouraging the corporations to commit to the requirements for revenue disclosure according to the IFRS 15 in such a way as to reinforce/foster trust of the users of the accounting information in the financial reports.

scholarly journals Audit Report Lag and Its Determinants

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilik Shofiyah ◽  
Ani Wilujeng Suryani
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Information ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Company Size ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
Negative Impacts

Audit report lag is an important issue because it can affect the timeliness of accounting information that is used by internal and external users for their decision making. This study aims to examine the influence of profitability, solvency, company size, and the reputation of public accounting firms on the audit report lag. We collected data from 40 Indonesian mining companies annual reports from 2013 to 2017. The hypotheses were tested by using multiple regression analysis. The results show that profitability and company size have significant negative impacts on audit report lag, but solvency and reputation public accounting firm have no effect. The results of this study can be taken into consideration for companies as well as possible so that they can submit financial reports in a timely manner. Keywords: profitability, solvency, company size, reputation public accounting firm, audit report lag

scholarly journals CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND IN VARIOUS NATIONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionela Cristina Breahna Pravat
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ◽  
Accounting Reports ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics

The qualitative characteristics of accounting information presented by financial-accounting reports represent a concept which was subsequently introduced in the national legal accounting framework and, as a rule, the national conceptual frameworks represent the documents by means of which these quality criteria are established. At a worldwide level, there are more international or national organisms that have an important role in the elaboration of accounting standards in general and more specifically in the formulation of qualitative characteristics of financial reporting. We find two important ones among them, and these are: International Accounting Standards Board, which creates and promotes International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and Financial Accounting Standards Board, which elaborates Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP). However, at the level of each country a standardizing authority decides the rules for producing the financial reports and the qualitative characteristics that must be respected by the information contained in these documents. In this context, this paper aims to present a few general considerations concerning the treatment of the qualitative characteristics of the financial-accounting information in different accounting systems, such as the American one, or the British, French, German, Romanian ones, with insistence on the international approach to qualitative characteristics.

Determinants of Bifurcated Local Government Reporting Lag: The Potential for XBRL to Improve Timeliness

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon N. Sohl ◽  
Tammy R. Waymire ◽  
Thomas Z. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Release Of Information ◽  
Pdf Format

ABSTRACT Government financial reports are often released six months or more after the reporting government's fiscal year-end, and this lag limits usefulness. In a sample of 1,693 Illinois local governments, we examine the determinants of total reporting lag, bifurcating it into two distinct components: (1) audit report lag (ARL), i.e., fiscal year-end to the audit report date, and (2) regulatory reporting lag (RRL), i.e., the audit report date to submission with the State of Illinois Office of the Comptroller. These governments are required to provide regulatory filings in both PDF format and as digital financial information within 180 days of fiscal year-end. We find that prior year ARL is the biggest determinant of current year ARL and that audit firm expertise is associated with shorter ARL. In contrast, audit firm expertise is associated with longer RRL, as is slack, i.e., the number of days left in the 180-day reporting window, suggesting that balancing the demands of multiple government clients is a factor in filing time. Given recent developments in government reporting taxonomies, XBRL is well positioned as a tool to eliminate the RRL by automating the post-audit process, resulting in the timelier release of information in a consumable format to external users.

Information Technology Investment and the Timeliness of Financial Reports

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Atkins Johnston ◽  
Joseph H. Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Technology Investment ◽  
Information Technology Investment ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
It Executives

ABSTRACT Information technology (IT) can be harnessed to improve the efficiency of the production of financial reports and the efficiency of the audits of these reports. Using firm-level IT data of U.S. companies, we show that IT intensity, measured as IT assets scaled by total assets, is negatively related to both earnings report lag and audit report lag. Further, we find that this negative relation is stronger for firms in industries that are likely to have an automate or informate strategic role in IT. We do not find any evidence suggesting that IT intensity reduces the gap between the earnings report date and the audit report date. These results are consistent with the argument that investing in IT reduces reporting lag by automating and simplifying the financial reporting and closing process. Our findings have implications for practitioners and IT executives in assessing the costs and benefits of IT applications.

Accounting information quality and decision-usefulness of governmental financial reporting

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Cohen ◽  
Sotirios Karatzimas
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decision Usefulness ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Cash Basis

Purpose This paper aims to provide an assessment of the decision-usefulness and quality of governmental financial reports in Greece under the recently adopted modified-cash basis. The evaluation is performed within the wider debate regarding the actual benefits of a transition toward an accounting paradigm that lies closer to accrual accounting as the Greek modified-cash basis borrows several accrual characteristics. Design/methodology/approach The transition to modified accruals is analyzed through the prism of the new institutional theory. The approach adopted builds on the characteristics of the accounting information pertaining to the conceptual frameworks of public and private sector accounting standard setting bodies. The assessment is conducted on the basis of the perceptions of public sector financial information users on a Web-based questionnaire. Findings The findings provide empirical evidence, albeit of moderate magnitude, in favor of the benefits associated with a move to full accruals. Originality/value The study moves the debate on the merits of accounting systems’ changes toward the worldwide witnessed trajectory a step forward by providing practical evidence on the matter.

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