The Auditor's Going-Concern Opinion as a Communication of Risk

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen D. Blay ◽  
Marshall A. Geiger ◽  
David S. North
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Market Valuation ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Income Statement ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Distressed Firms

SUMMARY In this study, we examine the proposition that the auditor's going-concern modified opinion is a valuable risk communication to the equity market that results in a shift of the market's perception of financially distressed firms. Specifically, our analyses reveal that the market valuation is significantly altered from a focus on both the income statement and balance sheet to a balance sheet-only focus in the year a company receives a first-time going-concern modified opinion. These results hold even after controlling for several common measures of financial distress and when examining a larger control sample of distressed firms. We also document that the market devalues a company's inventory and places increased weight on cash, receivables, and long-term assets and liabilities as a result of the auditor's modification. This indicates that the going-concern modification provides incremental information specifically related to abandonment or adaptation risk. Our results provide evidence that the market interprets the going-concern modified audit opinion as an important communication of risk that results in a substantial shift in the structure of the market valuation for distressed firms. Data Availability: All data are available from public sources. JEL Classifications: M41.

scholarly journals The Effect of Financial Distress, Firm Growth, and Previous Year’s Opinion on The Firm’s Going Concern Opinion

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-258
Author(s):  
Amiruddin, Grace T. Pontoh, Marina Lauren
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to examine and determine the impact of financial distress, firm growth, and opinion on previous year to firms‘going concern. The study was carried on service companies that are listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2015-2017. A total of 210 samples were selected using the purposive sampling method. This research utilizes secondary data in the form of the firm’s financial statements and independent auditor’s reports. This research utilized logistic regression analysis to process the data. Results showed that financial distress and previous year’s opinion has significantly affect the firm’s going concern audit opinion while the firm growth has no substantial impact on the firm’s going concern audit opinion. Simultaneously, financial distress, firm growth, and previous year's opinion significantly affected the firm's going concern opinion.

scholarly journals The Effect of Financial Distress, Debt Default and Audit Tenure on Going Concern Opinion

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1049-1054
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Debt Default ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Negative Effect

One of the accounting assumptions is going concern. Going concern is how company can survive in long time business operation. Going concern becomes very crucial for users of financial statements, namely investors and creditors. If the company in which the investor invests funds and the creditors lend their funds is bankrupt, then the investment and credit lent are in vain and the investor and creditor suffer losses. This study aims to examine the effect of financial distress, debt default, and audit tenure on the acceptance of going concern audit opinion in the period 2014-2018. This study uses secondary data from manufacturing companies financial report which listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange, using purposive sampling method, we obtained 28 companies that are feasible, so that the sample from the study amounted to 140 samples. Statistical tests were performed using SPSS version 24.0 using logistic regression analysis. The results of this study show that financial distress variables have a significant negative effect while debt default and audit tenure have a positive effect on the acceptance of going-concern audit opinion.

Going Concern Opinion and Cost of Equity

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keval Amin ◽  
Jagan Krishnan ◽  
Joon Sun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Positive Association ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Significant Positive Association ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Distressed Firms ◽  
The Cost

SUMMARY: Prior studies document a negative market reaction to going concern opinions. We extend this literature by focusing on the link between the going concern opinion and the cost of equity capital. Using two different samples (one comprising distressed firms and the other matched on propensity score), we document a significant positive association between the issuance of the going concern opinion and the firm's subsequent cost of equity capital. This result is robust to sensitivity tests using various subsamples, time periods, and multiple methods for computing the cost of equity capital. We also examine the association between changes in the audit opinion (going concern to clean opinion and vice versa) and subsequent changes in cost of equity. We find that the cost of equity increases between 3.3 percent and 5.7 percent for firms that receive a first-time going concern opinion. This evidence illuminates the relevance of going concern opinions and the value of the information embedded in them.

scholarly journals The Effect of Prior Opinion and Potency of Financial Distress on Going Concern Audit Opinion

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putu Yudha Asteria Putri ◽  
Putu Dian Pradnyanitasari ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Ratih Permata Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Prior Opinion

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of the influence of prior opinion and the potential of financial distress on going concern opinion. Going concern opinion happened  because the indicated of the company is no longer able to live the life to work. The results of previous studies get inconsistent results in terms of the effect of potential financial distress on the going concern opinion. The other indicators that can influence the existence of a going concern opinion is prior opinions which are previous opinions by an auditor. This study uses secondary data in manufacturing industries that listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period 2012-2018 become the population in this study with a total sample of 77 samples selected by purposive sampling technique.

Turnaround Initiatives and Auditors' Going-Concern Judgment: Memory for Audit Evidence

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liesbeth Bruynseels ◽  
W. Robert Knechel ◽  
Marleen Willekens
Keyword(s):  
Direct Effect ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Cost Cutting ◽  
Strategic Initiatives ◽  
Audit Evidence ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Distressed Firms

SUMMARY: This study uses an experiment to investigate how management turnaround initiatives influence auditors' going-concern decisions for financially distressed firms. Using mediation analysis, we are able to distinguish between a direct effect of strategic and operating turnaround initiatives on going-concern judgment and a mediated effect through auditors' evaluation of subsequent financial evidence. Results from the experiment indicate that operating turnaround initiatives (e.g., cost cutting) are associated with lower relative recall of positive financial evidence and a higher likelihood of receiving a going-concern opinion. Further, we find no evidence of a direct link between client operating or strategic initiatives and an auditor's going-concern judgment. Data Availability: Data are available from the authors upon request.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KONDISI KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN, UKURAN PERUSAHAAN, PERTUMBUHAN PERUSAHAAN DAN REPUTASI KAP TERHADAP PENERIMAAN OPINI AUDIT GOING CONCERN PADA PERUSAHAAN PERTAMBANGAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA TAHUN 2015-2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-303
Author(s):  
Rivaldi Akbar ◽  
Ridwan Ridwan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
The Public ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Going Concern Opinion

This study aims to examine the effect of financial distress, size firms, growth companies, and reputation public accounting firm on acceptance of going concern opinion. The method of this research is a quantitativ approach and SPSS as an analysis tool. Object under study is a mining companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange during the periode 2015-2017,as many 33 companies for 3 years with 99 total sample. Testing is done by using logistic regresion analysis by using SPSS version 25.The result showed that the financial distress proxied by the calculation of altman modification model has no significant on the acceptance of going concern audit opinion. Second, the firm size has significant and positive effect on the acceptance of going concern opinion. Third, the growth companies has significant and negative effect on the acceptance of going concern opinion.  Finally, the reputation of the public accounting firm proxied at the scale of the public accounting firm has no significant effect on the acceptance of going concern audit opinion

scholarly journals PERTIMBANGAN AUDITOR DALAM MEMBERIKAN OPINI AUDIT GOING CONCERN

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Badingatus Solikhah
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Debt Default ◽  
Going Concern Opinion

Going concern audit opinion will cause a decline in public trust and may even accelerate the company went bankrupt, as in the hypothesis of a self-fulfilling prophecy. This study examines the financial and non-financial faktors that can be obtained comprehensive model that can be considered by the auditor in assessing business continuity auditee. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of financial distress, debt default, prior audit opinion, auditor’s reputation and auditor client tenure to the possibility of receiving going concern audit opinion. The population of this study is a manufacturing company listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the year 2008-2010. The samples of 28 companies were selected based on criteria that the companies are scored negative net profit after tax. Secondary data obtained is processed by using Logistic Regression analysis. The results revealed that the debt default and prior audit opinion affect on going concern audit opinion. As stated in the PSA 30, that debt default be an important indicator before the auditor issued a going concern opinion. The financial distress, auditor reputation and auditor client tenure had no effect on the possibility of receiving going concern audit opinion.

scholarly journals Evidence On The Effect Of Financial Distress On Type II Audit Errors

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Paul Wertheim ◽  
Michael Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Distressed Firms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Audit Effectiveness

A Type II audit error is defined as the failure of an auditor to issue a going concern audit opinion for a client that subsequently declares bankruptcy. Prior research studies have examined audit effectiveness (as measured by Type II audit errors) following the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and have generally found an increase in the auditors likelihood of issuing going-concern audit opinions. This increase in the auditors likelihood of issuing a going concern opinion post-Sarbanes-Oxley has been interpreted as an increase in the level of auditor conservatism. [For example, see Geiger et al. (2005) and Fargher and Jiang (2008)]. However, prior studies have often limited their analysis of going-concern audit effectiveness to firms that were already in financial distress, and have also failed to specifically address the extent to which varying levels of financial distress affects the auditors propensity to issue a going-concern opinion. This raises the main research questions addressed in this study: Does the relationship between financial distress and the probability of receiving a going-concern differ for distressed versus non-distressed firms, and more importantly, to what extent do varying levels of financial distress affect this relationship? We find that the relationship between financial distress and the probability of receiving a going-concern opinion is not linear, as is assumed in prior studies. Rather, we find that the positive relationship between financial distress and going-concern opinions applies only for certain levels of financial distress. These results have implications both in the interpretation of previous auditing research that has incorporated variables for financial distress, as well as implications for the design and interpretation of future research.

Auditor Differentiation, Mitigating Management Actions, and Audit-Reporting Accuracy for Distressed Firms

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liesbeth Bruynseels ◽  
W. Robert Knechel ◽  
Marleen Willekens
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Industry Specialization ◽  
Reporting Accuracy ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Distressed Firms

SUMMARY: In this paper we examine whether there is auditor differentiation through industry specialization and audit methodology in judging the adequacy of mitigating management actions as implemented by financially distressed companies. Using a sample of U.S. companies from manufacturing industries (SIC 20–39) that went bankrupt between 1999–2002, we find evidence that specialist auditors are more likely to issue a going-concern opinion for soon-to-be bankrupt companies when management undertakes strategic turnaround initiatives, relative to non-specialist auditors. Interestingly, and counter to our expectations, we find that audit firms that use a business risk audit methodology are less likely to issue a going-concern opinion for a firm that subsequently goes bankrupt if the client has undertaken operating initiatives to mitigate financial distress. Finally, we also find very strong evidence that all auditors, irrespective of type, are less likely to issue a going-concern opinion for clients that subsequently go bankrupt when the client has plans to raise cash in the short term.

scholarly journals Does the Market Know? Going Concern Opinion Release and Firm Fundamentals

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Jian Huang ◽  
Han Yu
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flows ◽  
Equity Market ◽  
Market Liquidity ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Short Sellers ◽  
Market Signals ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Distressed Firms

Using a significant auditing event-the going concern audit opinion-we investigate the market’s forecasting ability and the importance of firm fundamentals in predicting the going concern event. First, we find that the equity market signals the upcoming going concern announcement as early as 30 days in advance. Specifically, during the window of [-30, -1] leading up to the announcement, the excess returns to going concern firms are 9.98% worse than the matched distressed firms. Moreover, short sellers, a group of sophisticated investors, significantly increase their shorting activities during days before the release of the going concern opinions. Furthermore, we find that firm fundamentals, which are observable to the market, are significantly predictive to the issuances of going concern. These variables include a firm’s operating performance (return on assets and operating cash flows), equity market liquidity, stock momentum, and filing delay. Overall, our evidence supports the perception that the market can forecast the going concern opinion release and points out its possible channel as well.

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