Another Piece of the “Expectations Gap”: What Do Investors Know About Auditor Involvement with Information in the Annual Report?

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. A17-A30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean C. Bedard ◽  
Steve G. Sutton ◽  
Vicky Arnold ◽  
Jillian R. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Nonprofessional Investors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Expectations Gap ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
Unmet Demand

SUMMARY The “expectations gap” refers to differences in views of auditors and users regarding the extent of assurance obtained from auditing procedures. One aspect of the expectations gap considered by prior research is whether users differentiate the level of assurance provided by different audit procedures. We extend that research by studying whether investors understand that information outside of the financial statements, in the 10-K as well as on corporate websites, is not audited. This research is important, as the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board currently is considering proposals aimed at clarifying or expanding the auditor's responsibility for that information. We surveyed professional and nonprofessional investors, and find that professionals are more likely than nonprofessionals to correctly identify which 10-K components are audited. However, many investors in both groups believe that information outside of the financial statements is audited when in fact it is not. We also find some evidence that investors use certain information categories more often when they believe that the information is audited. Also, for both investor groups, responses concerning whether currently unaudited information categories should be audited suggest an unmet demand for greater assurance on information outside of the financial statements. Our results support proposals for greater clarity in the audit opinion concerning the nature of procedures performed on information outside of the financial statements. Further, our findings imply that additional assurance on that information might be considered useful.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Tata Kelola Perusahaan, Reputasi KAP, Karakteristik Perusahaan dan Opini Audit terhadap Audit Delay

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hilda Azalia David M ◽  
Sansaloni Butar Butar
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Governance Committee

Financial statements may help investors in estimating firm’s future performance. The sooner they are published, the more relevant the information for making investment decision. A delay in the release of financial statements may result from audit delay. Audit delay is a period of time the process of auditing measured from the date book company up to date stated in a report auditor independent. This study examines the factors that can influence the audit delay period for public companies on Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014 to 2018. The independent variables used in this study are the existence of the governance committee, the size of the audit committee, the reputation of the firm (KAP), the company's complexity, profits and audit opinion. Employing purposive sampling method, this study collect final sample of 1866 companies which used to test the hypotheses. Using logistic regression. the evidents show that the existence of the governance committee, KAP reputation, and profit were negatively associated with audit delay. Meanwhile, firm complexity was positively associated with audit delay. In addition, the size of the audit committee has no effect on audit delay. Abstrak Laporan keuangan membantu investor mengestimasi kinerja perusahaan di masa depan. Semakin cepat laporan keuangan dipublikasikan maka semakin relevan digunakan dalam pengambilan keputusan investasi. Keterlambatan pelaporan keuangan bisa dipucu oleh audit delay. Audit delay adalah jangka waktu penyelesaian proses audit yang diukur dari tanggal tutup buku perusahaan hingga tanggal yang tertera pada laporan auditor independen. Penelitian ini menguji kembali faktor-faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi masa audit delay pada perusahaan publik yang terdapat di BEI tahun 2014 hingga 2018. Variabel independen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah keberadaan komite tata kelola, ukuran komite audit, reputasi KAP, kompleksitas perusahaan, laba dan opini audit. Penentuan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel akhir yang digunakan yaitu 1866 perusahaan. Analisis menggunakan regresi logistik. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa keberadaan komite tata kelola, reputasi KAP, dan laba berpengaruh negatif terhadap audit delay, dan kompleksitas perusahaan berpengaruh positif terhadap audit delay, sedangkan ukuran komite audit tidak berpengaruh terhadap audit delay.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of corporate governance and performance: analysis of public companies listed in BM&FBovespa

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 1161-1184
Author(s):  
Josimar Pires Da Silva ◽  
Mariana Pereira Bonfim ◽  
Rafael Martins Noriller ◽  
Carlos Vicente Berner
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Future Reference

AbstractThe objective of this research is to verify the level of relationship between the mechanisms of corporate governance and the performance of the companies of the public subsector, listed on BM&FBovespa. The research was based on the financial statements from 2010 to 2014, obtained on the BM&FBovespa website, resulting in a sample of 63 companies with 315 observations. In order to calculate the performance proxy of the company, the ROA was used, and for the calculation of the proxies of the corporate governance mechanisms were used for the quality of the audit, the concentration of ownership in common shares and preferred shares, participation in the levels of governance of BM&FBovespa, number of shares held by the government and number of directors in the Board, adapted from the Mollah and Zaman (2015) survey. Convergence with national and international research, the findings of the study showed that such variables as quality of profit, concentration of ownership in preferred shares, participation in governance levels and size of the Board are positively related to the performance of the company; already a concentration of ownership in common shares and number of shares held by the government are negatively related to performance. For future reference, it is recommended to expand other sectors of the market as well as to use other mechanisms of corporate governance, presented in the literature.Keywords: Corporate Governance. Performance. Public Subsector.Mecanismos de governança corporativa e desempenho: análise das companhias do subsetor de utilidade pública listadas na BM&FBovespa Resumo O objetivo da pesquisa foi o de verificar o nível de relação entre os mecanismos de governança corporativa e o desempenho das empresas do subsetor de utilidade pública, listadas na BM&FBovespa. A pesquisa teve como base os dados das demonstrações financeiras de 2010 a 2014, obtidas no sítio eletrônico da BM&FBovespa, resultando assim, em uma amostra de 63 empresas, com 315 observações. Para o cálculo da proxy de desempenho da empresa foi utilizado o ROA, e para o cálculo das proxies dos mecanismos de governança corporativa foram utilizadas a qualidade da auditoria, concentração de propriedade em ações ordinárias e em ações preferenciais, participação nos níveis de governança da BM&FBovespa, número de ações mantidas pelo governo e número de diretores no Conselho, adaptado da pesquisa de Mollah e Zaman (2015). Convergente com pesquisas nacionais e internacionais, os achados desse estudo evidenciaram que as variáveis qualidade do lucro, concentração de propriedade em ações preferenciais, participação nos níveis de governança e tamanho do Conselho são positivamente relacionados com o desempenho da empresa; já a concentração de propriedade em ações ordinárias e o número de ações mantidas pelo governo são negativamente relacionadas com o desempenho. Para pesquisas futuras, recomenda-se ampliar a outros setores do mercado bem como utilizar outros mecanismos de governança corporativa, presentes na literatura.Palavras-chave: Governança Corporativa. Desempenho. Utilidade Pública.

Disclosure of interim review reports: Do interim going concern conclusions have information content?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Grosse ◽  
Tom Scott
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Market Reaction ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Incremental Information ◽  
Review Reports

This paper examines the information content of interim review assurance in the Australian mandatory disclosure setting. First, we find a strong negative market reaction to interim going concern conclusions (IGCC) contained in the review of interim financial statements. Second, we find no significant difference between the market reaction to IGCCs and annual going concern opinions (AGCO) received at the annual report audit. Finally, we show IGCCs are significant predictors of subsequent AGCOs, and provide incremental information from the previous annual report audit opinion. Overall, these results contribute to the literature on the benefits of mandatory interim assurance by showing that going concern conclusions contained in interim financial statements provide investors with new and relevant information.

scholarly journals Financial statements disclosure on Indonesian local government websites

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-128
Author(s):  
Wahyudin Nor ◽  
Muhammad Hudaya ◽  
Rifqi Novriyandana
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Websites

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which audit opinion, audit findings, follow-up audit recommendations, level of education, level of welfare and heads of local governments’ commitment influence the disclosure of financial statements on the official website of local government. Design/methodology/approach The data of this research comprise 68 financial statements during the period 2015–2016 collected from 34 local governments across Indonesia by employing the census method. The data then are analyzed using logistic regression. Findings The results of this study show that audit opinion has a positive significant influence on the disclosure of financial statements on local government websites in Indonesia, while the audit findings, follow-up audit recommendations, level of education, level of welfare and heads of local governments’ commitment have no significant influences on the disclosure of financial statements local governments’ websites across Indonesia. Originality/value The study contributes to the public sector accounting research by enhancing our understanding to the disclosure of financial statements on local government websites.

Enhancing and Structuring the MD&A to Aid Investors when Using Interactive Data

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve G. Sutton ◽  
Vicky Arnold ◽  
Jean C. Bedard ◽  
Jillian R. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Nonprofessional Investors ◽  
Business Reporting ◽  
Interactive Data

ABSTRACT In 2008, the SEC issued a mandate requiring the use of interactive tagged data (i.e., eXtensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL) for all public companies' filings of their annual financial statements. However, the SEC put the mandates in place only for the financial statements and accompanying notes. The SEC specifically excluded the use of interactive tagged data for most narrative aspects of annual reports, including Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), deeming current taxonomies for interactive data tagging inadequate. This study leverages upon the efforts of the Enhanced Business Reporting Consortium (EBRC) to develop a more robust taxonomy for the MD&A. The EBRC effort consists of two parts: (1) expanding the scope of qualitative disclosures, and (2) integrating all of the interactive data tags used by companies during the voluntary disclosure period predating the SEC mandate into a comprehensive set of tags for existing MD&A disclosures. Of particular interest in this research is the first aspect of the EBRC effort—an analysis of professional and nonprofessional investors' perspectives on the value of proposed qualitative disclosures and areas in which such investors would desire additional disclosures. We conducted nine focus groups with professional and nonprofessional investors to elicit their information preferences, applying procedures consistent with the “information requirements definition” phase of systems design. Results show that participants are supportive of the EBRC's proposed 31 categories of qualitative disclosures, but also identify 15 additional categories as useful. We augment the focus groups with a survey of 286 investors to assess the relative value of the combined 46 categories. All 46 items appear to be desirable across investor participants. The results have implications for ongoing efforts to expand taxonomies for qualitative data disclosure and for standard-setters considering extensions to MD&A reporting requirements. Data Availability: Contact the corresponding author.

Pengaruh Kualitas Auditor, Kondisi Keuangan, Kepemilikan Perusahaan, Disclosure, Pertumbuhan Perusahaanm dan Debt Default terhadap Penerimaan Opini Audit Going Concern

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-110
Author(s):  
Elia Hinarno ◽  
Maria Stefani Osesoga
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Research Use ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Nominal Scale ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Debt Default ◽  
External Auditor

The objective of this study was to obtain empirical evidence about the effect of auditor’s quality, financial condition, company’s ownership, disclosure, company’s growth, and debt default on the acceptance of going concern audit opinion. The object of this study is the manufacture companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2011 -2014. Samples of this research were taken by using purposive sampling as many as 8 manufactures company. Criteria taken among companies that publish annual report with financial statements audited by an external auditor in the year 2011 – 2014, financial statements period is begin on 1 January and ended on 31 December, using rupiah as a currency, and have a net loss at least 2 periods in a row. This research use regression logistic, because the dependent variable measured by nominal scale. In testing the simultaneous significant auditor’s quality, financial condition, institutional’s ownership, managerial’s ownership, disclosure, company’s growth, and debt default have significant effect towards going concern audit opinion. In T test, in partial, the independent variabel auditor’s quality, financial condition, institutional’s ownership, managerial’s ownership, disclosure, company’s growth, and debt default, does not have a significant effect on the auditor in the provision of going concern audit opinion. Keywords: Auditor’s Quality, Company’s Growth, Debt Default, Disclosure, Financial Condition, Going Concern, Institutional’s Ownership, Managerial’s Ownership.

How has the Change in the Way Auditors Determine the Audit Report Date Changed the Meaning of the Audit Report Date? Implications for Academic Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Glover ◽  
James C Hansen ◽  
Timothy A. Seidel
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Standard Setting ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Filing Date ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Audit Efficiency ◽  
Regulatory Actions

Archival research in accounting often relies on the audit report date to capture the constructs of audit efficiency, audit timeliness, audit effort, or audit completion. Auditors' view of what constitutes sufficient appropriate evidence to support the audit opinion, and consequently the date of the audit report, previously coincided with the substantial completion of audit fieldwork, which would be days or weeks before a 10-K filing. However, this view has shifted to coincide with the timing of the public issuance of clients' financial statements (i.e., the 10-K filing date) following several regulatory actions, audit practice changes, and professional standard setting changes occurring since the turn of the century. In this study, we present evidence of this shift in auditor perspective and discuss implications for academic research and standard setting.

scholarly journals Reporting of financial ratios by (Polish) public companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (103 (159)) ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Marek Masztalerz
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Data ◽  
Financial Ratios ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Voluntary Disclosures ◽  
Induction Method ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Surprising Finding

The article is the result of an original empirical study and complements the cognitive gap in existing studies on the reporting of financial indicators – no comparisons have been made so far between different types of messages. The purpose of the article is to identify and compare the scope of voluntary disclosures of financial ratios in the announcements of public companies included in the WIG20 index. The study includes the analysis the content of messages posted by companies on websites, such as financial statements, annual report, auditor's report, letter of the president to shareholders, presentation of results for investors, spreadsheet with financial data and data published directly on the website. In total, 106 messages were examined. Content analysis, descriptive and comparative analysis, and the induction method were used. As a result of the conducted research, it was found that selected financial indicators (out of a total of 22 reported indicators in the surveyed population) are presented in various messages, while companies make different choices regarding the type of indicators, place of publication and calculation formulas used. The EBITDA-based ratios were the most popular, which is a surprising finding.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Ukuran Pemerintah Daerah, Opini Audit, Dan Leverage Terhadap Audit Delay

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1168-1183
Author(s):  
Maidelfian Putra Bakar ◽  
Fefri Indra Arza
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Government Size ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Independent Variable

Local governments are obliged to ensure that their financial statements are presented in a timely manner as they are a form of accountability to the public. These financial reports can be used by the public to evaluate the capabilities of local governments in managing their resources effectively and efficiently. Financial statements that were not provided on time may cause those report loses their capacity to influence decisions. The study was categorized into causative research. Where this study aims to see how far the independent variables affect the dependent variable. This research tries to explain the influence of local government size (X1), audit opinion (X2) and leverage (X3) as independent variable to audit delay (Y) as dependent variable. The population observed in this study is from regencies and cities in West Sumatera in 2015 and 2017. The result of this study shows that the audit opinion variable cause significant negative effect on audit delay. The local government size and the leverage variable doesn't affect audit delay. This study also shows that local government size, audit opinion, and leverage together influence audit delay

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENGUNGKAPAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN PEMERINTAH KOTA MANADO TAHUN 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andi Lombar Dini ◽  
Harijanto Sabijono ◽  
Natalia Gerungai
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Government ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
City Government ◽  
Audit Opinion ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Accounting ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
State Audit ◽  
The Government

The government has the power to collect people's income and use it to finance these activities in order to provide services to the public. Governments should be responsible for such activities in a transparent manner, in accountability to make a financial report where the financial statements will be assessed by the BPK to be given an audit opinion. On Wednesday 22 June 2016, the manado city government represented by the mayor of Manado received LHP (Laporan Hasil Pemeriksaan) from the State Audit Agency Republic of Indonesia (BPK-RI) representative of North Sulawesi on the financial statements of Manado city government in 2015. However, from several studies, there are still some reports that have not fully disclosed the information that should be disclosed in the financial statements. This research method using qualitative method. The results of this study found the disclosure level of financial statements of Manado city government in 2015 was 52.94%, it explains that the financial statements of Manado municipal government have not fulfilled all the disclosure items in PP N0.71 Year 2010 on Government Accounting Standards.Keywords : Disclosure, Opinion, Public

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