scholarly journals Financial Reporting and Shareholders’ Crave for Investment in Nigerian Listed Companies: The Earnings Management Question

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwem Etim Uwah ◽  
Joseph O. Udoayang
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Corporate Governance Practice ◽  
Financial Consultants

This study examined the extent to which earnings management could be a factor in the higher value of stock in the Nigerian capital market, thereby being an inducement to invest in companies listed in the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The contemporary viewpoint of financial consultants, firm of auditors and academicians about the subject matter was sought. Interviews were granted, in conjunction with secondary data from the Security and Exchange Commission and the Nigerian Stock Exchange. A comprehensive research design which was garnished by the use of content analysis of relevant literature and theories was adopted. The findings of previous empirical studies were corroborated in the analysis from discussions with accounting professionals in the academia and audit firms. It was concluded that most investments in quoted companies are made as a result of earnings management mechanisms inherent in financial reports. It was recommended that the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and every stakeholder should act to ensure that corporate governance practice is actually achieved for sound financial reporting practice.

UKURAN KANTOR AKUNTAN PUBLIK, DISCRETIONARY ACCRUALS DAN OPINI AUDIT GOING CONCERN

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Ravaela Amba Masiku ◽  
Christine Novita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Discretionary Accrual ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study is to examine auditor’s concervatism in term of their reaction to client’s earnings management behavior and their limitations to issue the going concern opinions (GCO). The population of this study consists of 672 observations from 69 companies are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) during 2012-2017. The author used the modified Jones model to measure discretionary accruals as a proxy of earnings management. The results of this study indicate that size of audit firm has a positive effect to discretionary accrual. Companies that have been audited by the Big4 tend to apply discretionary accrual in their financial reporting than companies audited by Non-Big4. Further, to strenghten the first hypothesis, we examine the effect of discretionary accruals and going concern opinion on companies that audited by audit firms Big4 lower than companies that audited by audit firms Non-Big4. We found that the result is consistent with the first hypothesis. Keywords : auditor reputation, discretionary accruals, going concern opinion, audit firm  ABSTRAK Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji konservatisme auditor dalam hal reaksi auditor terhadap akrual diskresioner yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan dan keterbatasan auditor untuk menerbitkan opini Going Concern (GC). Populasi penelitian terdiri dari 672 pengamatan dari 69 perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) selama tahun 2012-2017. Penulis menggunakan model modifikasi Jones untuk mengukur akrual diskresioner sebagai proksi manajemen laba. Hasil dari penelitian ini menjelaskan bahwa ukuran kantor akuntan publik berpengaruh positif terhadap akrual diskresioner, hal tersebut diperkuat dengan pengaruh akrual diskresioner dan opini audit going concern yang diaudit oleh kantor akuntan publik Big4 lebih rendah dari perusahaan yang tidak diaudit oleh kantor akuntan publik Non-Big4. Kata kunci : reputasi auditor, akrual diskresioner, opini audit going concern, kantor akuntan publik

scholarly journals The impact of the IFRS 15 implementation on the revenue based earnings management in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 387-403
Author(s):  
Izabela Morawska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Revenue Recognition ◽  
Reporting Standard ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standard ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
The Impact

Aim/purpose – This paper aims at investigating whether the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers implementation in Poland has affected earnings management that uses discretion in revenue recognition to avoid losses and earnings decreases. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical studies were conducted using a sample of 80 entities from four industries listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) in Poland from 2016 to 2019. Caylor’s (2010) revenue-based model was applied, and an econometric model describing the studied relation was built and verified to this end. Findings – The analyzed entities managed earnings using discretion in accrued revenue recognition to avoid reporting losses. The research results did not confirm that the IFRS 15 adoption in Poland influenced revenue-based earnings management aimed at avoiding losses and earnings decreases. Research implications/limitations – This study warns of the role played by discretion in revenue recognition and recommends careful recognition of revenue under IFRS 15. Limitations of this study are generally related to the models’ specification and a relatively small number of the entities studied. Originality/value/contribution – This study contributes to the literature on revenue- -based earnings management and is one of the first studies on the association between IFRS 15 adoption and revenue-based earnings management in Poland. Thus, this study bridges the research gap in Poland. Keywords: IFRS 15, earnings management, revenue recognition, earnings benchmarks. JEL Classification: M40, M41, M48.

scholarly journals International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Reporting Quality in Nigeria: An Assessment of Selected Quoted Firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Aminu Abdullahi ◽  
Musa Yelwa Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Information Reduction ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
Audit Firms

This study investigates the effect of IFRS adoption on reporting quality in Nigeria. Secondary data were sourced from financial reports of a sample of 79 quoted Nigerian firms, with the help of Nimegen Centre for Economics (NiCE) qualitative reporting index for reporting quality. The study covered a period of 10 years, i.e. 2007 to 2011 as SAS regime and 2012 to 2016 IFRS regime. ANOVA test and descriptive analysis, were utilised for the analysis. The study concludes that, IFRS adoption has made significant positive difference in the extent of reporting quality. It is recommended that Nigerian firms should adopt appropriate measures to improve the level of relevance, comparability and verifiability of their financial reports through provision of more forward looking information, reduction in the use of technical jargons and appointment of more reputable audit firms.

scholarly journals Environmental issues as a non-financial reporting area using the example of selected companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Hanna Czaja-Cieszyńska
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Disclosures ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this article is to assess the comparability of non-financial disclosures on the impact of economic activity on the natural environment in reports of selected companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The ten largest listed companies listed in the WIG-20 index were selected for the study. The analysis of the reports was based on the following disclosure categories: Materials and raw materials, Fuels and energy, Water, Biodiversity, Emissions to the atmosphere, Waste and Effluents, and Others. Within these categories, 14 key environmental non-financial indicators were defined. The empirical study carried out confirmed that the non-financial reports analyzed in all of the seven categories of disclosures were not fully comparable. The research methods used were: literature studies, analysis of legal regulations, analysis of secondary data, as well as methods of induction and synthesis.

scholarly journals Timeliness and Relevance of Financial Reporting in Nigerian Quoted Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ohaka ◽  
Fyneface N. Akani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Financial accounting standards emphasize timeliness as one of the key components of decision-driven informationalrelevance. Accordingly, if information is not available as and when due but rather made available so late that it bears novalue for future action, then it is operationally irrelevant. To fulfil their primary objective and be useful, therefore,financial reports are expected to be characterized by relevance, reliability, completeness, and timeliness. Against thisbackground, this study examined the relationship of firm size and board independence respectively to the timeliness offinancial reporting in companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Secondary data pertaining to the firmswere derived from their annual reports and the NSE Fact Book for 12 years (2000-2011). Analysis of the research datainvolved test of multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity, and autocorrelation; while the multiple regression techniquefacilitated the test of research hypotheses. The results established a significant relationship between firm size andtimeliness of financial reporting; while in the case of board independence, the relationship was not significant.Consequently, it is recommended that regulatory bodies should ensure better of enforcement of standards relating totimeliness so that financial reports of the firms will be of higher value to key stakeholders.

scholarly journals COVID-19 IN INDONESIA: ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Widyaningsih Azizah
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Actual Condition ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Financial Company

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020 in Indonesia, has certainly had a major impact on the company’s financial performance. The first-quarter financial report should have been able to show the actual condition of the financial company because it can be a projection for investors and analysts regarding the company’s performance in the next period. Unfortunately, many gaps in financial reporting that can provide space for management to commit earnings management. This study aims to prove the difference in earnings management in the Q1 of 2020, namely the period after the COVID-19 pandemic with the Q1 of 2019, namely the period before the COVID-19 pandemic. The data type of the research is secondary data using the financial statements of companies listed on the Indonesian Stock exchange in the Q1 of 2018, the Q1 of 2019, and the Q1 of 2020. The Q1 of 2018 is needed in this research related to the search for the Q1 of the year of 2019 data. Hypothesis testing was conducted using the Wilcoxon test with SPSS 25 software. This research has proven that there is a difference in earnings management in the Q1 of 2019, namely before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Q1 of 2020, named after the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of earnings management during the COVID-19 pandemic represented in the Q1 of 2020 was lower than the earnings management in the period before the COVID-19 pandemic, namely in the Q1 of 2019.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KEPEMILIKAN MANAJERIAL, LEVERAGE, DAN PROFITABILITAS TERHADAP MANAJEMEN LABA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Elsya Manora Manurung ◽  
Deannes Isynuwardhana
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
News Media ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Earning Management ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Research Population

Earnings management can be defined as a deliberate intervention by management in determining the profit in the process of preparation of financial reporting, in order to gain personal profit. The existence cases earnings management not only the make the company concerned went bankrupt, but Also resulted in the perpetrators are punished as perpetrators of economic crimes, indication of earnings management by the news media that the capacity of the financial statements to report financial information to various parties become less relevant. This research aims is to analyze the effect factors that include ownership managerial, leverage and profitabilitas to earnings management. This research methode uses is quantitative research method which is classified to causality verificative descriptive research. Population research is company mining sector registered at the indonesian stock exchange ( IDX ) periode 2013 to 2015, There are 24 mining companies included, and 72 data processed. Data process is taken from secondary data, Method analysis data is regression panel data using eviews program versi 8.0. The result show that there are significant influence between managerial ownership, leverage and profitability with earning management either simultaneously. Partially, ownership managerial and leverage have no significant effect on earning management. While Probability has significant positif effect on earnings management

scholarly journals FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL REPORTING: A PENTAGON FRAUD ANALYSIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-134
Author(s):  
Satria tri Nanda ◽  
Neneng Salmiah ◽  
Dina Mulyana
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Fraudulent Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Fraudulent Financial Statements

Financial statements describe the company's financial condition. There are many gaps in the financial reports that enable management to commit fraudulent financial reporting. This study purpose to analyze the pentagon fraud, namely the pressure that is proxied by the financial target, the opportunity that is proxied by the effectiveness of monitoring (ineffective monitoring); Rationalization which is proxied by change in auditor; Competence which is proxied by the change of company directors; and Arrogance which is proxied by the number of CEO images that appear (number of CEO's picture), detects fraudulent financial statements measured using the Altman Z Score. The sample used in this study were 24 pharmaceutical sub-sector manufacturing companies registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2015 until 2017. The type of data used is secondary data obtained from annual reports and company financial statements for the 2015-2017 period. The analysis of the data used is multiple regression using the SPSS version 16. This study found that financial stability and ineffective monitoring influence fraudulent financial statements. Whereas auditor turnover, change of directors and the number of CEO photos that appear do not affect fraudulent financial statements.

scholarly journals Empirical value relevance of German GAAP and IFRS

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Alexander Schiebel
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
German Gaap ◽  
Market Capitalisation ◽  
Unexpected Outcome

It seems logical to assume that GAAP aimed at informing investors show a higher association with share prices (value relevance) than GAAP aimed at protecting creditors. The majority of empirical studies support this assumption. This paper examines the value relevance of IFRS and German GAAP. Regression analyses are applied to companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and publishing exclusively either IFRS or German GAAP consolidated financial reports over the period 2000-2004. As a result of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002, comparative research becomes impossible after 2004: German GAAP will no longer exist on European stock exchanges. The paper’s study is restricted to a single capital market in order to eliminate pricing differences between capital markets based in different countries that have already been done in earlier research. Improved circumstances for investigating value relevance compared with earlier research are, however, the selection criteria for the listed companies (emphasis on international transparency requirements, free float and free float market capitalisation) and the share prices used (average price around the end of the business year when the financial reporting data is not yet published). The results of the study show that German GAAP is statistically more value relevant than IFRS. These results have to be interpreted in the light of the selection criteria. It is an unexpected outcome calling for further research.

scholarly journals Human capital as an area of non-financial reporting on the example of selected companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (164) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Hanna Czaja-Cieszyńska
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Freedom Of Association ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Financial Measures ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Disclosures

The spread of the concept of sustainable development has meant that human capital is an important area of non-financial reporting. However, the complexity and multidimensionality of this category mean that employee reporting and the indicators used for it are very diverse. The purpose of the article is to assess the comparability of non-financial disclosures about human capital in the reports of selected companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. This article supplements the existing scientific achievements related to non-financial reporting, identifying the dysfunctional area of comparability. For the purposes of this study, the following research methods were used: a literature review, analysis of legal regulations, analysis of secondary data in the form of non-financial reports, as well as induction and synthesis meth- ods used in formulating applications. The ten largest companies listed in the WIG-20 index were selected for the study. The research covered non-financial reports for 2019. The study was divided into five stages, which reflect five categories of disclosures on employee issues, i.e., the level of employment and salary, relations with employees and freedom of association, occupational health and safety, development and education, and diversity and equal opportunities. Within each category, a maximum of three non-financial measures have been defined. The study confirmed that none of the non-financial reports analyzed in any of the categories were fully comparable.

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