scholarly journals Abnormal Audit Fee And Audit Quality: A Moderating Effect Of Firm Characteristics

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
Alexander Olawumi Dabor ◽  
Uyagu Benjamine
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Client Characteristics ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Client Risk ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the study is to examine moderating effects of client characteristics on the relationship between abnormal audit fee and audit quality. Specifically the study examines the moderating of client risk, client complexity and client profitability on the relationship between abnormal audit fee and audit quality.   A random sample of fifty-two quoted companies was used for the study and data covering fifteen years (2001-2015) were extracted from the reports of selected firms. The study employed least square regression technique analyse data collected from field. The study found that there is no significant relationship between abnormal audit fee and audit quality. The result also showed client complexity and client profitability have negative moderating influence on the relationship between abnormal audit fee and audit quality. The study further revealed that client risk has no significant moderating influence on the relationship between abnormal audit fee and audit quality. The study recommended that statutory bodies should further securitize the audited financial reports of firms that declare huge profit.  

scholarly journals Audit Quality, Abnormal Audit Fee and Auditor Attributes

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 973-984
Author(s):  
Ogujiofor Magnus Nkemjika ◽  
Anichebe Alphonsus Sunday ◽  
Ozuomba Chidinma Nwamaka
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Auditor Independence ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Auditor Tenure ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Ordinary Least Square Regression ◽  
The Relationship

The study aimed at finding the relationship between audit quality, abnormal audit fee and auditor attributes. The study employed ordinary least square regression technique to analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variable. Samples of fourteen banks were selected using judgmental sampling technique. The results reveal the existence of positive relationship between abnormal audit fee and audit quality at 5%. Second, the influence of auditor independence on quality appears to also be positive and significant at 5%. Third, the effect of Auditor tenure on audit quality appears to be positive and insignificant at 5%. The study recommended that apex bank should ensure that all factors that hamper auditor independence should be removed unduly long auditor tenure should be discouraged to avoid over familiarity of auditor with the client.

scholarly journals Kualitas Audit: Ditinjau dari Fee Audit, Risiko Audit dan Skeptisme Profesional Auditor sebagai Variabel Moderating

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Muslim Muslim ◽  
Syamsuri Rahim ◽  
Muhammad Faisal AR Pelu ◽  
Alma Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Audit Risk ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Professional Skepticism ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of audit fees and audit risk on audit quality with auditor professional skepticism as a moderating variable. This research was conducted at 8 public accounting firms in Makassar city with 40 respondents. The analytical method used is multiple regression analysis (Moderated Regression Analysis) which is used to measure the strength of the relationship between two or more variables. The results of this study found that the audit fee variable had a negative and not significant effect on audit quality. These results illustrate that the higher the audit fee received by the auditor, the audit quality will decrease. While audit risk is not a significant positive effect on audit quality. The results of this study illustrate that the higher the audit risk, the audit quality will decrease. The auditor's professional skepticism as a moderating variable is not able to strengthen the effect of audit fees on audit quality. Furthermore, auditor professional skepticism as a moderating variable is also unable to strengthen the effect of audit risk on audit quality

scholarly journals KEMAMPUAN AUDIT TENURE MEMODERASI PENGARUH PENGALAMAN DAN SKEPTISISME AUDITOR DENGAN KUALITAS AUDIT

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ayu Nyoman Budiasih ◽  
Ketut Budiartha
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Auditor Quality ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Client Pressure ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRAKPentingnya laporan keuangan bagi banyak pihak, menyebabkan laporan tersebut harus disajikan secara relevan dan reliabel. Kualitas audit yang baik dapat menyebabkan laporan keuangan semakin dipercaya keasliannya. Kualitas audit tergantung pada independensi dan kompetensi auditor. Independensi dan kompetensi seorang auditor tergantung pada pengalaman maupun sikap skeptis yang dimiliki auditor tersebut. Pengalaman auditor akan meningkat dikarenakan telah terbiasa dengan pekerjaannya sehingga auditor akan bekerja secara efisien dan lebih tahan terhadap tekanan klien. Sampel yang dipilih menggunakan teknik sampel jenuh dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 85 auditor. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menyebarkan kuesioner kepada auditor yang menjadi sampel penelitian. Teknik analisis datanya menggunakan analisis regresi tanpa dan dengan variabel moderasi. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data dan pembahasan yang telah dilakukan, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa kualitas audit di KAP Provinsi Bali memiliki hubungan secara positif dengan pengalaman dan skeptisisme auditor, audit tenure tidak mampu memoderasi hubungan pengalaman auditor dengan kualitas audit auditor di KAP Provinsi Bali, dan audit tenure mampu memoderasi hubungan skeptisisme auditor dengan kualitas audit auditor di KAP Provinsi Bali.Kata Kunci: audit tenure, pengalaman , skeptisisme auditor, kualitas audit  ABSTRACTThe importance of financial statements for many, causing the report to be presented in a relevant and reliable manner. A good audit quality can lead to more authentic financial reports. The quality of the audit depends on the independence and competence of the auditor. The independence and competence of an auditor depends on the experience and skepticism of the auditor. The experience of the auditor will increase due to the familiarity with the work so that the auditor will work efficiently and more resistant to client pressure. The samples were selected using a sample saturated technique with a total sample of 85 auditors. Data collection was done by distributing questionnaires to the auditor who became the research sample. Data analysis techniques use regression analysis without and with moderation variables. Based on the results of data analysis and discussion that have been done, it can be concluded that the audit quality in KAP Bali Province has a positive relationship with the experience and skepticism of auditors, audit tenure unable to moderate the relationship of auditor experience with audit auditor quality in KAP Bali Province and audit tenure able to moderate the relationship of auditor skepticism with audit auditor quality in KAP Bali Province.Keywords: audit tenure, experience, auditor skepticism, audit quality 

scholarly journals Earnings management determinants: A study of Egyptian listed firm characteristics post the Egyptian revolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2, special issue) ◽  
pp. 165-166
Author(s):  
Engy ElHawary ◽  
Dina Hassouna
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Earning Management ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Financial Leverage ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
The Relationship

This research aims to look at how firm characteristics and audit quality can affect the earning management practices in the Egyptian context, within the period of 2011–2019. This period was after the Egyptian revolution and has not been well investigated in Egypt, especially after the new release of corporate governance rules for listing firms. A sample of 157 non-financial listed companies in the Egyptian stock exchange is selected for achieving the research objective through analysing their financial reports. The panel least squares, using the fixed-effect model, is used to test the hypotheses and investigate the relationship between discretional accruals and firm characteristics, where the dependent variable is the earnings management, measured by the discretionary accruals and the independent variables are the firm characteristics (size, financial leverage, age, survival and audit quality). The results illustrate that the relationship between a firm’s financial leverage and earnings management is positive. This study may help the firms to control their financial leverage for avoiding any earnings management practice. The stakeholders should notice such significant firm characteristics in making their own decisions, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, which may expectedly increase the firm financial leverage, and in turn, some earning management practices can be used intentionally to hide the bad firm performance

Attitude for inclusive finance: influence of owner-managers’ and firms’ characteristics on SMEs financial decision making

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabia Rasheed ◽  
Sulaman Hafeez Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Decision Making ◽  
Financial Decision ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The adoption and use of financial services by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are pivotal in the development of inclusive financial markets. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of attitude on financial decision making of SMEs owner-manager. The attitude of SMEs owner-manager comprises of several factors; however, current study identifies few critical factors such as motivation, awareness and risk in the context of Pakistan. The study also includes the personal and firm characteristics as moderating variables to examine their effect on the relationship between attitude and financial decision making of owner-managers. Design/methodology/approach With the help of a structured questionnaire, total 285 valid responses are analyzed to accomplish the research objectives. The study uses SPSS and partial least square-structural equation modeling techniques in order to conduct analysis. The results of study highlight the importance of attitudinal factors such as awareness and risk. Moreover, the moderating effect of personal characteristics on the relationship between attitude and financial decision making has been found strong instead of firm characteristics. Findings The results show that the low awareness level of owner-managers regarding financial products and procedures significantly affects their attitude. Moreover, the less knowledge of financing terms as well as dominant role of owner-managers in taking firm decisions also increase the negative effect of risk factor on SMEs owner-manager attitude. Research limitations/implications The study suggested that policy makers should focus on the financial awareness of SMEs owner-manager to reduce the negativity of risk factor. Originality/value The study contributes toward the literature of inclusive finance and sustainability studies through better understanding of financial decision making of SMEs in emerging economies.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effects of Key Audit Matters on the Relationship Between Audit Quality and Earnings Management: Evidence from Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-416
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ahmad Alqam ◽  
Yaser Mohd Hamshari ◽  
Haitham Yousef Ali
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Amman Stock Exchange ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between audit quality and earnings management has not been tested with consideration of key audit matters as a mediating variable. This study examined whether audit quality (AQ) decreases earnings management (EM) in shareholding corporations through improving key audit matters (KAMs) in Jordan’s emerging environment. A regression analysis was carried out on a sample that included financial reports and auditor reports of 105 industrial and service shareholdings companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) from 2017 to 2019. The study found a negative relationship between audit quality and earnings management. The results showed that audit quality increases key audit matters, which, in turn, decreases earnings management. Also, the study confirmed the mediating effect of KAMs between audit quality and earnings management. The study confirms the importance of key audit matters to provide more relevant and useful information for the users of financial reports and provides important indications to the regulatory authorities and standards bodies that key audit matters should be given more attention regarding the way that they are presented and disclosed.

scholarly journals The Role Of Internal And External Factors On Audit Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87
Author(s):  
Inneke Agustina ◽  
Emmy Indrayani
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
External Auditors ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
Internal And External Factors

Financial statements must be presented with information that is reasonable, reliable, and transparent, so it need to be audited by third parties. However, some cases involving external auditors often occur due to integrity inability. This research aims to analyze whether the internal (Professional Ethics, Independency, Experience) and external (Audit Tenure, Audit Fee) factors have a role or effect on Audit Quality. The analysis method used is Partial Least Square (PLS) using SmartPLS version 3.2.8. The data has been collected by questionnaires filled by 65 external auditors in South Jakarta who were selected using a purposive sampling. The results show that Professional Ethics and Audit Tenure affect significantly on Audit Quality. While Independency, Experience, and Audit Fee do not affect significantly on Audit Quality. Audit Tenure is the most dominant affected Audit Quality.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF AUDIT FOLLOW-UP AND SIZES ON THE AUDIT QUALITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Mahpiansyah Mahpiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Internal Auditor ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nominal Amount

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini mengukur pengaruh ukuran audit dan tindak lanjut hasil audit terhadap kualitas audit di Indonesia. Pemerintah Indonesia memiliki dua institusi audit: eksternal dan internal audit. Tindak lanjut audit adalah perkembangan pelaksanaan rekomendasi audit dari audit eksternal untuk memperbaiki laporan keuangan auditee. Penelitian ini menganalisa data 33 provinsi dari tahun 2009 sampai dengan tahun 2013 dari Ikhtisar Laporan Hasil Pemeriksaan Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan (ILHP BPK) dan Daerah Dalam Angka Badan Pusat Statistik (DDA BPS) menggunakan OLS dan TSLS. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa jumlah tindak lanjut hasil pemeriksaan dan ukuran audit berpengaruh signifikan terhadap temuan audit walaupun ukuran audit yang didasarkan pada jumlah internal auditor, jumlah unit subyek audit dan jumlah pegawai provinsi hanya berpengaruh signifikan terhadap jumlah temuan audit. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa jumlah tindak lanjut audit secara keseluruhan mempengaruhi temuan audit tanpa terganggu dengan nominal tindak lanjut audit. Belum ada penelitian sebelumnya yang mengukur pengaruh dari tindak lanjut audit terhadap kualitas audit. Penelitian ini menambahkan pertanyaan penting mengenai hubungan antara ukuran audit dan efektivitas tindak lanjut audit pada kualitas audit di institusi pemerintah khususnya pemerintah daerah.Kata kunci:Audit internal, audit eksternal, kualitas audit, tindak lanjut audit, ukuran audit.ABSTRACTThis study examined the effect of audit size and the audit follow up on the audit quality in Indonesia. Indonesian government has two audit institutions: external and internal audit. The audit follow up  is the progress of implementing audit recommendation from the external audit to correct the audit subject’s financial report. This study analyzed data of 33 provinces from 2009 to 2013 from Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan’s Audit Report Summary (ILHP BPK) and Local in Figures from Badan Pusat Statistik (DDA BPS) using Ordinary Least Square and Two Stage Least Square. This study found that the number of audit follow up and audit size are statistically significant to influence the audit findings although the internal audit sizes based on the auditor’s number, the number of subject unit and the number of provincial employees are statistically significant only to the number of audit findings. It implies that the number of audit follow up affects the audit findings as a whole without being disturbed by the nominal amount of audit follow up. There are no previous studies which measure the effect of audit follow up on audit quality. This study added the important question on the relationship between audit sizes and the effectiveness of audit follow up on audit quality in government institutions especially in local governments.Keywords:Internal audit, eksternal audit, audit quality, audit follow up, audit size

scholarly journals Etika Auditor sebagai Pemoderasi Fee Audit, Independensi, dan Kompetensi terhadap Kualitas Audit

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-28
Author(s):  
Amadea Devota ◽  
Hero Priono
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Quality Audit ◽  
Audit Fee ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Accountant

The objective of this  research  is to test and analyze the impact of the audit fee, independency, and competency on audit quality with ethics of auditor as moderation variable of Public Accountant Firm in Surabaya. The sample used in the research as many as 10 Public Accountant Firms which are represented by 46 people of auditors and  selected by convenience sampling method. Questionnaires is used as the primary data of this research, distributed  right to the auditors  in the  Public Accountant Firms  in Surabaya City that  are  used  as  research  sample. The  data  analysis  technique  used  Structural Equation Model (SEM) based Partial Least Square Analysis (PLS). The results in this research showed that (1) audit fee had positive and significant influence on audit quality, (2) independency had negative and significant influence on audit quality, (3) competency had positive and significant influence on quality audit, (4) ethics of auditor could moderate the influence on audit fee of quality audit, (5) ethics of auditor couldn’t moderate the influence on independency of quality audit, and (6) ethics of auditor could moderate the influence on competency of quality audit.

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