scholarly journals AUDIT COMMITTEE INDEPENDENCE AND A CONTRACTING PERSPECTIVE ON GOODWILL IMPAIRMENT: SINGAPOREAN EVIDENCE

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (0) ◽  
pp. 128-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamaliah Abdul Majid
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implication ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Debt Covenants ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Goodwill Impairment ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Reporting Incentives ◽  
Logistic Regressions

This study examines factors influencing and constraining the decision to recognize zero goodwill impairment in a sample of 52 Singaporean listed firms from 2010–2012. Using binary logistic regressions, the results reveal that firms that are approaching violation of their debt covenants have a higher likelihood of exercising the recognition choice, while a higher proportion of audit committee independence constrains this choice. The policy implication of this study is that to improve the quality of the financial statements, the relevant authorities need to monitor firms’ reporting incentives closely. This study contributes to the literature on IFRS by providing evidence that supports the applicability of the debt hypothesis in explaining the decision of Singaporean listed firms to recognize zero goodwill impairment.

scholarly journals A longitudinal study of audit quality differences among independent auditors

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manh Dung Tran ◽  
Khairil Faizal Khairi ◽  
Nur Hidayah Laili
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Goodwill Impairment ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the differences of audit quality of financial statements among auditors, including Big 4 and non-Big 4 auditors. Design/methodology/approach By employing cross-sectional analysis of compliance (a proxy of audit quality) of goodwill impairment testing of listed firms in the context of Hong Kong, the variation of audit quality of financial statements of auditees has been shown. Findings Audit quality of Big 4 auditors is viewed to be higher than that of non-Big 4 audit firms and the homogeneity of audit quality among Big 4 auditors is not long accepted, but variation. Practical implications Even though unqualified opinions have been given on the auditors’ reports, the quality of financial statements audit is a skeptical issue because of the high level of non-compliance of goodwill impairment testing under International Financial Reporting Standards. Originality/value This study does emphasize the higher audit quality of financial statements of Big 4 auditors than that of non-Big 4 auditors and stresses the variation of audit quality among Big 4 auditors.

scholarly journals Are Audits of Financial Statements Born Unequal?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Manh Dung Tran ◽  
Van Anh Doan ◽  
Thi Thuy Bui ◽  
Manh Cuong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Goodwill Impairment ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Arthur Andersen

Audit is getting more and more importance in assuring the reliability of financial information including financial statements for all parties. Commonly, quality of an audit is viewed as probability that financial reports are free from material irregularities. In the previous literature, there is a positive relationship between size of audit firm and audit quality that has long been understood. This has resulted in many publications to gather evidence of differential audit quality relating to audit firm size. In consequence, the conclusion has been focused that bigger audit firms produce higher audit quality than smaller ones. However, the collapse of many big international audit firms, typically Arthur Andersen has reduced the statement that large audit firms have higher audit quality than small ones. Therefore, this study looks into audit quality basing on the extent of compliance with disclosure requirements pertaining to goodwill impairment of large listed firms in Hong Kong context in the second year transition to IFRS. We found that audit firm identity appears to be a substantial variation, in which compliance levels changed significantly among auditors in the context of Hong Kong.

The Effect of Audit Quality and Audit Committees on Goodwill Impairment Losses

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagham Al Dabbous ◽  
Naser Abughazaleh ◽  
Osama Al-Hares
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Goodwill Impairment ◽  
Reporting Incentives ◽  
Mandatory Adoption

Using a sample of 528 firm-year observations, drawn from the top 500 U.K. listed firms, this study examines the effect of audit quality and audit committee (hereafter: AC) characteristics on goodwill impairment losses recorded following the mandatory adoption of IFRS 3 “Business Combinations”. The hypothesis investigated is that managers disciplined by effective ACs and auditors are less likely to act opportunistically but instead use their accounting discretion to convey their private information resulting in the recognition of higher amounts of existing goodwill impairments that better reflect the underlying performance of the firm. Shareholders will not expect ACs and auditors to constrain accounting choices (e.g., goodwill impairments) used credibly by managers. After controlling for economic factors and financial reporting incentives, empirical results reveal that auditor and AC characteristics do not seem to have a significant effect on the recognition of goodwill impairments. Although ACs are expected to act as a monitoring device, the monitoring incentives of AC directors may be hampered by the joint board responsibility for the quality of financial reporting. The results also suggest that the formation of ACs does not always necessarily imply effective monitoring as ACs may fall short of doing what are generally perceived as their duties (Sommer, 1991). These results may be of interest to standard setters, regulators and policy makers.

scholarly journals An Examination of the Effects of Change in Committee Chair on Audit Quality

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Izhar Haq ◽  
Teresa Lang ◽  
Hongkang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Committee Chair ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Predicted Values ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company

This study uses GMI Ratings directorship data from 2008 to 2013 along with the associated financial data to examine the relationship between audit committee chair change with the absolute discretionary accruals in the financial statements of the reporting companies.  Our results suggest that audit committee chair change is positively associated with the absolute discretionary accruals.  Specifically, absolute discretionary accruals are significantly higher when there is a change in the audit committee chair.  These results are consistent with prior research that deviations from the predicted values of accruals is an indicator of “poor” audit quality.  An additional finding of this paper is that a person younger than 60 is more likely to be a new audit committee chair when there is a change and therefore will have less experience and contacts than the outgoing chair. An important implication of these results is that audit committee chair change can have a significant impact on the quality of the financial statements of a company as well as on the audit quality.

scholarly journals KOMITE AUDIT UNTUK MENINGKATKAN TATA KELOLA PEMERINTAHAN DAN PENYAJIAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN DALAM RANGKA PENINGKATAN KINERJA PEMERINTAH DAERAH (STUDI KASUS PEMERINTAH DAERAH KABUPATEN BELITUNG)

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Alexander Ikhsan ◽  
Antar MT Sianturi
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Improved Performance

This research is a qualitative descriptive study entitled “Audit Committee to Improve Governance and Financial Statement in order to Improved Performance of Local Government (Case Study of District Government Belitung)”. The purpose of this study was to determine how much influence of the audit committee in the local government in order to improve governance and the quality of local government financial statement, and its associations with local government performance. Measuring the importance of the audit committee, which was measured using interviews with 15 respondents who have an influence on governance in the Belitung District Based on these results, we can conclude that audit committees in local government will improve the governance and the quality of local government financial statements presentation. And from the results of this study also found that the good governance and quality of local government financial statements presentation will improve the overall local government performance

scholarly journals The Influence of KAP Size, Institutional Ownership, and Audit Committee on The Quality of Financial Statements

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Adris Kuncoro ◽  
Dhini Suryandari
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Descriptive Statistical Analysis

This research aims to examine the relationship between KAP size, institutional ownership, and the audit committee on the quality of financial reports. 616 Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) companies in 2018 became the population in this study. Purposive sampling as a sampling technique resulted in 547companies. Using inferential logistic regression analysis and using descriptive statistical analysis hypothesis testing methods with IBM SPSS version 25 tools. This study found that the KAP size and the audit committee has a positive effect on the quality of financial reports. Institutional ownership does not affect the quality of financial reports. Simultaneously, KAP size, institutional ownership, and audit committee influence the quality of financial reports. This study concludes that partially, KAP size and audit committee has a positive effect on the quality of financial reports. Simultaneously, KAP size, institutional ownership, and audit committee affect the quality of financial reports. Further research suggests using other proxies, other periods, and other variables.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance, Disclosure Quality, and Cost of Equity: Evidence from Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safia Nosheen ◽  
Naveed-Ul-Haq Naveed-Ul-Haq ◽  
Muhammad Faisal Sajjad
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Disclosure Quality ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Governance Disclosure

The link between disclosure of corporate information and the cost of equity in firms is one of the most important issues in finance. This paper aims to examine the connection between corporate governance, disclosure quality of information, and the cost of equity in Pakistani-listed (PSX-listed) firms. Using the Generalized Methods of Movements (Sys-GMM) model, a sample of 167 non-financial firms listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) for the period of 2011-2015was analyzed. Sys-GMM estimation was applied to overcome the problem of endogeneity among corporate governance variables. To test the robustness of GMM estimations, we compared the results of pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) and fixed-effect estimations and found they did not overcome the problem of endogeneity, providing spurious results. We found a negative association between cost of equity and disclosure quality of financial statements. The findings suggested that the board size, concentrated ownership and CEO duality, are found as significant factors in reducing the cost of equity of PSX-listed firms. Audit committee independence and audit quality of the firm showed a positive relationship with the firm’s cost of equity. Our findings suggest that employing a high-quality auditor and independent director’s results in increased cost of equity for PSX-listed firms. Furthermore, no significant relationship between independence of the boards and duration of the authorizations of financial statements by the board of directors is found. The results also revealed the investors demand more return on their investments if inadequate and incomplete information is disclosed in the annual reports of the firms. This study provides useful insights for Pakistani corporate governance regulators, the executive management of Pakistani firms, and their investors.

scholarly journals PENGARUH GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TERHADAP EARNINGS MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Hexana Lastanti
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
The Difference

<p class="Style2">To be able to achieve good corporate governance, in addition to managerial ownership, institutional ownership and board of directors, the role of the audit committee also needed to further enhance the quality of information contained in the financial statements in accordance with his duties. Good corporate governance is one way to address the practice of earnings management. Study to examine the effect of the mechanisms of good corporate governance on earnings management that uses the data in the Indonesian capital market, still very little is done. Earnings management is a management action in the process of preparing financial statements to influence the level of profit that is displayed. The goal is to improve the welfare of certain parties, which can be identified as an advantage. Earnings management problem is the agency problem that is often triggered by a separation of the role or the difference between the interests of the owners (shareholders) with managing the company's management.</p>

scholarly journals PENGARUH KOMPETENSI KOMITE AUDIT, KEPEMILIKAN MANAJEMEN DAN UKURAN DEWAN KOMISARIS TERHADAP KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
WAHDAN ARUM INAWATI ◽  
MUHAMAD MUSLIH ◽  
KURNIA KURNIA
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Management Ownership ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

This research aims to determine the influence of audit committee competency, managerial ownership, and size board of financial statements quality. Financial statement quality in this research measured by relevance. The research method applied quantitative causality method. The object of research is the food and beverage subsector companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange in period 2015 – 2018. The sample of this research which complied 8 samples with period of 4 years, so the data processed 32 data. The result of this research 62.1% independent variables can explain the quality of financial statements, while 37.9% is explained by other variables not included in this research. The audit committee competency variables, management ownership and the size of the board of commissioners have a simultaneous influence on the quality of financial statements. The audit committee competency variable has a negative effect while the size of the board of commissioners has a positive effect on the quality of financial statements partially. While management ownership has no influence on the quality of financial statements.

scholarly journals The effects of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on earnings quality: evidence from Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-250
Author(s):  
Jee Hoon Yuk ◽  
Wook Bin Leem
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Consolidated Financial Statements ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Ifrs Adoption

This study investigates whether earnings quality of Korean listed firms was substantially improved after the IFRS adoption in long-term aspect and which firms listed in KOSPI or KOSDAQ market had been more enjoyed the benefit. Prior studies related to this subject don’t provide consistent results and have a limitation of insufficiency of research periods. Therefore, this study analyzes the positive effect of the IFRS adoption in Korea using long-term based approach and comparative analysis on each Korean stock market. Furthermore, this study considered Korean specific institutional environment in which main financial statements prepared and disclosed by listed firms were changed from individual financial statements to consolidated financial statements after the IFRS adoption. Results of the study found that earnings quality of Korean listed firms had been significantly improved during 5 years after the IFRS adoption. In addition, earnings quality on consolidated financial statements of KOSDAQ listed firms has improved more than that of KOSPI listed firms. The results provide meaningful implications to evaluate the effects of IFRS adoption on earnings quality and to assess accomplishment of fundamental purpose of the IFRS adoption in Korea.

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