scholarly journals The Qualities of the Audit Committees of Jordanian Banks in Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Fuad Suleiman Al-Fasfus
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Professional Degrees ◽  
Size Efficiency

The study aims to find the qualities of the size, efficiency, and independence of the Audit Committee, based on data provided in the annual financial reports of banks in Jordan. The results show that all Jordanian banks in the financial sector consist of audit committees. The members of the Audit Committee are graduate holders but a small percentage have professional degrees, and that the committee members numbers are not less than three members, also they receive bonuses and not salaries to enhance their independence. The researcher recommends providing a guide to the committee and providing members with professional certificates to enhance their mandatory role in auditing.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Audit Committees' Properties on the Quality of the Information in the Banking Financial Reports: A Survey on Saudi Commercial Banks

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Mwafag Rabab’ah ◽  
Omar Al-Sir ◽  
Ali A. Alzoubi
Keyword(s):  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Audit Team ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to identify the impact of the audit committees' properties on the quality of the information of the banking financial reports in the Saudi commercial banks by identifying the effect of identifying tasks and duties, independence, accounting and banking experience and efficiency of the audit committee on achieving the quality of the Saudi banking and financial reports. 110 questionnaires were distributed on the research sample and 105 questionnaires were received and analyzed through ANOVA. Results indicate that the availability of the audit committees' properties affect increasing the quality of the financial reports in the Saudi banking at the level of properties as a whole where the (P) probable value was (0.000 ), which is less than 0.05. It represents the functions and duties of the audit committee, the committee's independence in banks, the availability of the accounting and banking experience for the members of the audit committee and the efficiency of the audit committees at banks. The study recommends more emphasis on the diversity of the experiences of the members of the audit team and thus; the committee can performs its functions in a more efficient and effective way.

scholarly journals Dewan Komisaris Independen dan Komite Audit sebagai Faktor yang Menentukan Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan Manufaktur yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode 2013-2017

JURNAL PUNDI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aminar Sutra Dewi ◽  
Ronal Trio Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Financial Reports

The purpose of this study is to discover the role of independent commissioners and audit committees to improve financial performance both simultaneously and in part. The paper objects used were all companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2017, using a purposive sampling technique. Data on the company's annual financial statements and annual financial reports are obtained from the official website of the IDX. This paper was added in the study. The data analysis method used in this update is regression analysis in the data panel. This study uses the transition from Good Corporate Gorvernance, an independent board of commissioners and an audit board as an audit measure in this study. The results showed that the simultaneous independent board of commissioners had a significant effect on financial performance (ROA, ROE). The audit committee has a negative and not significant effect on financial performance (ROA, ROE).

scholarly journals The Effects of Independent Audit Committee on the Accounting Policy Decisions of Nigerian Firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aminu Isa
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Predictive Capacity ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Statutory Requirement ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Independent Audit ◽  
Accounting Policy

Purpose: The study examines the effects of the independent audit committee on the accounting policy decisions of firms. Managers use their discretion in accounting decisions against the interests of shareholders. Independent audit committees are relied upon by the shareholders for monitoring. Design/Methodology/Approach: Data were generated from the financial reports of the sampled firms and a model similar to Bowen DuCharme and Shores (1995) and Jackson, Xiaotao and Cecchini (2009) was used to estimate the predictive capacity of the independence audit committee in the process.  Findings: It was found that the firms predominantly decided on income increasing policies but did not find any significant evidence that independence audit committee monitoring is effective on accounting decisions.  Implications/Originality/Value: The firms set up audit committees not because they rely on them for effective monitoring but to fulfil statutory requirement of CAMA 2014, as amended. This conclusion is consistent with the view of Menon and Williams (1994).  This evidence extents the literature of accounting choice in relation to the role of audit process. 

scholarly journals Audit Committee Effectiveness and Earnings Management Among Publicly Listed Firms in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-44
Author(s):  
Collins Kapkiyai ◽  
Josephat Cheboi ◽  
Joyce Komen
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Financial Expertise ◽  
Financial Scandals ◽  
Practical Implications

Objective: The paper sought to investigate the role of an effective audit committee in controlling earnings management practices. Design / Methodology: A panel data sourced from the audited financial reports of firms listed at the Kenyan Nairobi Securities Exchange for the periods between 2004 and 2017 were analyzed using a panel regression model. Findings: Audit committee effectiveness proved an important monitoring mechanism for earnings management. The independence, Meeting frequency, and financial expertise of the audit committee evidenced a negative and significant effect on earnings management. Practical Implications: Firms need to ensure that their audit committees operate effectively. This is achieved through enhancing their independence, ensuring optimal meeting frequency, and a higher number of members with financial expertise for fewer earnings management. Originality: The paper suggests the ways through which audit committee effectiveness can be enhanced to reduce earnings management amid rampant global financial scandals.

AN 1870 CORPORATE AUDIT COMMITTEE

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. McKee
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
The U.S

Board of directors' audit committees are becoming an increasingly popular vehicle for enhancing the objectivity and independence of auditors and overseeing the financial information generating process. This is occurring at a time when directors and auditors are facing criticism and increased litigation due to corporate failures and disclosures of illegal or questionable payments. This article examines the workings of a corporate audit committee that operated in the mid-nineteenth century. The committee functioned as “auditor” for the company since there was no established public accounting profession in the U.S. at that time. They disentangled the financial affairs of the company and probably directly contributed to the replacement of the President of the company. Although the activities of corporate audit committees have changed or evolved considerably through the years, both the 1870 corporate audit committee and modern corporate audit committees have pursued a common goal of achieving accuracy and completeness in corporate financial reports.

Evaluating Financial Reporting Quality: The Effects of Financial Expertise vs. Financial Literacy

2002 ◽  
Vol 77 (s-1) ◽  
pp. 139-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda McDaniel ◽  
Roger D. Martin ◽  
Laureen A. Maines
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Financial Reporting Quality ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Business Press ◽  
Financial Expertise

Audit committees evaluate financial reporting quality as part of their corporate oversight responsibilities. Given this responsibility, the national stock exchanges now require all audit committee members to be financially literate and at least one member to have financial expertise. In light of recent debates over this requirement, we provide evidence on how experts and literates differ in their evaluations of financial reporting quality. Results suggest that experts' evaluations of financial reporting quality are more strongly associated with their assessments of characteristics underlying reporting quality (e.g., relevance) espoused in Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2's framework than literates' evaluations. Additionally, literates are more likely than experts to identify concerns about reporting treatments for business activities that are prominent in the business press or are distinguished by their nonrecurring nature, while experts are more likely to raise concerns about reporting treatments for less prominent, recurring activities. This same pattern occurs in the ratings of the quality of the reporting treatments for specific financial statement items with respect to elements underlying reporting quality (e.g., neutrality); literates (experts) assess the quality elements for the reporting treatments of prominent and nonrecurring items (less prominent and recurring items) comparatively lower than experts (literates). These results suggest that including financial experts on audit committees is likely to change the structure and focus of audit committee discussions about financial reporting quality, and may affect the committee's overall assessment of the quality of a company's financial reports.

scholarly journals Umhverfi og starfsemi endurskoðunarnefnda – bakgrunnur nefndarmanna og traust á fjárhagsupplýsingum

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Einar Guðbjartsson ◽  
Jón Snorri Snorrason
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Definition Of

The aim of this paper is to report partial results of a study on the environment and practices of audit committees in Iceland. The findings of two surveys, one from 2012 and the other from 2016, are compared. The paper identifies, among other things, education of committee members, reliance on financial informatin and the emphasis of audit committees. In the Annual Accounts Act, no. 3/2006, it is required for certain legal entities, public interest entities, according to the Act of Auditors, no. 79/2008, to establish an Audit Committee. The purpose of the audit committee is to ensure the high quality and high reliability of financial reporting and financial information. It does not matter whether the reports are for the administrators of the entity or the stakeholders outside the entity. The Annual Accounts Act, no. 3/2006, provides that the board constitute an audit committee. The aim of this paper is to disclosure partition of gender, education of members and changes in trust regarding financial reports according to audit committee’s members. The surveys were done among the leading companies and institutions of Iceland (which fall within the definition of “public interest entities”). The overall view is how audit committee´s issues are handled. This is the first study of its kind, which specifically look at committees in Iceland.

scholarly journals Timeliness of financial reporting and audit committee effectiveness: evidence from UAE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ali Almuzaiqer
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Capital Markets ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Code Of Corporate Governance ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Purpose – This study aims to examine the contemporary timeliness of financial reporting in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the impact of audit committee effectiveness on this timeliness. Design/Methodology/Approach – Timeliness of financial reporting in this study is measured by audit report lag (ARL), which is the number of days between the date of the financial year end and the date of the audit report. The data from listed companies on the UAE capital markets; Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM), for three years from 2011 to 2013 resulted in 298 observations. The main statistical techniques of the study are means and multiple regressions. Findings – The findings show that generally all companies meet the submission deadlines imposed by the two UAE markets. Furthermore, ARL is influenced by audit committee size and profitability, while no evidence is found to support the effect of audit committee expertise, audit committee meetings and firm size on ARL. Practical Implications – The results of the study show that only audit committee size has a significant influence in reducing ARL. This may be attributed to having minimal variation in the implementation of the Code of Corporate Governance (CCG), particularly audit committee attributes, in the UAE. The results suggest that the current governance by audit committees is adequate to ensure that the financial reports of companies in the UAE are timely. However, except for audit committee size, the other audit committee attributes are unable to further shorten ARL.   Originality/Value –The capital markets in the UAE and its CCG are relatively new. Hence, regulatory requirements may be less stringently implemented by companies in this country. Consequently, timely audited financial reports are demanded by local and international investors to make decisions and alleviate speculation. Thus, determining audit committee attributes that reduce ARL is beneficial to the UAE markets, the listed companies and investors.     Keywords Audit report lag (ARL), Financial reporting timeliness, Audit committee, UAE Paper Type: Research paper

scholarly journals The Influence of Corporate Governance Systems on a Company’s Market Value

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionica Oncioiu ◽  
Anca-Gabriela Petrescu ◽  
Florentina-Raluca Bîlcan ◽  
Marius Petrescu ◽  
Melinda Timea Fülöp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Core Elements

Recent world events have refocused interest on the link between the existence of corporate governance and an entity’s effectiveness. The aim of this study was to identify the influence of the corporate governance system of an entity in order to measure its effects on market value. To achieve quality corporate governance and to increase an audit committee’s degree of effectiveness, one must take into consideration four core elements: members’ qualifications, authority, the resources necessary to develop the activity, and attention during the development of the activity. Our research methodology included a combination of qualitative analyses on theoretical aspects and a quantitative approach based on multiple regression and the estimation method. The main results showed that there is a solid link between strong corporate governance systems and effective audit committees, although we cannot state that the inclusion of an audit committee represents the key to success for a business. When studying the connection between audit committees and an entity’s market value, we found that this connection can lead to alleviating the problem of allocating power (principal–agent theory). We also found that the contribution of audit committees in corporate governance is to assess both the quality of financial reports and their approval and that creating an audit committee can have beneficial effects that can eventually lead to the consolidation of a company’s corporate governance.

scholarly journals Kepemilikan Keluarga, Tata Kelola Perusahaan, dan Audit Report Lag

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2718
Author(s):  
Umi Alvianti ◽  
Bambang Moertono Setiawan ◽  
Rusmin Rusmin ◽  
Emita Wahyu Astami
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Audit Report ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
Audit Reports ◽  
Financial Company

The governance of family companies is still a concern for investors and other stakeholders. This study examines the effect of family ownership and corporate governance on audit report lag (ARL). The research sample is a non-financial company with a dominant family ownership and listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2019 period. Using the usual least squares analysis method and multiple regression techniques, the results showed that family ownership and the number of commissioners were able to encourage auditors to complete audit reports faster. Meanwhile, the presence of independent commissioners and audit committees does not significantly affect ARL. Additional analysis enriches the research findings that there are unique characteristics in terms of monitoring and expropriation effects of family ownership on ARL that up to a certain level of ownership, family members carry out the supervisory function well and can issue audited financial reports more quickly. Keywords: Family Ownership; Board of Commissioners; Independent Commissioner; Audit Committee; Audit Report Lag.

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