scholarly journals Mandatory audit of financial statements: Does agricultural sector differ from others?

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-422
Author(s):  
Maja Kljajić ◽  
Vule Mizdraković ◽  
Marko Milojević

The main purpose of this paper is to determine if there are any differences when it comes to the type of opinion and content of audit reports between agricultural and other public companies (non-agricultural). Research sample consists of 398 public companies, and this number makes up about 70% of the total number of public companies listed on the Belgrade Stock Exchange. The sample was divided into two groups; one comprising companies from the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector (29); while the second group consists of public companies from other sectors (369). The research results indicate that companies in the first group received unqualified auditor's opinions more often than second group companies. The similarity between the first and the second group is the dominant use of auditing services of domestic companies with an average share of 64.70% compared to the international and Big 4 auditing companies.

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hilda Azalia David M ◽  
Sansaloni Butar Butar

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.


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 707-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michail Pazarskis ◽  
Andreas Koutoupis ◽  
George Drogalas ◽  
Konstantinos Tsakiris

In 2002, developments in the global markets during the past decades have highlighted the need for common accounting standards among companies all around the world so as the financial statements to be comparable. From 2005 onwards the Greek Companies listed on the Athens Exchange was an accounting “revolution” of the 21st century, given the difference in philosophy between the Greek GAAP and the International Accounting Standards-IAS (next, IFRS). This study evaluates the implementation of IFRS on the financial statements of Greek publicly listed companies of high and medium capitalization, which are companies that are included in the FTSE 20 and FTSE 40 indexes of the Athens Stock Exchange-ASE, respectively. Also, for those firms we examined the effect of the size of the audit firm. The research was conducted based on the analysis of thirteen ratios. According to our analysis only few of the ratios have changed significantly. Finally, regarding the impact of the size of the audit firm the results reveal controversy with the present bibliography concerning “Big 4” in comparison with “non-Big 4” firms in Greece


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Tjahjani Murdijaningsih ◽  
Siti Muntahanah

Every company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange is required to submit financial reports periodically. The financial statements shall be submitted no later than the end of the third month from the end date of the financial year. In reality, not all companies submit the right reports on time because of the audit reports, so that the company's financial reporting is not effective. Delays in financial reporting are closely related to audit delays. This study aims to analyze the factors that affect the time spent in auditing financial statements. The sample in this study were 15 real estate and property industrial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2013-2017. Determination of the sample in this study using the purposive sapling method. The analysis used is multiple regression analysis. The results showed that company size had no significant effect on audit delay. Meanwhile, profitability has a negative effect and the size of the public accounting firm has a significant positive effect on audit delay. The size of the company cannot determine the audit of the financial statements to improve the accuracy of the submission of financial statements. What must be paid more attention is the level of profitability and the public accounting firm that will be used.


2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Theognosia Tellidou ◽  
Chris Grose ◽  
Persefoni Polychronidou ◽  
Theodore Kargidis ◽  
Stergios Anatolitis

The present paper focuses on the level of compliance and application of corporate governance from the corporations listed in the Athens Stock Exchange (A.S.E.) and attempts to highlight improvements from the adoption of best practices suggested by corporate governance recent trends worldwide. In order for the research to be conducted, a series of qualitative and quantitative variables were used, as derived from the financial statements of 162 public companies. A more extensive analysis regarding the level of compliance with corporate governance was conducted in 25 companies with the highest and 25 corporations with the lowest score, whose classification in these positions was the result of a rating system that was created for this purpose.


Telaah Bisnis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 2017
Author(s):  
Aprih Susanto ◽  
Rahmatya Widyaswati

Abstract The purpose of this study was to see how the effects of earnings management on the perfor­mance of companies with audit quality and size of the company as a moderating variable. High Quality Audit demonstrated with large or small public accounting firm. The size of the company can be seen from how many assets owned by the company itself. The sample in this study is based on purposive sampling, with specific criteria that a manufacturing company listed on the Stock Exchange during the period 2011-2014 which publishes annual financial statements (annual report) in complete accordance with the measurement variables to be studied in this re­search, manufacturing company whose financial statements are audited by KAP Big 4 and non- Big 4. So in the get the 22 companies audited by the Big 4 accounting firm and the 28 companies audited by KAP Non Big 4. The results of this study variable Profit Management significant negative effect on the performance effect Perusahaan. VariabelCompany’s Size significantly strengthen the positive relationship between Profit Management with Corporate performance. Variable Audit Quality significant positive effect strengthens the relationship between the Profit Management with Corporate Performance.  


Author(s):  
Aviner Augusto Silva Manoel ◽  
Marcelo Botelho da Costa Moraes ◽  
David Ferreira Lopes Santos ◽  
Gabriel Pereira Pündrich

Evidence is mixed regarding the economic benefits achieved by companies hiring large firms to audit their financial statements. The studies approaching this theme concentrate mostly on public companies in developed markets, while the effect on private firms in emerging markets is still an open question. This research explores this gap by analyzing whether private firms in the Brazilian sugarcane industry audited by a Big 4 have a lower cost of debt than those audited by a non-Big 4. For that, a unique, hand-collected, dataset was used. This paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence of the role of audit institutions in an environment lacking studies on private firms’ financial reports, especially in emerging economies. The empirical analysis does not indicate that the cost of debt is negatively influenced by the verification of financial statements by a high-quality auditor. Banks and credit unions, as the primary funding sources of the industry, condition the cost of debt reduction to the levels of tangibility, leverage, and profitability. We also contribute to the literature by demonstrating that lenders may have other soft information sources, obtained through banking relationship, which may substitute higher-quality auditor. The results hold after robustness checks and endogeneity concerns.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-108
Author(s):  
Mariya Ulfah ◽  
Penta Widyartati

Timeliness of financial statements has been regulated by the government in accordance with regulations issued by the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) which states that public companies are required to submit financial reports no later than the fourth month after the financial year ends. But some companies that are not timely in presenting their financial statements. This study aims to find empirical evidence about the influence of company size, liquidity, profitability, leverage, auditor's opinion, and KAP's reputation on the timeliness of financial statement submission. The population in this study are property and real estate sub-sector services companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI)) for the period of 2016-2018, as many as 47 companies. The sample in this study were 35 companies taken by purposive sampling method. The dependent variable is, the timeliness of financial statement submission. While the independent variables in this study are company size, liquidity, profitability, leverage, auditor's opinion, and KAP's reputation. Data collection methods using the method of library research and documentation methods. Hypothesis testing uses logistic regression at a significance level of 5 percent. The results of hypothesis testing indicate that firm size variables significantly influence the timeliness of financial statement submission with a significance value of 0.024 <0.05. Liquidity variable does not affect the timeliness of financial statement submission with a significance value of 0.437> 0.05. The profitability variable does not affect the timeliness of financial statement submission with a significance value of 0.753> 0.05. The leverage variable does not affect the timeliness of the delivery of financial statements with a significance value of 0.512> 0.05. The auditor's opinion variable has a significant effect on the timeliness of the delivery of the financial statements with a significance value of 0.025 <0.05. KAP reputation variable does not affect the timeliness of financial statement submission with a significance value of 0.998> 0.05.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-101
Author(s):  
Andreea Claudia Crucean

In a market economy with frequent changes, audit is an area that can provide some stability at the economic and social lever, even if the economic and financial crises have questioned the audit work and led to a decrease in the trust of the intended users in the auditors work, leading to a distortion of the primary purpose of the financial audit. The article presents the relevant aspects of the evolution of audit reporting, especially on the underlying issues that expressing qualified opinions or disclaimer of opinion. The content of paper includes a review literature, national and international, and a case study that identified and analyzed the qualified opinions expressed in the auditor’s independent reports, after analysis the financial statements of companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange for the period 2015, 2016 and 2017. The entities were grouped on 9 sectors of activity and researched for each industry if the auditors expressed an unqualified opinion or a modified opinion and if the auditor is part of a Big4 company or belongs to another auditor category. The reasons behind the modified opinions were analyzed and grouped according to the frequency of their appearance in the audit reports. The most important conclusion of the case study was that in all cases, the reasons that led to express modified opinions, was detailed in the auditor’s report, this being considered as a reference guide for the future auditor’s missions, as well as, a recommendation for improving the highlighted aspects.


2018 ◽  
pp. 1799
Author(s):  
I Gede Ari Dewanto ◽  
Anak Agung Ngurah Bagus Dwirandra

Audit delay is the time required by the auditor to generate audit reports on the performance of a company's financial statements. The purpose of this study is to obtain empirical evidence about auditor opinion and solvency as a moderator of profitability effect on audit delay. This research was conducted at a manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) with a period of research in 2013-2015. The method of determining the sample in this study using purposive sampling method with a sample of 165 manufacturing companies during the period 2013-2015 that already meet the criteria for determining the sample. Data analysis technique applied in this research is test of absolute difference value. The results showed that Profitability had a significant negative effect on audit delay. Auditor opinion strengthens the negative effect of profitability on audit delay. Solvency weakens the negative effect of profitability on audit delay. Keywords: Audit Delay, Profitability, Auditor Opinion, Solvency.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-122
Author(s):  
Riski Wulandari ◽  
Henri Agustin ◽  
Mayar Afriyenti

Auditor style defined as a unique set of internal working rules for the interpretation and enforcement of accounting standard within the auditor’s clienteles belongs to particular audit firm, especially Big 4 audit firms. As a consequence, financial statements of two companies audited by the same Big 4 auditor, subjected to the same audit style, tend to have comparable earnings which have a more similar accrual, than two companies audited by two different Big 4 auditors with different styles. This research attempts to examine the effect of this auditor style issue on manufacturing financial statement comparability listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange. For five years’ observations, through 2012-2016 this research demonstrated a result with auditor style affects the comparability of reported earnings within a Big 4 auditor’s clientele and found no effect of auditor style on financial statement comparability within a non-Big 4 auditor’s clientele


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