Challenges when Auditing Cryptocurrencies

SUMMARY The novelty, ambiguity, and the lack of official guidance surrounding cryptocurrency transactions impose additional audit risks that should be considered during client acceptance and retention and planning audit procedures. We develop a four-quadrant model to assist auditors in client acceptance and continuance decisions and identify cryptocurrency risks that should be considered during audit planning and audit evidence gathering.

Challenges when Auditing Cryptocurrencies

The novelty, ambiguity, and the lack of official guidance surrounding cryptocurrency transactions impose additional audit risks that should be considered during client-acceptance and retention and planning audit procedures. We develop a four-quadrant model to assist auditors in client-acceptance and continuance decisions and identify cryptocurrency risks that should be considered during audit planning and audit evidence gathering.

Pengaruh Risiko Perikatan Terhadap Keputusan Penerimaan Klien

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bermaksud untuk menguji pengaruh risiko bisnis klien, risiko audit, dan risiko bisnis auditor secara parsial dan simultan terhadap keputusan penerimaan klien pada kantor akuntan publik. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer yang diperoleh menggunakan kuisioner sebagai instrumen pengumpulan data. Setiap partner atau manajer mewakili kantor akuntan publik tempatnya bekerja untuk mengisi kuisioner. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah kantor akuntan publik di Kota Bandung. Adapun sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah sampling jenuh. Analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan, risiko bisnis klien tidak berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap keputusan penerimaan klien. Sedangkan, risiko audit dan risiko bisnis auditor berpengaruh signifikan terhadap keputusan penerimaan klien. Secara simultan risiko bisnis klien, risiko audit, dan risiko bisnis auditor berpengaruh signifikan terhadap keputusan penerimaan klien. Kata Kunci: Risiko Bisnis Klien, Risiko Audit, Risiko Bisnis Auditor, Keputusan Penerimaan Klien Abstract. This study aims to determine the impact of client business risk, audit risk, and auditor business risk on acceptance decision at the public accountant firm in Bandung. The method used in the research was analytical descriptive in which the researcher used questionnaires to collect data and Multiple regression technique to analyze data. The results show that business client’s is not affect on client acceptance decision. But, audit risk and auditor’s business risk significantly affect on client acceptance decision. While simultaneous client’s business risk, audit risk, and auditor business risk significantly affect client acceptance decision. Keywords : Client Business Risk, Audit Risk, Auditor Business Risk, Client Acceptance Decision.

Role of Information and Communication Technology in Applying Quality Control Procedures in Audit Offices in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The study aims to determine the impact of information technology on quality control elements and procedures, including vocational requirements, personal management procedures, client acceptance and continuance, audit performance, and following up and monitoring procedures used by auditing offices in Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The researcher has used descriptive analytical approach for conducting relevant literature reviews. In addition, a questionnaire has been distributed to study sample (i.e audit offices) in order to identify to which extent information technology affects audit quality control. The recent study has found that information technology affects highly quality control procedures and elements including vocational requirements, personal management procedures, client acceptance and continuance, plus audit performance in audit offices. In addition, it has concluded that information technology has a medium impact on following-up and monitoring procedures used by audit offices moreover, the study showed that using information technology has contributed to achieve quality control goals, desired.

The Auditor’s Road Map For Client Acceptance

Our case study focuses on developing the student’s understanding of the auditor’s evaluation of prospective audit clients. A comprehensive evaluation is uniquely important since the client acceptance decision can be the chief contributor to auditor business risk (engagement risk). Even so, guidance in the area of client acceptance is general in nature and not as extensive or prescriptive as other significant auditing promulgation. This student case study provides practical evaluation criteria for client acceptance that can also be used by accounting professionals to benchmark their client acceptance evaluation process. This student case study can be used in the accounting classroom as a descriptive benchmark of the evaluation of a prospective client.

Client Acceptance and Engagement Pricing following Auditor Resignations in Family Firms

SUMMARY This paper investigates whether auditors' client acceptance and pricing decisions following the resignation of the incumbent auditor in family firms are significantly different from those in non-family firms. Relying on the auditing literature (client acceptance and audit pricing) and using insights from the agency theory, we document that successor auditors incorporate a firm's ownership structure into their acceptance and pricing decisions following the resignation of the incumbent auditor. Big 4 auditors are more likely to serve as successor auditors following auditor resignations in family firms as opposed to non-family firms. The changes in audit fees following auditor resignations in family firms, however, are significantly smaller than those in non-family firms. These results hold when we account for whether a family firm is managed by a founder, a descendant, or by a professional manager, and when we use the percentage of shares held by the family members as another proxy for family ownership. Additional analysis further demonstrates that the likelihood of financial restatements in family firms in the post-resignation period are significantly lower than those in non-family firms. Overall, our findings suggest that Big 4 auditors perceive family firms from which the incumbent auditors resigned as being less risky than their non-family counterparts.

Archival evidence on bias in auditors' assessment of client risk and the consequences for audit fees and auditor changes

As part of planning and performing financial statement audits, auditors are required to make judgments regarding client risk. These judgments permeate the audit process, driving decisions regarding client acceptance, audit pricing, the extent of audit testing, and the nature of auditors' written opinions. Although auditors may aim to assess each client's risk independently, prior research suggests individuals' draw on their idiosyncratic experiences and environments for benchmarks against which to contrast the case at hand. These "contrast effects" can result in judgments that deviate from those that would be reached using normative principles and may cause bias in auditors' assessment of client risk. Consistent with this theory, the archival evidence presented in this paper shows that, after controlling for clients' actual risk levels, auditors perform more (less) conservative audits and charge higher (lower) audit fees when clients appear riskier (less risky) in the context of other clients audited by the same practice office. Moreover, clients subject to increased (decreased) conservatism and higher (lower) audit fees due to auditors' biases are more (less) likely to switch auditors during the following period.