Effects of other comprehensive income on audit fees and audit report lag in Egyptian firms: does board gender diversity matter?

PurposeThis paper aims to (1) investigate the effect of other comprehensive income (OCI) on audit fees (AF) and audit report lag (ARL) and (2) test the moderating effect of board gender diversity (BGD) on such relationships.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses data extracted from the financial reports for a sample of Egyptian firms from 2013 to 2019, where the data are processed using the Panel Corrected Standards Errors (PCSE) and the Structure Equation Model (SEM).FindingsThe results reveal that (1) the OCI existence and OCI volume have a significant positive effect on AF and ARL, and (2) the presence of female directors on the board and the percentage of female representation affect the relationship between OCI and AF positively, but this effect on the relationship between OCI and ARL is insignificant.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper has some limitations, where the analysis uses a small sample of Egyptian listed firms, as well as, the measures that were used as proxies of the study variables, which do not necessarily express the most suitable ones.Practical implicationsThe results of this paper would (1) provide signals to the audit market, the professional bodies in Egypt and stakeholders about the determinants of AF and ARL, (2) provide guidelines that support the capital market authority to consider gender diversity in boards of companies taking into considerations its impact on AF and ARL, and (3) help the accounting setters in emerging economies as Egypt in drafting more suitable standards and guidelines regarding OCI.Originality/valueThis paper adds to the literature on OCI, where it investigates the effect of OCI on ARL, which was not yet studied in prior studies. Also, this paper complements and extends the literature by providing empirical evidence from one of the emerging markets as Egypt about the effect of BGD on the relationships between OCI, AF and ARL, as these relationships have not been examined before.

Pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan, Umur Perusahaan, Profitabilitas, Solvabilitas dan Likuiditas terhadap Audit Report Lag

This study seeks to examine the effect of company size, company age, profitability, solvency, and liquidity on audit report lag on tourism companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2016-2020 period. The number of samples in this study were 16 companies, selected with certain criteria using purposive sampling technique. The data analysis technique used in this research is panel data regression analysis using Eviews 9 software. The results showed that the firm age variable had a positive effect on audit report lag, while the profitability variable had a negative effect on audit report lag, while firm size, solvency and liquidity variables had no significant effect on audit report lag.

The Analysis of Factors Affecting the Amount of Audit Fee with Type of Public Accountant Office as a Moderating Variable in Manufacturing Companies Listed on the IDX for the 2013-2019 Period

This study analyzes the factors influencing the number of audit fees in manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013 – 2019. The number of audit fees depends on several factors that influence it. The Indonesian Institute of Certified Public Accountants has determined the minimum standard of audit fees charged to auditee companies but does not include a substantial total cost and tends to fluctuate and vary. This study uses the audit committee, audit report lag, and firm size as independent variables, the type of public accounting firm as the moderating variable, and audit fee as the dependent variable. This study uses causal associative as the research design. The data was collected by collecting data on the company's financial statements from 2013 to 2019. The study population was 176 manufacturing companies whose samples were taken using the purposive sampling method. The number of research samples was 20, with 140 observations. The data analysis technique uses Studio R's panel analysis regression model as the test tool. The results showed that the Audit Committee, audit report lag, and firm size each had a significant positive effect on the audit fee's value and jointly had a significant impact on the audit fee. The type of public accountant office is not a moderating variable. Keywords: audit fee, audit committee, audit report lag, firm size, public accountant office.

The Effect of Management Characteristics on Audit Report Readability

The present study investigates the relationship between management characteristics (managerial entrenchment, CEO narcissism, overconfidence, board effort, real and accrual-based earnings management) and the audit report readability of listed firms. In other words, this paper seeks to answer the question of “whether management characteristics can have a favourable effect on the audit report readability or not.” The multivariate regression model is used for this study. Research hypotheses were also examined using a sample of 1004 observations on the Tehran Stock Exchange during 2012–2018 and by employing multiple regression patterns based on a panel data technique and fixed effects model. The results show a negative and significant relationship between managerial entrenchment and real and accrual-based earnings management and the audit report readability, based on the FOG index, and a positive and significant relationship between management narcissism, CEO overconfidence, and board effort and the audit report readability, based on the FOG index. Moreover, a negative and significant relationship exists between management entrenchment, CEO overconfidence, real and accrual-based earnings management, and audit report readability based on text length and Flesch indices. A positive and significant relationship was evident between CEO narcissism and board effort and audit report readability based on the same indices. Besides, research models were also examined for more confidence using other additional methods, including FE, T + 1, ABB, and GMM, which confirm the study’s preliminary results. Since the present study is the first paper to investigate such a topic in the emergent markets, it provides valuable information about intrinsic and acquisitive characteristics of management for users, analysts, and legal institutions that contribute significantly to financial statement readability.

Analisis Atribute Auditor dan Audit Report Lag

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji audit report lag dengan beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhinya seperti komite audit, rotasi audit dan ukuran KAP dengan ROA dan DER sebagai variabel kontrol pada periode 2018 sampai dengan tahun 2020 pada perusahaan pertambangan. Jenis penelitian adalah kausalitas sedangkan data yang digunakan adalah data skunder serta alat analisis data menerapkan Eviews 9 sebagai aplikasi dalam penelitian. Populasi pada perusahaan ini adalah seluruh perusahaan tambang sebanyak 41 dan terdaftar di BEI selama tahun 2018 sampai dengan 2020 dengan teknik penarikan sampel adalah purposive sampling sebanyak 24 perusahaan. Hasil penelitian ini menyatakan rotasi audit serta ukuran KAP memiliki pengaruh dan variabel yang tidak memiliki pengaruh terhadap audit report lag yaitu komite audit.

Does the expertise of outsourced IAF providers affect audit efficiency? Empirical evidence from an emerging market

Purpose This study aims to examine the effect on audit efficiency of outsourced internal audit function (IAF) providers with industry and/or firm-specific expertise. Drawing on relevant studies from external and internal audit literature, the authors assume that such IAF providers are associated with greater audit efficiency as proxied by audit report lag and audit fees. Design/methodology/approach Based on a sample of firms listed on the Omani capital market during 2005–2019, the pooled regressions are used to test the developed hypotheses. The authors use the market share approach to identify outsourced IAF industry expertise providers and tenure to measure the firm-specific expertise of outsourced IAF providers. Findings The authors find that industry outsourced IAF providers are not associated with shorter audit report lag and lower audit fees. The authors also find that firm-specific expertise outsourced IAF providers are associated with a greater reduction in audit report lag and audit fees. These conclusions are robust under a battery of analyses. The significant contribution of firm-specific expertise outsourced IAF providers to audit efficiency is incremental when abnormal audit report lag and audit fees analysis is conducted. Originality/value The results are the first to attest to the contribution of outsourced IAF with firm-specific expertise. They also show that industry expertise held by outsourced IAF providers does not contribute to audit efficiency.

Determinan Audit Report Lag Dengan Auditor Spesialisasi Industri Sebagai Variabel Moderating Pada Perusahaan Go Public Sektor Pertambangan Terdaftar Di Bei Periode 2014-2018

The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of audit committee size, auditor tenure and KAP size on audit report lag with industry specialization auditors as moderating variables in publicly listed mining sector companies on the IDX. This research is a quantitative research using secondary data that is accessed from the website of the mining sector company. This study uses the criteria to determine the research sample, amounting to 31 companies. The method of analysis used logistic regression and residual test which was processed with SPSS. The results of the study: 1) the size of the audit committee has no effect on audit report lag; 2) audit tenure has no effect on audit report lag; 3) KAP size has an effect on audit report lag; 4) all independent variables simultaneously affect the audit report lag; 5) the moderating variable cannot moderate the effect of the independent variable on audit report lag.

Kompleksitas Operasi, Kontijensi, Pergantian Auditor pada Audit Report Lag dengan Pemoderasi Spesialisasi Auditor

Penelitian bertujuan untukaamenguji pengaruh kompleksitas operasi, kontinjensi, danapergantian auditor pada audit report lag dengan dimoderasi olehaspesialiasi auditor. Populasiapenelitian ini adalah perusahaan otomotif yang terdaftar di BursaaEfekaIndonesia (BEI) periode 2017-2020. Sampel sebanyaka44 perusahaanaamatan diperoleh menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Dataapenelitian adalah data sekunderadan diperoleh dengan metodeaobservasi non partisipan. Teknik analisisayang digunakan adalah analisis regresiaberganda dengan menggunakan uji MRA (Moderated RegressionaAnalysis). Hasilapenelitian menunjukkan bahwa kompleksitas operasiadan kontinjensi berpengaruhapositif dalam menyebabkan audit report lag yangalebih panjang, sedangkanapergantian auditor dan spesialisasi auditoratidak berpengaruh pada auditareport lag. Spesialisasi auditor hanya mampu memperlemah pengaruhakompleksitas operasi pada audit report lag, dan tidakamampu memoderasiapengaruh kontijensi dan pergantian auditor pada audit report lag.

The going-concern opinion and the adverse credit rating: an analysis of their relationship

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between going-concern (GC) opinions issued by the Big 4 audit firms and adverse credit ratings from the two largest credit rating agencies (CRAs) – Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s. This question is relevant because there have been suggestions that auditors and CRAs should become more similar to each other, and because the two largest CRAs have different ownership structures that could affect their ratings. Design/methodology/approach Univariate and multivariate analyses are performed using a sample of firms that filed for bankruptcy between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2013 that also had an audit opinion signed during the 12 months prior to bankruptcy, along with a credit rating issued by either or both S&P and Moody’s. Both influence each other. The likelihood of an auditor issuing a GC opinion is related to the credit rating issued by both S&P and Moody’s in the month prior to the audit report signing. The results also show differences between the CRAs. S&P reacted in the month after an auditor issued a GC opinion by downgrading its ratings 68% of the time. However, Moody’s did not react as strongly as S&P, downgrading its ratings only 24% of the time. Findings Both audit reports and credit ratings influence each other. The likelihood of an auditor issuing a GC opinion is related to the credit rating issued by both S&P and Moody’s in the month prior to the audit report signing. The results also show differences between the CRAs. S&P reacted in the month after an auditor issued a GC opinion by downgrading its ratings 68% of the time. However, Moody’s did not react as strongly as S&P, downgrading its ratings only 24% of the time. Originality/value Auditors are more likely to issue GC opinions when there is a downgrade to the credit rating, and CRAs are more likely to downgrade their ratings when there is a GC opinion. The study highlights that CRAs with different ownership structures provide different credit rating outcomes.