Implementing Public Accountant Professional Standards to Improve Audit Quality in Public Accountant Firms in East Java, Indonesia

The purpose of this research is to adopt public accounting professional standards in Malang and Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, in order to improve audit quality. A total of 150 junior and senior auditors, supervisors, managers, and partners from public accounting companies in Malang and Surabaya, Indonesia, were included in the sample. The study's findings revealed that the competency of the auditors performing audits on behalf of the customer had an impact on the audit quality. Recommendations for improving audit quality based on public accountants' professional standards should be maximized and implemented to public accountants' audits on the client side so that auditor quality improves and more assignments are completed.

Analisis Profesi, Persyaratan Kerja dan hasil kerja akuntan terhadap Mahasiswa di Kota Batam

The purpose of this research is to examine accounting students in Batam City who have a career in public accounting which measures the accounting profession, job requirements and work results of accountants. The extent to which the accounting profession, accountants work requirements and accountants' work results affect the career choices of students in the public accounting sector. This study used a sample of 302 undergraduate students from various universities in Batam City. The questionnaire consists of 20 question items which use a Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The distribution of the questionnaire was completed in mid-October 2021. The data used descriptive statistics that had been collected were entered and analyzed using the SPSS version 26 program. Public accountants have a working profession so that researchers found that accounting was rated higher by respondents in relation to the work of accountants as a profession. boring, routine and monotonous. Then, in connection with the choice of a career as a public accountant from Batam City students, it shows that the choice of a career as a public accountant is more dominant than other accountants such as corporate accountants. Thus, corporate policy makers should help to make the corporate accounting sector more attractive and educate students about the importance of being a financial steward in a company. Despite the limitations of the study it would still be useful for policy makers to create new or new ideas and modify their strategies with respect to the problems identified

Valuation Issues, Auditor Fraud, and PCAOB Confirmation: Findings From an Analysis of Lawsuits Against Large Public Accounting Firms

In this article, we bridge the gap between academia and practice by analyzing and presenting the results of allegations in more than 200 lawsuits against the largest public accounting firms. Our findings are critical as the lawsuits damage the firms’ reputations, the credibility of the profession in general, and may result in large monetary losses and loss of clients. We find three key results not found in previous legal research. First, we find that Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) issues, especially those focused on valuation, dominate Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) issues in the allegations. Second, fraud allegations against the auditors themselves are a significant problem, although often ignored in the fraud literature. Third, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) reports on the accounting firms provide an unintended source of information for third parties in future legal allegations against those same firms.

Determinants of Audit Quality at Public Accounting Firms

Objective – This study aims to examine and prove the effect of education, experience and audit fee on audit quality. Methodology – The data used are primary data in the form of questionnaires distributed to auditors, both senior and junior auditors at Public Accounting Firms located in Sulawesi. The questionnaires distributed to respondents were 46 auditors and 42 questionnaires were returned and able to processed. Findings – This research used a quantitative approach by measuring the objective data through scientific calculations, derived from samples of certain objects to answer a number of questions. The sampling technique used in this study is purposive sampling by using certain criteria and the model used is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that education, experience and audit fee have an effect on audit quality. Novelty – Audit quality is a representation of the auditor's performance as an audit service provider and also the auditee as an audit service user. As a liaison between the interests of financial statement users and the company, auditors are required to improve the quality of their services which in turn will have an impact on quality of the audit results. Auditors with adequate education and experience and appropriate audit fee in performing audit services will have an effect on the quality of the resulting audit. Type of Paper: Empirical JEL Classification: M40, M49. Keywords: Audit, Education; Experience; Fee; Quality

Earnings Management, Good Corporate Governance, Size of Public Accounting Firm on The Integrity of Financial Report

Implementation of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) which is believed to minimize the occurrence of fraud to achieve the integrity of financial report, GCG is proxied by institutional ownership, independent commissioners, and audit committees. Public Accounting Firm (KAP) as a variable which is an external auditor as an intermediary if there is a difference of opinion with the company's internal parties. The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of Earnings Management, Institutional Ownership, Independent Commissioners, Audit Committees, Size of Public Accounting Firms on the Integrity of Financial Report in mining companies. The researcher uses mining companies in Indonesia for the 2015-2019 period as the population with 22 companies as the research samples. Panel data analysis Eviews 9.0 software is used as a research method. The results of this study prove that the variables have a significant effect are the audit committee, meanwhile earnings management, institutional ownership, independent commissioners, size of public accounting firm on the integrity of the financial report have no significant effect.

ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI MINAT MAHASISWA AKUNTANSI DALAM PENGAMBILAN SERTIFIKASI AKUNTANSIANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI MINAT MAHASISWA AKUNTANSI DALAM PENGAMBILAN SERTIFIKASI AKUNTANSI

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the interest of accounting students to take accounting certification. The factors for taking accounting certification are measured by the variables of intention, motivation, financial rewards, CA. The data used in this study is primary data, namely the collection technique by distributing online questionnaires to accounting students at Adi Buana University Surabaya. The results showed that the variables of intention, motivation, CA, had a significant effect on the interest of accounting students at Adi Buana University in choosing a career as a public accounting profession. Financial rewards moderate the effect of motivation, intention on the interest of accounting students in choosing a career as a public accounting profession. However, it cannot moderate the perceived effect of professional training on the interest of accounting students in choosing a career as a public accounting profession.

Budaya Organisasi, Komitmen Profesional, Dan Etika Auditor Terhadap Kinerja Auditor

This study aims to examine the effect of organizational culture, professional commitment, and auditor ethics on the performance of auditors at the Surabaya public accounting firm. The type of research conducted is descriptive quantitative research with survey method. The number of respondents in this study were 60 respondents from 12 Public Accounting Firms in Surabaya which were selected randomly. The method of data acquisition comes from questionnaires that are distributed directly to respondents. The data analysis technique used multiple linear regression analysis and hypothesis testing using the determinant coefficient test, t-test, and f-test. The results of the study indicate that organizational culture, professional commitment, and auditor ethics have a significant influence on auditor performance.

Determinan Audit Judgment Auditor Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

The purpose of this study was to partially examine the effect of compliance pressure, time budget pressure, and auditor experience on audit assessments during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Sampling in this study using non-probability sampling with saturated samples. Respondents in this week's study were auditors of new public accounting firms. This research method is a quantitative method. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that compliance pressure, time budget pressure, and auditor experience each have an effect on audit assessments during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Do Individual Factors Matter? Examining Auditor Judgement Bias and Public Accounting Firm Size

Auditor personality is a topic of interest within the accounting field due to the scarcity of research on accountant personalities in Indonesia. This research aimed to examine the moderating effect of public accounting firm size, personality traits and locus of control on the correlation between role conflict and auditor judgement bias. The sample comprises auditors who work at public accounting firms in Java province and the study uses regression analysis as its method of analysis. The result shows that only internal locus of control has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between role conflict and auditor judgement bias. This indicates that auditor personality and public accounting firm size do not affect auditors’ professionalism in making judgements.

Pengaruh Profesionalisme dan Etika Profesi Terhadap Pertimbangan Tingkat Materialitas Dalam laporan Keuangan

ABSTRACT This study aims to determine how the influence of professionalism and professional ethics on the consideration of the level of materiality in financial statements in public accounting firms, especially in the provinces of Yogyakarta and Central Java. This research is a survey research conducted on auditors who work in public accounting firms with a sampling technique by distributing questionnaires both in person and online. The number of questionnaires processed was 40 questionnaires, with details of 20 questionnaires from google form and 20 questionnaires from questionnaires. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. The data used in this study used primary data obtained from the questionnaire method given directly to the auditors of public accounting firms in Yogyakarta and also Central Java, namely Surakarta and Semarang. The results of the study show that Professionalism and Professional Ethics affect the consideration of the level of materiality in the financial statements Keywords: professionalism, professional ethics, materiality level considerations