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Aulia, Devira Yolla. "Impact of Audit Committee Expertise on Earnings Management and External Auditor Moderation." ATESTASI : Jurnal Ilmiah Akuntansi 4, no. 2 (July 9, 2021): 190–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.33096/atestasi.v4i2.809.
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Audit committees and external audits have a very important role for financial reporting and the tendency of corporate managers to manipulate earnings. Frequency is a key factor in reducing conflicts of interest and opportunistic behavior from managers. This study aims to examine the effect of the audit committee's financial expertise on earnings management with external auditors as moderation. In this study, there were 1,966 company data listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2019. Earnings management variables, audit committee financial expertise, and external audit were analyzed using multiple linear regression models. The results showed that the financial expertise of the audit committee had a significant positive effect on earnings management. Audit committee expertise moderated by external audit has a negative and significant effect on earnings management.
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Aulia, Devira Yolla. "Impact of Audit Committee Expertise on Earnings Management and External Auditor Moderation." Atestasi : Jurnal Ilmiah Akuntansi 4, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 200–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.57178/atestasi.v4i2.102.
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Audit committees and external audits have a very important role for financial reporting and the tendency of corporate managers to manipulate earnings. Frequency is a key factor in reducing conflicts of interest and opportunistic behavior from managers. This study aims to examine the effect of the audit committee's financial expertise on earnings management with external auditors as moderation. In this study, there were 1,966 company data listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2019. Earnings management variables, audit committee financial expertise, and external audit were analyzed using multiple linear regression models. The results showed that the financial expertise of the audit committee had a significant positive effect on earnings management. Audit committee expertise moderated by external audit has a negative and significant effect on earnings management.
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Suwito, Chandra Setiawan Darmo, Lilik Handajani, and Ni Ketut Surasni. "Kualitas Audit Memediasi Pengaruh Independensi Auditor dan Komite Audit terhadap Kualitas Laba." E-Jurnal Akuntansi 31, no. 7 (July 25, 2021): 1867. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/eja.2021.v31.i07.p20.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze audit quality mediating the effect of the independence auditors and audit committees on earnings quality in manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2015-2019. This research is a causality study with a quantitative approach. The research population was 144 companies which were selected to be 68 company samples. Dependent variable is earnings quality and the independent variable are independence of the auditor and the audit commitee and intervening variable is audit quality. This study uses path analysis. The results of the study found that audit quality did not mediate the effects of auditor and audit committee independence on earnings quality. The study found that supervision carried out by independent auditors and quality audits could hinder earnings management thereby increasing earnings quality. The audit committee was formed by the company as a formality to comply with government regulations.
Keywords: Earnings Quality; Audit Quality; Auditor Independence; Audit Committee.
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Setiyani, Duwi. "DETERMINASI KARAKTERISTIK KOMITE AUDIT DALAM MEMPREDIKSI KONDISI FINANCIAL DISTRESS STUDI EMPIRIS PERUSAHAAN SEKTOR JASA YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI TAHUN 2010-2012." Jurnal Akuntansi Indonesia 3, no. 1 (November 14, 2016): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.30659/jai.3.1.29-46.
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Financial distress is a condition where a company cannot meet or has difficulty paying off its financial obligations to its creditors. In financial case, corporate governance parties who had an effect on financial distress is the audit committee. This study investigates the impact audit committee characteristic on financial distress. The audit committee characteristics that use in this study are size of audit committee, independence of audit committee, frequency of audit commitee meeting, competence of audit committee, female audit committee, and audit committee nationality, this study use two control variable is sales growth and KAP reputation. The data being used is from annual report serices company which is listed in BEI in 2010-2012 period. Data collecting method which used in this research is metod purposive sampling. Based on the method purposive sampling, research sample total is 80 companies. Data analysis using logistic regression with SPSS 17. The result show that independence ofaudit committee, frequency of audit commitee meeting, female audit committee, and audit committee nationality has negative affect with financial distress. Size of audit committee and competence of audit committeem has not negative affect with financial distress.
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Zulfikar, Rudi. "PENGARUH KOMISARIS INDEPENDEN DAN KARAKTERISTIK KOMITE AUDIT TERHADAP INTERNET FINANCIAL REPORTING DISCLOSURE." Akuisisi: Jurnal Akuntansi 14, no. 2 (November 14, 2018): 110–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.24127/akuisisi.v14i2.278.
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AbstractThis Study aimed to analyze the influence of the proportion of Independent Commisioner and the characteristic Audit Committee to internet financial reporting disclosure. Proportion of Independent Commissioner measured by the ratio of owned Independent Commissioner to Board of Commisioner. Characteristic of the Audit Committee is proxed by the size, AUdit Committe's meeting frequency. The Audit Committee expertise in accounting / financial and the independent parties of the Audit Committee's proportion. Internet financial reporting disclosure is measured by the disclusre items required under the Bank Indonesia Regulation No. 7/50/PBI/2005. The sample in this research were 90 companies and samples used in this study were companies listed in Bank Indonesia during the years 2011- 2014. Statistical method used multiple regression analysis. Based on the test result show that the Proportion of Independent Commissioner had no efect to Internet financial reporting disclosure. And then, Characteristic of the Audit Committee comprimised of several prixies which are size of the Audit Committe, Audit committee meeting frequency, AUdit Commimittee expertise in financial / accounting and independent parties of the Audit Committee had a positive and significant effect to the internet financial reporting disclosure. Size as control variabel had a positive and significant effect to the internet financial reporting disclosure.
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Christensen, Brant E., Thomas C. Omer, Marjorie K. Shelley, and Paul A. Wong. "Affiliated Former Partners on the Audit Committee: Influence on the Auditor-Client Relationship and Audit Quality." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 38, no. 3 (October 1, 2018): 95–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/ajpt-52288.
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SUMMARY Researchers and practitioners have expressed the need to understand better the interactions between audit committees and auditors and how these interactions affect audits. Former partners affiliated with the external auditor and serving on the audit committee are a subset of audit committee members who can affect the audit. Consistent with social identity theory, we find that companies with an affiliated partner on their audit committee are less likely to dismiss the member's former firm than companies without the affiliation. Further, we find improved audit quality and increased effectiveness of auditor effort when affiliated partners serve on the audit committee. Finally, this quality improvement occurs contemporaneously with a reduction in audit fees and time spent on fieldwork, suggesting increased efficiency. Our study provides evidence that affiliated former partners on audit committees extend the tenure of the auditor-client relationship while also improving audit processes and outcomes. JEL Classifications: M4; M42; G3.
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Mnif Sellami, Yosra, and Imen Cherif. "Female audit committee directorship and audit fees." Managerial Auditing Journal 35, no. 3 (January 20, 2020): 398–428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-12-2018-2121.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between female audit committee representation and audit fees, taking into account their demographic attributes. Design/methodology/approach Research hypotheses have been tested by performing both univariate and multivariate analyses based on a sample of 790 firm-year observations from Swedish listed firms, spanning the period 2013-2017. Findings Initial finding derived from the empirical analyses provides consistent evidence of a positive association between female audit committee representation and audit fees. Controlling for self-selection bias, this finding holds unchanged. Therefore, female directors are voluntarily appointed to the companies audit committees. Including demographic attributes of women directors sitting in audit committees in the audit fees, models show that increased audit fees is driven by the level of female directors’ professional experience rather than their mere representation. Results from supplementary analysis document that the positive relationship between female audit committee representation and audit fees is more pronounced when the partner in charge of the audit engagement is a female, indicating that women presence on both the demand and supply-side of audit pricing enhance audit quality more importantly than when women are present on only the demand-side position of audit fees. Originality/value This study extends beyond recently published literature on the relation between audit committee gender-diversity and audit fees by offering a novel insight on demographic attributes of female directors enabling them to demand higher quality audits, as reflected by increased audit fees.
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Rizvi, Lubna Javed, Randa Alyafi, and Syeda Taj Unissa. "The Development of Audit Committees - A Review of the Literature on Theoretical and Global Perspective." Journal of Management Research 10, no. 2 (April 11, 2018): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jmr.v10i2.12909.
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The audit committee performs a pivotal role in making the right environment for quality auditing. It is the audit committee's obligation to breed an environment that encompasses an open dialogue in a culture of honesty, regard and transparency amongst management and auditors. The prime purpose of an audit committee is to provide oversight of the financial reporting process, the audit process, the system of internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations. Audit committees will consider internal controls and review their effectiveness. Since 1940, the SEC has acknowledged that an audit committee can serve a significant, and eventually essential, role in guaranteeing that a publically listed corporation financial reporting is correct. In the 1970s, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) obligated boards of directors of these listed firms to employ an audit committee. Then in the late 1980s, (Nasdaq) the National Association of Securities Dealers and (AMEX) American Stock Exchange afterward employed the audit committees. Today, innumerable practices and rules command the composition, roles, and duties of audit committees. After the Enron’s collapse, audit committee affiliates duties are enhanced and Securities Exchange Commission are investigating the board of directors and management more and more. This article provides a brief overview of audit committee’s emergence in UK and Saudi Arabia, Moreover theoretical foundations of the audit committees are also discussed.
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Raghunandan, K., Dasaratha V. Rama, and William J. Read. "Audit Committee Composition, “Gray Directors,” and Interaction with Internal Auditing." Accounting Horizons 15, no. 2 (June 1, 2001): 105–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/acch.2001.15.2.105.
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The functioning of corporate audit committees was criticized in recent years by the Treadway Commission, the Public Oversight Board, the Kirk Panel, and the SEC Chairman. In response, the NYSE and NASD sponsored the Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees. The BRC Report includes recommendations aimed at strengthening director independence and qualifications, and highlights the role of internal auditors in assisting audit committees in the corporate governance process. Moreover, the first three recommendations of the BRC relate to audit committee composition: absence of inside or “gray” directors, and presence of a member with financial expertise. This study examines the association between audit committee composition and the committee's interaction with internal auditing. Our results, based on responses from chief internal auditors of 114 public companies, indicate that committees comprised solely of independent directors and with at least one member having an accounting or finance background are more likely to (1) have longer meetings with the chief internal auditor; (2) provide private access to the chief internal auditor; and (3) review internal audit proposals and results of internal auditing. These findings provide empirical support for the BRC's recommendations related to audit committee composition.
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Fany and Yie Ke Feliana. "Efektivitas Komite Audit Dan Kualitas Audit Terhadap Earnings Management Pada Perusahaan Terdaftar Di BEI." Jurnal Akuntansi Maranatha 11, no. 1 (May 7, 2019): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.28932/jam.v11i1.1545.
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This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the audit committee and audit quality on earning management. This research is quantitative by using multiple linear regression. In addition, this study uses 496 samples of non-financial sector business entities listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2014-2015. Practice Earning management will be proxied with discretionary accrual. The audit committee will be proxied with the number of audit committees, independent audit committees, audit committee expertise, and frequency of meetings of the audit committee. At audit quality will be proxied with auditor's reputation, industry specialist auditor, and audit tenure.
The results show that audit committees and auditor reputation have an affective role in decreasing earning management. The audit committee and industry specialization auditors have no effect on earning management. Similarly, the audit committee and long audit period also no effect on earning management. On the audit committee, audit tenure, and industry specialist auditors have no effect on earning management. However, the auditor’s reputation has a negative effect on earning management.
Keywords: Audit Committee, Audit Quality, Earning Management.
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Carcello, Joseph V., Dana R. Hermanson, and Terry L. Neal. "Disclosures in Audit Committee Charters and Reports." Accounting Horizons 16, no. 4 (December 1, 2002): 291–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/acch.2002.16.4.291.
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In response to recent criticisms of audit committee performance, new SEC and stock exchange rules require companies to prepare an audit committee charter and to publish the charter in their proxy statement at least once every three years. Audit committees also must disclose how they discharged their responsibilities during the year. We study the disclosures in audit committee charters and reports by examining a random sample of 150 proxy statements filed in Spring 2001. The primary purposes of this analysis are to understand audit committee activities and to identify possible areas for further audit committee reform. We find that what audit committees say they are doing in their reports differs from what their charters say the committee should be doing. There is a generally high level of compliance with mandated audit committee disclosures, such as disclosures related to reviewing and discussing the financial statements with management. However, voluntary disclosure of audit committee activities was more common for depository institutions, larger companies, NYSE-listed companies, and companies with more independent audit committees. These results indicate either more active audit committees in such companies, or a greater commitment to audit committee disclosure in such companies. In addition, some of the disclosure levels suggest the need for additional reforms regarding audit committee oversight of interim reports, number of audit committee meetings, and audit committee oversight of internal audit. We also suggest directions for future research.
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Braswell, Mike, Roger B. Daniels, Mark Landis, and Chun-Chia (Amy) Chang. "Characteristics Of Diligent Audit Committees." Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) 10, no. 4 (March 23, 2012): 191. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jber.v10i4.6895.
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The mounting attention given to audit committees following a series of corporate financial reporting failures has resulted in numerous provisions within Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX hereafter) of 2002. The SOX addresses aspects of the audit committee, including its authority and composition characteristics, but the requirement for minimum meeting frequency for the audit committee member was absent from the final SOX provision despite the recommendations of regulators. Since audit committee activity, or degree of audit committee diligence, is determined by the audit committee itself, we investigate various firm-level and governance attributes that likely influence audit committees choice to meet more often than anticipated. After analyzing a sample of 2,715 firm-year observations spanning fiscal years 1998-2003, we find that audit committee diligence is positively associated with audit committee attributes such as financial expertise, but negatively association with audit committee tenure, suggesting that efficiency gains are enjoyed by audit committees as they become more familiar with firm-specific reporting issues. We also document positive associations between audit committee diligence and both governance and agency cost variables. Finally, we document a significant increase in audit committee diligence in the years following the implementation of the SOX 2002 provisions.
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Ali, Muhammad Jahangir, Rajbans Kaur Shingara Singh, and Mahmoud Al-Akra. "The impact of audit committee effectiveness on audit fees and non-audit service fees." Accounting Research Journal 31, no. 2 (July 2, 2018): 174–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arj-11-2015-0144.
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of audit committee effectiveness on audit fees and non-audit service (NAS) fees in a less regulatory environment. Design/methodology/approach The authors construct a composite audit committee effectiveness measure incorporating audit committee independence, diligence, size, financial expertise and the chairperson’s accounting expertise. Findings The authors find that audit committee effectiveness has a positive significant impact on both audit fees and NAS fees. This suggests that effective audit committees can hold auditors accountable resulting in better audit quality and consequently higher audit fees. Originality/value The link between more effective audit committees with higher NAS purchases can be explained in light of the difference in regulatory requirements providing audit committees with decision rights on the use of NASs, therefore approving more NAS and increasing NASF. Additional tests and robustness analyses confirm the results.
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Rabab’ah, Mwafag, Omar Al-Sir, and Ali A. Alzoubi. "The Impact of the Audit Committees' Properties on the Quality of the Information in the Banking Financial Reports: A Survey on Saudi Commercial Banks." International Business Research 10, no. 11 (October 18, 2017): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v10n11p175.
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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.
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Yustrida Bernawati, Paradisa Sukma,. "The Impact of Audit Committe Characteristics on Audit Quality." Jurnal Akuntansi 23, no. 3 (January 20, 2020): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/ja.v23i3.602.
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This research was conducted to investigate the effect of audit committee characteristics on audit quality. The characteristics of the audit committee used in this study are the number of audit committees, number of audit committee meetings, audit committee education background, and audit committee experience while audit quality is measured using audit fees. This study uses manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016 - 2018 with 70 observation data and uses OLS regression. The results of this study indicate all four Audit Characteristics, only size and experience significantly influence audit quality. While audit meetings and education do not significantly affect audit quality. Likewise with the education that can not ensure the capabilities possessed by members of the audit committee. Overall, the effectiveness of the audit committee has no significant effect on audit quality.
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Rizki, Riri, Husaini Husaini, and Pratana P Midiastuty. "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INTERNAL DAN KETEPATAN WAKTU LAPORAN KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN NON KEUANGAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA." JURNAL FAIRNESS 10, no. 2 (March 31, 2021): 125–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.33369/fairness.v10i2.15259.
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This study aims to examine whether internal corporate governance (the proportion of independence commissioners, board size, independence of audit committees, audit committee financial expertise, audit committee meetings, and audit committee membership) affect the timeliness of financial reporting. This study uses a quantitative approach. Methods of data collection using purposive sampling method. The object of this research is publicly traded non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2015- 2019 period. The timeliness of financial reporting is measured by Audit Report Lag (ARL) and Management Report Lag (MRL). The data obtained in this study were as many as 113 sample companies. The data analysis method of this research is multiple linear regression. The results of the Audit Lag Report shows that the proportion of independent commissioners, audit committee financial expertise, and audit committee meetings affect the Audit Lag report while the size of the board of commissioners, independent audit committee, and audit committee membership has no effect on the Audit Lag Report. In contrast to the results of Management Report Lag shows that independent audit committees and audit committee meetings affect Management Lag Reports while the proportion of independent commissioners, board size, audit committee financial expertise, and audit committee membership has no effect on Lag Management Reports.
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Gao, Huasheng, and Jun Huang. "The Even–Odd Nature of Audit Committees and Corporate Earnings Quality." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 33, no. 1 (January 28, 2016): 98–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0148558x15625438.
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We apply voting theory to the context of audit committees and examine how the even–odd nature of audit committees is related to earnings quality. We hypothesize that an audit committee with an odd number of directors can improve the committee’s voting efficiency by better aggregating directors’ information and thus enhance the quality of committee decisions, as compared with an audit committee with an even number of directors. Supporting this implication, we find that an odd audit committee is associated with lower likelihood of financial restatements than an even audit committee, and that this relation is stronger when the committee members have more heterogeneous opinions, hold less equity ownership, are in a smaller audit committee, and face a more entrenched management.
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Moloi, Tankiso. "Critical Analysis of Audit Committee Reporting in National Government Departments: The Case of South Africa." Central European Public Administration Review 13, no. 2 (June 20, 2015): 67–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17573/ipar.2015.2.03.
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The paper critically assesses audit committee reporting in South Africa’s national government departments (NGDs). During the review, it was established that, from the regulatory perspective, there were limited guidelines relating to the extent and nature of information that should be reported on the audit committee reports, whereas the main contribution of the paper are uniform benchmark features of audit committee reporting in the South Africa’s national government departments. These benchmark features (categories) were developed using an inductive or bottom up thematic analysis which was applied on the applicable regulations as well as on all NGD’s annual reports to determine the comprehensive themes and patterns of audit committee reporting across the departments. It is recommended that those audit committees in NGDs that do not currently report on these themes should expand their reporting to be comprehensive by including these themes.Using the established benchmark features in the form of themes, audit committees reports were coded and analysed to determine the disclosure of information relating to these themes. It was found that majority of categories reported on audit committee reports and analysed lacked transparency as to the role of audit committees in providing oversight in the NGDs concerned. In addition to the recommended audit committee themes, the paper further recommends that audit committees in NGDs should also consider voluntary disclosing of some additional information on their oversight activities. Disclosure of additional voluntary information would improve the usefulness of audit committee reports as users of this information would gain and understanding of yearly audit committee activities as of the nature of oversight and strategic engagements audit committees would have had with the management as well. The potential benefit for users of audit committee reports in NGDs is envisaged as flexibility, exposure and access to different dimensions of information reported by different NGDs. The potential benefit for audit committee members is grounded on the users’ perception of audit committee reports, in this instance, the improvement in perception on their independence.
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Tušek, Boris, and Ivana Pokrovac. "Interdependence between audit committee and internal audit." Corporate Board role duties and composition 8, no. 2 (2012): 6–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cbv8i2art1.
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Internal audit is an indispensable resource and a source of information for the audit committee. Audit committees have to meet a number of obligations and responsibilities which is not possible without adequate communication with the internal audit. Internal audit is often seen as an "eyes and ears" of the audit committee. On the other hand, one of the key factors for the successful internal auditing functioning in an organization is a support that audit committee provides to the internal audit function. Previous studies stress out the importance of mutual interaction which is extremely important for reciprocal strengthening. of each other’s functions. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relevant theoretical features of the connection between internal and Audit Committee.
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Pudiwan, Ivana, and Sekar Mayangsari. "PARTISIPASI KOMITE AUDIT DAN KOMITE MANAJEMEN RISIKO SELAKU ORGAN DEWAN KOMISARIS TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN ASURANSI DAN REASURANSI DI INDONESIA." Media Riset Akuntansi, Auditing dan Informasi 10, no. 2 (August 10, 2010): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.25105/mraai.v10i2.1019.
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<p class="Style22"><em>The purposes of study are to examine the influences of Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee on financial performance of Insuranse and Reinsurance Company; and to drive a conclusion which is Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee applied to improve company's financial performance. In this research, Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee as independent variable which indicated by Audit Committee's member and Risk Management Committees member. Financial performance oflnsurance and Reinsurance Company as dependent variable is represented byfinancial ratio oflnsurance and Reinsurance Company also leverage and company measurement as control variable. Researcher using 25 insurance and reinsurance companies which are based on defined criteria, with research timeframe from the year of 2006 to 2008. The result of the research concluded that Audit Committee significantly influences financial performance of Insurance & Reinsurance Company and company measurement significantly influences financial performances of Insurance & Reinsurance Company. Risk Management Committee and leverage have not any influence on the financial performance of Insurance & Reinsurance Company. These facts indicate Audit Committee and company measurement could be applied in order to improve financial performance oflnsurance and Reinsurance Company.</em></p><p class="Style1"><em>Keywords : Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Financial Performance</em></p>
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Kao, Mao-Feng, Min-Jeng Shiue, and Chien-Hao Tseng. "Voluntary audit committees, auditor selection and audit quality: evidence from Taiwan." Managerial Auditing Journal 36, no. 4 (June 16, 2021): 616–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-04-2020-2632.
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Purpose This study aims to examine the Taiwan setting, where audit partners’ names are presented in the audit report and where audit committee formation is voluntary in the initial stage of audit committee reform. This paper investigates the effects of the formation of voluntary audit committees on the selection of individual audit partners, and, in turn, the audit quality. This contrasts with previous studies investigating the relationship between audit committees and auditor selection at the audit firm level. Design/methodology/approach This paper samples all of Taiwan’s publicly listed firms for the period 2007–2012 and uses Heckman’s (1979) two-stage estimation model to achieve our objectives. Findings Using different characteristics of individual engagement partners as proxies for a higher quality auditor, the main empirical results show that voluntary audit committee formation is positively related to an industry specialist lead partner and a lead partner that has a larger number of clients. In addition, this paper also finds that voluntary audit committee formation has a positive impact on audit quality (proxied by discretionary accruals). The results suggest that the voluntary formation of an audit committee contributes positively to both auditor selection and audit quality. Furthermore, an additional test shows that the main empirical results are robust to a validity threat that firms that have good corporate governance prior to the formation of voluntary audit committees tend to select high-quality audit partners. Originality/value The paper contributes to the audit committee literature in the following ways: this paper takes advantage of Taiwan’s unique setting, where forming an audit committee is not compulsory in the initial stage of audit committee reform, to investigate the voluntary audit committee, auditor selection and audit quality; this paper expands on Abbott and Parker’s (2000) study of audit committee characteristics and auditor selection at the audit firm level by examining this relationship at the individual audit partner level; this paper responds to the call by Church et al. (2008) and DeFond and Francis (2005) who propose more studies on audit quality at the individual engagement partner level.
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Cohen, Jeffrey R., Lisa Milici Gaynor, Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, and Arnold M. Wright. "The Impact on Auditor Judgments of CEO Influence on Audit Committee Independence." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 30, no. 4 (November 1, 2011): 129–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/ajpt-10146.
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SUMMARY Despite the importance of audit committee independence in ensuring the integrity of the financial reporting process, recent research suggests that even when audit committees meet regulatory independence requirements, certain factors, such as undue influence by the CEO over the selection of the audit committee, may diminish the ability of its members to be substantively independent. This study investigates whether auditors consider CEO influence over audit committee independence when making audit judgments where management's incentives to manage earnings differ. In an experiment, we find that audit partners and managers waive a larger amount of a proposed audit adjustment when management's incentives for earnings management are low than when incentives are high. However, when management incentives are high, auditors are less likely to waive as much of an adjustment when the CEO has less influence over the audit committee's independence than when the CEO's influence is greater. In all, the results support our expectations that auditors consider CEO influence on audit committee independence in the resolution of contentious accounting issues. Data Availability: Contact the authors.
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Yusof, Mohd Atef Md. "Does Audit Committee Constraint Discretionary Accruals in MESDAQ Listed Companies?" Asian Accounting and Auditing Advancement 3, no. 1 (December 31, 2012): 28–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.18034/4ajournal.v3i1.18.
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The role and responsibility of the audit committee toward credible financial reporting are still much the same, but the issue of selecting appropriate people with the right mind is often challenged. The usual tripartite, namely independence, diligence, and knowledge of the audit committee is further refined in the recently revised Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance 2007. The study examines the determinants of discretionary accruals in MESDAQ companies. The central issues are the key aspects of the audit committee, namely independence, expertise, and diligence including the issue of former senior auditors and audit alumni on the audit committee and its effect on discretionary accruals. Based on OLS regression on cross-sectional data of 2007, the results suggest that audit committees with a higher proportion of financial expertise (former senior auditor or former CFO) and more diligent audit committees are significant for the said purpose. As such, it is argued that an audit committee with a higher proportion of financial experts would lead to credible financial reporting. However, audit committees with the former senior auditor and audit alumni are associated with larger discretionary accruals. In addition, the total independent audit committee is positively associated with larger discretionary accruals which lead to possible limited access to pertinent financial information compared to the audit committee with an insider.
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Friyani, Rita, Haryadi Haryadi, Afrizal Afrizal, and Enggar Diah Puspa Arum. "The effect of the performance of the audit committee, internal audit, and manager religion on the implementation of good corporate governance and their implications on fraud." Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah 10, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 105–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22437/ppd.v10i2.11842.
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The main objective of this research is to analyze the performance of the audit committee, internal audit, and religiosity of the manager on the implementation of good corporate governance (GCG) and its implication for fraud. The study was conducted at State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Indonesia. The population of this research is all SOEs in Indonesia, and the number of samples is 89 SOEs (based on the Slovin formula). The sampling method used a simple random sampling technique. The research data was obtained by submitting a list of questions to the selected respondents. Respondents consist of the chairman of the audit committee or members of the audit committee, the head of internal audit or members of internal audit, the corporate secretary, and the finance director (financial manager). The data were analyzed using the SEM-PLS model. The research proves that the performance of audit committees and internal audits affects the implementation of GCG, while the religiosity of managers does not affect the implementation of GCG. The research also proves that the performance of the audit committee and the implementation of GCG affect fraud, while internal audit and religiosity of managers do not affect fraud
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Almer, Elizabeth Dreike, Donna R. Philbrick, and Kathleen Hertz Rupley. "What Drives Auditor Selection?" Current Issues in Auditing 8, no. 1 (April 1, 2014): A26—A42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/ciia-50779.
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SUMMARY This study provides evidence on the factors that currently impact audit committee members' selection of external auditors. Using a two-stage approach, we survey and interview public company audit committee members (ACMs), and find evidence that management continues to provide input into the decision process even as SOX regulations require audit committees to take responsibility for the auditor selection decision. ACMs view management as an important information source when they assess the proposing audit partner's reputation for accessibility, timeliness, and ability to liaise with the firm's national technical office, as well as the proposing audit firm's technical and industry expertise. Results of this study can help firms be more competitive in the audit bidding process, inform policy makers when considering whether to impose further audit committee regulations, and aid academics in ensuring an up-to-date understanding of the audit committee's role in the auditor selection process.
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Windram, Brian, and Jihe Song. "Non-executive directors and the changing nature of audit committees: Evidence from UK audit committee chairmen." Corporate Ownership and Control 1, no. 3 (2004): 108–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv1i3p10.
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In this paper we provide a descriptive summary of a postal survey of FT 500 UK company audit committee chairman on the operations of UK audit committees. The survey represents an “insider view” of the activities of audit committees and the characteristics of non-executive directors and contributes to the continuing debate on corporate governance reforms. In particular we report on company boards and their composition, audit committee chairman and their outside directorships, financial literacy and remuneration and various aspects of audit committee activity. Our survey shows that UK audit committees and corporate boards have undergone many changes in the last decade since the last comprehensive survey reported in Collier (1992). Our study on the current level of activity within major UK corporate audit committees deepens understanding of the roles and characteristics of non-executive directors and the operation of UK audit committees. In particular our survey shows that there is a significant shift in audit committee activities from the traditional financial reporting role to a greater focus on internal control and risk management. Independence is overwhelmingly seen as the most significant attribute of an audit committee member. Lack of time is perceived to be the greatest impediment to audit committee effectiveness but pressure from executives and an unclear remit are surprisingly prevalent problems even after ten years of corporate governance reforms.
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Ittonen, Kim, Emma-Riikka Myllymäki, and Per Christen Tronnes. "Banks’ audit committees, audit firm alumni and fees paid to audit firm." Managerial Auditing Journal 34, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 783–807. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-01-2018-1766.
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Purpose This paper focuses on bank audit committees and examines whether audit committee members who are former auditors are associated with the acquisition of audit and non-audit services from their former employers. Design/methodology/approach The study empirically examines a sample of large banks that are included in the S&P Composite 1500. Findings The paper reports significantly lower audit fees and a higher proportion of non-audit fees to total fees when the audit committee chair is an alumnus of the incumbent audit firm. Moreover, additional analysis reveals that these findings are stronger for banks with more earnings management. Research limitations/implications Overall, the findings indicate that audit firms might consider banks using their alumni as audit committee chairs to be less risky or easier to audit, thus requiring relatively less effort from the auditors. The reduced effort required to audit clients with audit firm alumni on their audit committees then has the effect of reducing the audit fees charged. Alternatively, their auditing experience and cognitive proximity might influence the assessment of the need for auditing or the ability to negotiate lower audit fees on the part of audit firm alumni. Originality/value This paper provides empirical evidence of the association between audit firm alumni in influential positions on an audit committee and fees paid to those audit firms in the banking industry. The findings contribute to the literature by suggesting that banks with affiliated former auditors chairing their audit committees not only have significantly lower audit fees but also a higher proportion is spent on non-audit services.
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Al-Faruqi, Radian Atho'. "PENGARUH PROFITABILITAS, LEVERAGE, KOMITE AUDIT DAN KOMPLEKSITAS AUDIT TERHADAP AUDIT DELAY." Jurnal REKSA: Rekayasa Keuangan, Syariah dan Audit 7, no. 1 (February 24, 2020): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/j.reksa.v7i1.2264.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect profitability, leverage, audit committee and audit complexity on the audit delay in mining companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) in 2016-2018. Data analysis using multiple linear regression analysis. The result of the study with multiple linear regression show that simultaneously, profitability, leverage, audit committee and audit complexity affect the audit delay.Partially, leverage has a significant effect onaudit delay, while other independent variables (profitability, aucit committee and audit complexity) has not significant effect on audit delay. This research is expected to contribute knowledge an as a reference for future research based on empirical evidence regarding the effect on profitability, leverage, audit committee, and audit complexity on audit delay. For the company is expected to be able to help things that affect the audit delay.
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Siagian, Valentine, and Boy Daniel Siagian. "Apakah karakteristik komite audit dan independensi dewan komisaris mempengaruhi financial distress?" Management and Business Review 5, no. 1 (July 6, 2021): 40–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.21067/mbr.v5i1.5597.
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This study examines the effect of audit committee characteristics and independence board of the commissioner on financial distress on companies listed in IDX30. With purposive sampling, there are 70 firm-year observations included as the sample in this study. Then we use logistic regression to run the data. The result of this study shows that audit committee characteristics which measured by the total number of the audit committees, meeting frequency of the audit committee and the accounting background of the audit committee, only the total number of audit committees affect financial distress on companies listed in IDX30, while the other characteristics don't affect financial distress. Empirically, this result shows that the higher the number of audit committees, the more likely the company could avoid financial distress.
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Sahyoun, Najib, and Michel Magnan. "The association between voluntary disclosure in audit committee reports and banks’ earnings management." Managerial Auditing Journal 35, no. 6 (May 23, 2020): 795–817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-05-2019-2279.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the relation between voluntary disclosure (VD) in audit committee reports and banks’ earnings management. It investigates whether such disclosure reflects an attempt by audit committees to engage in impression management. Design/methodology/approach The study considers top US bank holding companies from 2006 to 2015. The authors develop a scoring grid to measure VD in audit committee reports. The scoring grid is based on recommendations from 10 industry and governance organizations’ reports that analyzed audit committee disclosures. Multivariate regression analyzes are used in this paper. Findings Descriptive statistics reveal that the level of VD in audit committee reports did not increase significantly from 2006 to 2015. Multivariate analyzes indicate that whenever banks’ level of earnings management is high, audit committees increase the extent of their VDs in their reports. The authors infer from this finding that audit committees are using VDs as a vehicle for impression management. Originality/value This paper sheds light onto the motives behind audit committees’ VDs. The evidence, which is consistent with impression management by audit committees in their report, also provides further background to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent initiative to enhance VDs in the audit committee report.
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Tanyi, Paul N., and David B. Smith. "Busyness, Expertise, and Financial Reporting Quality of Audit Committee Chairs and Financial Experts." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 34, no. 2 (September 1, 2014): 59–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/ajpt-50929.
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SUMMARY We investigate how the number of audit committee chair positions and other audit committee financial expertise positions held by the audit committee chairman and the audit committee financial experts affects their ability to oversee a company's financial reporting process. We argue that these two audit committee roles are vital to the functioning of the audit committee and that their over commitment affects audit committee oversight and the firm's financial reporting quality. We observe a significant negative association between financial reporting quality and the number of audit committee chair positions and other audit committee financial expertise positions held by the audit committee chairman. We also find a significant negative association between financial reporting quality and the number of audit committee chair positions and other audit committee financial expertise positions held by audit committee financial experts. Firms with busy audit committee chairs or busy financial experts have significantly higher levels of abnormal accruals, and are more likely to meet or beat earnings benchmarks, which is consistent with the busyness hypothesis. This adverse effect, nonetheless, does not extend to nonaudit committee chairs and nonaudit committee financial experts. We interpret these results to indicate that the busyness of the audit committee chair and financial expert weakens the monitoring and oversight role that audit committees play in the financial reporting process.
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Abbott, Lawrence J., Susan Parker, Gary F. Peters, and K. Raghunandan. "The Association between Audit Committee Characteristics and Audit Fees." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 22, no. 2 (September 1, 2003): 17–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/aud.2003.22.2.17.
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This study examines the association between audit committee characteristics and audit fees, using data gathered under the recent SEC fee disclosure rules. We hypothesize that audit fees will be positively associated with audit committee independence, financial expertise, and meeting frequency. We examine a sample of 492 nonregulated, Big 5-audited firms that filed proxy statements with the SEC in the period from February 5, 2001 to June 30, 2001. We find that audit committee independence (defined as an audit committee comprised entirely of outside, independent directors) and financial expertise (defined as an audit committee containing at least one member with financial expertise) are significantly, positively associated with audit fees. This is in contrast to the findings of Carcello et al. (2002a), who find that audit committee characteristics are not significant in the presence of board-related variables. Meeting frequency (defined as an audit committee that meets at least four times annually) was not associated with higher audit fees at conventional levels. This evidence is consistent with audit committees taking actions within their span of control to ensure a higher level of audit coverage.
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Vafeas, Nikos. "On Audit Committee Appointments." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 20, no. 1 (March 1, 2001): 197–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/aud.2001.20.1.197.
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This study examines determinants of audit committee appointment by comparing characteristics of 262 nonexecutive directors appointed to corporate audit committees between 1995 and 1998 with characteristics of 262 nonexecutive, age-matched control directors. The likelihood of audit committee appointment is found to increase with the degree of outside director independence, and decrease with compensation committee membership, other committee memberships, and the length of board tenure. Importantly, audit committee appointments are unrelated to the amount of stock owned by directors and the number of other directorship posts they hold. Together, these results highlight several director attributes beyond affiliation that could be important in guiding director decisions and suggest the need for further research toward understanding the quality of audit committee appointments.
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Sharma, Vineeta, Vic Naiker, and Barry Lee. "Determinants of Audit Committee Meeting Frequency: Evidence from a Voluntary Governance System." Accounting Horizons 23, no. 3 (September 1, 2009): 245–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/acch.2009.23.3.245.
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SYNOPSIS: Because authoritative statements on corporate governance (e.g., the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) are silent about how frequently audit committees should meet, corporate audit committees have considerable discretion in scheduling meetings. Although prior research shows the frequency of audit committee meetings is an important indicator of the effectiveness of the audit committee, we know very little about the underlying determinants of meeting frequency. In this study, we examine the determinants of the frequency of audit committee meetings in a voluntary governance system, New Zealand. We find that multiple directorships, audit committee independence, and an independent chair of the audit committee are negatively associated with meeting frequency. Other variables negatively associated with meeting frequency include a Big 4 auditor, growth opportunities, and regulated industry. Audit committee meeting frequency is positively associated with the size of the audit committee and the level of institutional and managerial ownership. We also find that financial expertise and board independence are positively associated with meeting frequency when the risk of financial misreporting is higher.
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Husaini, Husaini, Saiful Saiful, and Fitrawati Ilyas. "The Substitution Role of Audit Committee Effectiveness and Audit Quality in Explaining Audit Report Lag." Accounting and Finance Review (AFR) Vol. 4 (1) Jan-Mar 2019 4, no. 1 (March 18, 2019): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/afr.2019.4.1(5).
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Objective - This study aims to examine the relationship between audit committee effectiveness on Audit Report Lag (ARL), and the moderating effect of audit quality on the relationship between audit committee effectiveness and ARL. Methodology/Technique - 109 non-financial Indonesian listed companies are examined from 2012 to 2016. The data is analysed using multivariate regression analysis. Findings - The results show that audit committee effectiveness negatively affects ARL. This indicates that an effective audit committee can accelerate the delivery of audit reports. The results on the interaction between audit committee effectiveness and audit quality also negatively affects ARL. These results indicate that audit quality strengthens the influence of audit committees on the timeliness of financial reporting by reducing audit report lag. Novelty - The results show that there is a relationship of substitution between audit committee effectiveness and audit quality (Big-4) on ARL. The results of this study are consistent with agency theory which states that the implementation of corporate governance, such as an effective audit committee and audit quality, can improve the quality of financial reports. Type of Paper Empirical. Keywords: Audit Committee Effectiveness; Audit Quality; Audit Report Lag; Agency Theory. JEL Classification: M42, M41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35609/afr.2019.4.1(5)
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Visvanathan, Gnanakumar. "Audit Committee Accounting Expertise and Audit Quality – the Case of Going-Concern Opinions." Accounting and Finance Research 10, no. 3 (July 5, 2021): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/afr.v10n3p27.
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This study examines whether audit committee accounting expertise and other audit committee characteristics promote or deter the likelihood of receiving going-concern reports from the auditors and whether such characteristics shield auditors from dismissals after the issuance of a going-concern report. The study finds no significant association between the likelihood of a going-concern report and audit committee accounting expertise or other audit committee characteristics. No significant association is also found for auditor dismissals following going-concern reports and audit committee accounting expertise. These results contrast with prior literature that examined data preceding the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (hereafter SOX) or the period immediately thereafter. Additional analysis shows that audit committee accounting expertise is found to improve the information in going-concern audit opinions by reducing Type I errors, however. Overall, these findings shed light on the evolving role of audit committees in overseeing the auditors and have implications for regulators interested in improving audit quality and investors interested in improving the effectiveness of audit committees.
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Normasyhuri, Khavid, and Ignasia Natalelawati. "Penentu Kualitas Audit dan Peran Moderasi Komite Audit." E-Jurnal Akuntansi 32, no. 10 (October 8, 2022): 2915. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/eja.2022.v32.i10.p02.
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Quality audits have an impact on the quality of good financial reports. This study aims to examine the factors that affect audit quality and see that the audit committee is able to strengthen or weaken audit quality. The research sample is manufacturing companies listed on the IDX from 2019-2021. Sampling is done by purposive sampling technique. Data analysis used logistic regression and Moderate Regression Analysis (MRA). The results of the Audit Tenure research have a negative effect on audit quality, the reputation of the Public Accounting Firm (KAP) and audit fees have a positive effect on audit quality, the audit committee weakens the influence of audit tenure on audit quality. Meanwhile, the audit committee strengthens the influence of KAP reputation and audit fees on audit quality.
Keywords: Tenure Audit; KAP Reputation; Audit Fees; Audit Quality; Audit Committee.
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Pujilestari, Retno, and Mustika Winedar. "Pengaruh Karakter Eksekutif, Ukuran Perusahaan, Kualitas Audit, dan Komite Audit Terhadap Tax Avoidance." JURNAL AKUNTANSI DAN AUDITING 15, no. 2 (October 6, 2019): 204–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/jaa.15.2.204-220.
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This study aims to examine the effect of Executive Character, Company Size, AuditQuality, and Audit Committee on Tax Avoidance. Executive Character is measured bycalculating company risk, Company Size is determined based on company size, AuditQuality is stated based on who KAP audits the company, and Audit Committee isdetermined based on the number of Audit Committees in the company. While TaxAvoidance is measured by CETR. By taking samples of mining companies that areactive and listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period of 2012 to 2016selected by purposive sampling technique, the research data collected throughdocumentation techniques are then analyzed by multiple linear regression and theresults show that Executive Character, Company Size, Quality Audit, and the AuditCommittee simultaneously have a significant effect on Tax Avoidance. But partiallyonly Audit Quality has an effect on Tax Avoidance.
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Oussii, Ahmed Atef, and Neila Boulila Taktak. "Audit committee effectiveness and financial reporting timeliness." African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 9, no. 1 (March 12, 2018): 34–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajems-11-2016-0163.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there is any relationship between the effectiveness of an audit committee and the financial reporting timeliness of Tunisian listed companies as proxied by external audit delay (AD). Analysis focuses on five audit committee characteristics: authority, financial expertise, independence, size and diligence. Design/methodology/approach Empirical tests address 162 firm-year observations drawn from Tunisian listed companies during 2011-2013. Findings Multivariate analyses indicate that audit committees with members who have financial expertise are significantly associated with shorter AD. Thus, the results suggest that audit committee financial expertise contributes to the improvement of financial statements’ timeliness. Research limitations/implications The audit committee attributes examined in this study were based on DeZoort et al. (2002) framework. There could be other aspects of audit committee effectiveness such as audit committee tenure and audit committee chair characteristics, which were not addressed in the present study. Thus, future research may consider and examine these other components of audit committee effectiveness. Practical implications Findings have managerial implications. Companies can re-look into how to further improve audit committee composition in order to enhance the timeliness of financial reporting. The issues of audit committee effectiveness and timely reporting also affect regulators and policy makers since they need to play a role in the establishment of effective audit committees and the improvement of financial reporting timeliness. Originality/value This study is one of few that have examined the impact of audit committee effectiveness on ADs in an emerging market country. Findings lend credence to the belief that audit committee members’ financial expertise enhances the quality of financial reporting by firms in a North African market criticized for the lack of maturity of its corporate governance system (Klibi, 2015; Fitch Ratings, 2009).
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Damien Iung Yau Lee and Lian Kee Phua. "Does Audit Committee Moderate the Relationship Between Auditor Independence and Earnings Management During Initial Implementation of MFRS in Malaysia?" International Journal of Business and Society 23, no. 2 (August 8, 2022): 751–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.33736/ijbs.4836.2022.
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This paper presents an evaluation of auditor independence concerns against the backdrop of current Malaysian corporate financial scandals by examining the relationship between auditor independence and earnings management, and the role of audit committees in overseeing auditor independence. The study used 1,035 firm-year data in the main market of Bursa Malaysia from 2012 to 2014 and employed multivariate regression analyses. The results revealed that when non-audit fees and total fees were higher, it could reduce the auditor’s independence as higher fees can create economic dependency on his clients. This study found that audit committee size and the frequency of meetings were positively related to earnings management. When testing the audit committee moderation on auditor independence, the study found that audit committee size and its frequency of meetings weaken the positive relationships between lower auditor independence and earnings management. These findings help regulators and professional bodies think about the impact of audit and NAS fees on auditor independence and the audit committee's oversight responsibility. To assess auditor independence, companies should form a fully independent audit committee in accordance with the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance 2021 (Securities Commission of Malaysia, 2021).
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Lin, Yu-Chun. "The consequences of audit committee quality." Managerial Auditing Journal 33, no. 2 (February 5, 2018): 192–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-03-2016-1350.
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Purpose This study aims to examine the consequences when audit committees have different economic incentives (i.e. incentive-based compensation) to switch auditors. Design/methodology/approach The author focuses on companies experiencing an auditor switching event (client-initiated dismissals) and uses Heckman’s (1997) two-stage estimation procedure to control endogenous bias. Audit committee quality is measured by the level of incentive-based compensation. Accrual quality and abnormal audit fees are examined over the periods of auditor switches. Findings Using 1,087 US companies between 2006 and 2014, the author found that audit committees’ incentive-based compensation is negatively (positively) associated with accruals quality (abnormal audit fees) only when companies switch from Big 4 to non-Big 4 auditors or switch within non-Big 4 auditors. For companies that switch from non-Big 4 to Big 4 auditors, she found no evidence. Research limitations/implications This study provides a detailed discussion of the consequences of audit committee quality. The findings also contribute to the literature by concluding that economic incentives are associated with ineffective oversight, particularly after auditor switches. Practical implications Sarbanes–Oxley Act and its associated regulations significantly expanded the oversight role of audit committees. However, regulators bypassed restrictions on audit committee compensation. Accordingly, the author suggests that regulators focus on the issue of economic incentives to improve audit committee quality. Originality/value Minimal research has been conducted on the role of audit committees when companies switch to a new external auditor. The author shows that when companies switch auditors, incentive-based compensation significantly affects the monitoring quality of audit committees.
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Ojeka, Stephen A., Alex Adeboye, and Olajide Dahunsi. "Does Audit Committee Characteristics Promote Risk Management Practices in Nigerian Listed Firms?" Accounting and Finance Research 10, no. 2 (May 26, 2021): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/afr.v10n2p70.
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There has been a huge and deluge of risk threatening industries at an unequalled magnitude in recent times. As such, the board of directors and senior executives are increasingly expected to manage their various organizations' risk portfolios, affecting their financial performance. This has led to the assigning of the risk assessment role to the audit committee. The board of directors and its audit committee play an essential function in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) by building up the right condition or tone-at-the-top. Given the board's responsibilities for representing the interests of shareholders, it plays a vital role in overseeing management's approach to ERM. This study examined the relationship between audit committee characteristics and risk management of some selected listed firms in a developing country like Nigeria. The study used secondary data to describe the dependent variable (financial risk decomposed into credit risk and liquidity risk) and the explanatory variables (decomposed into audit committee accounting expertise, audit committee meetings, audit committee independence and audit committee gender). The study used pair sample t-test, student t-test, Pearson Moment Correlation and random panel data estimator for twenty (20) selected listed firms for 2012-2016. Findings indicate that there is a negative between audit committee accounting expertise and financial risk. This revealed that Accounting Expertise in Audit Committees are likely to involve in activities and practices to curb financial risk. In addition, the Audit committee meeting indicates a negative relationship with credit risk. Audit committee gender and audit committee independence have a negative effect on liquidity risk. Therefore, this study recommends that Audit committees embrace Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to manage risks effectively across the organization. Risk management processes should be one of the major points of discussion during audit committee meetings.
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Oussii, Ahmed Atef, Mohamed Faker Klibi, and Insaf Ouertani. "Audit committee role: formal rituals or effective oversight process?" Managerial Auditing Journal 34, no. 6 (June 13, 2019): 673–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-11-2017-1708.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the perception held by attendees about the role and the effectiveness of their audit committees. Design/methodology/approach The investigation was conducted via a qualitative methodology through the content analysis of interviews conducted with 33 attendees of audit committee meetings of Tunisian listed companies. Findings The findings reveal that audit committees do not have the means to achieve the objectives that they have been given by the legal texts, which are likely to characterize their work as “ceremonial” or “symbolic.” This paper also found that the most significant effects of the audit committee chair’s role come through informal meetings and conversations. Practical implications The paper’s findings have policy implications for regulators. Findings from this research may allow regulators to assess whether the audit committee activities in Tunisian companies meet their expectations. Originality/value This paper tries to fill a gap in the extant literature and provides meaningful information on activities performed by audit committees and the extent to which they are perceived effective in the eyes of attendees of audit-committee meetings. This study is one of the few field investigations that have analyzed audit committees’ effectiveness in emerging markets through interviews with attendees involved in audit-committee processes.
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Vermeer, Thomas E., K. Raghunandan, and Dana A. Forgione. "The Composition of Nonprofit Audit Committees." Accounting Horizons 20, no. 1 (March 1, 2006): 75–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/acch.2006.20.1.75.
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Audit committee composition has attracted significant attention from legislators and regulators in recent years. Although most of the focus has been on corporate audit committees, recent legislative efforts underscore the importance of governance in the nonprofit sector. Using data from a survey of 118 chief financial officers of nonprofit organizations as well as financial data from the GuideStar database, we examine the composition of nonprofit audit committees and factors associated with their composition. The data show that many nonprofits have not adopted Sarbanes-Oxley reforms, since we find that 36 percent of nonprofits have audit committees that are not completely independent. Organizations that are larger, receive government grants, and use a Big 4 auditor are more likely to have audit committees with solely independent directors. Surprisingly, universities and hospitals are less likely to have solely independent directors on the audit committee. Eighty-eight percent of nonprofits have at least one financial expert on the audit committee, and organizations that receive government grants and have an internal audit function are more likely to have a financial expert on the committee. Overall, our findings support the view that nonprofit audit committee composition varies in response to the demands related to the need for resources, the presence of other monitoring mechanisms, and the type of nonprofit.
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Bhuiyan, Md Borhan Uddin, and Mabel D’Costa. "Audit committee ownership and audit report lag: evidence from Australia." International Journal of Accounting & Information Management 28, no. 1 (January 13, 2020): 96–125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijaim-09-2018-0107.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether audit committee ownership affects audit report lag. Independent audit committees are responsible for overseeing the financial reporting process, to ensure that financial statements are both credible and released to external stakeholders in a timely manner. To date, however, the extent to which audit committee ownership strengthens or compromises member independence, and hence, influences audit report lag, has remained unexplored. Design/methodology/approach This paper hypothesizes that audit committee ownership is associated with audit report lag. Further, the author hypothesize that both the financial reporting quality and the going concern opinions of a firm mediate the effect of audit committee ownership on audit report lag. Findings Using data from Australian listed companies, the author find that audit committee ownership increases audit report lag. The author further document that financial reporting quality and modified audit opinions rendered by external auditors mediate this positive relationship. The results are robust to endogeneity concerns emanating from firms’ deliberate decisions to grant shares to the audit committee members. Originality/value The study contributes to both the audit report timeliness and the corporate governance literatures, by documenting an adverse effect of audit committee ownership.
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Sylvia Veronica Siregar, Delfita Siagian,. "The Effect of Audit Committee Financial Expertise And Relative Status On Earnings Management: Case of Indonesia." Jurnal Akuntansi 22, no. 3 (November 7, 2018): 321. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/ja.v22i3.391.
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The aim of this research is to examine the effect of audit committee financial expertise (measured by audit committee experience in accounting, supervision, and financial)and audit committee status (relative to management) on earnings management. Our samples consist of 384 observations in Indonesia Stock Exchange for the year 2012-2014. The result of this research shows that audit commite financial expertise has no significant effect on earnings management. However, we find evidence that audit committee financial expertise haspositive effect on income decreasing accruals. This finding indicates that audit committee may perceived that conservatism is one of the mechanism to restrict management opportunistic behavior. We do not find significant evidence of the joint effect of audit committee status and audit committeee expertise on earnings management.
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Abbott, Lawrence J., and Susan Parker. "Auditor Selection and Audit Committee Characteristics." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 19, no. 2 (September 1, 2000): 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/aud.2000.19.2.47.
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The role of the audit committee in corporate governance is the subject of increasing public and regulatory interest. We focus on one frequently noted function of the audit committee: auditor selection. We argue that independent and active audit committee members demand a high level of audit quality because of concerns about monetary or reputational losses that may result from lawsuits or SEC sanction. Auditors who specialize in the client's industry are expected to provide a higher level of audit quality than do nonspecialists. Thus, we predict that firms with audit committees that are both independent and active are more likely to employ an industry-specialist auditor. We find that firms with audit committees that do not include employees and that meet at least twice per year are more likely to use specialists. This study contributes to our understanding of audit committee functions and provides evidence that industry specialization is an important element of auditor selection.
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Alkebsee, Radwan Hussien, Gao-Liang Tian, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Abubakkar Siddique, and Adeeb A. Alhebry. "Gender diversity in audit committees and audit fees: evidence from China." Managerial Auditing Journal 36, no. 1 (March 8, 2021): 72–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-06-2019-2326.
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Purpose This study aims to investigate whether the presence of female directors on audit committees affects audit fees in Chinese listed companies. This study also investigates whether the audit committee’s gender diversity moderates the relationship between the firm’s inherent situational factors (e.g. audit complexity and firm risk) and audit fees. Finally, this study investigates whether the effect of the audit committee’s gender diversity on audit fees varies with within-country institutional contingencies (e.g. state-owned enterprises [SOEs] vs non-SOEs and firms that are located in more developed regions vs firms that are located in less developed regions) Design/methodology/approach This study used the data of all A-share listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges for the period from 2009 to 2015. The authors use ordinary least squares regression as a baseline methodology, along with firm fixed effect, Deference in Deference method, two-stage least squares regression, two-stage Heckman model and generalized method of moments models to control for the possible issue of endogeneity. Findings The study’s findings suggest that the presence of female directors on the audit committee improves internal monitoring and communication, which reduce the perceived audit risk and the need for assurances from external auditors. The results also suggest that female directors demand high-quality audits and further assurance from external auditors when the firm is more complex and riskier. In addition, the results suggest that within-country, institutional factors play significant role in shaping the governance role of gender-diverse audit committee. Practical implications The study contributes to the agency theory by providing evidence that the interaction between agency theory and corporate governance “board composition” generates an effective monitoring mechanism and contributing to the institutional theory by finding that role of female directors on audit committee varies from context to another. In addition, this study contributes to literature review of gender diversity in the boardroom by finding the economic benefit of having female directors on audit committee. Finally, this study has implications for policy-makers in promoting regulations to legalize women presence on the board, to external auditors in assessing control risk during planning the audit, to those who responsible for appointing audit committee members. Originality/value The authors extend earlier studies by providing novel evidence on the relationship between gender-diverse audit committees and audit fees in terms of both the supply- and demand-side perspectives; that female directors moderate the relationship between firm inherent situational factors (e.g. audit complexity and firm risk) and audit fees; and that the effect of audit committees’ gender diversity on audit fees varies with sub-national institutional contingencies.
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Martinov-Bennie, Nonna, Dominic S. B. Soh, and Dale Tweedie. "An investigation into the roles, characteristics, expectations and evaluation practices of audit committees." Managerial Auditing Journal 30, no. 8/9 (October 5, 2015): 727–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/maj-05-2015-1186.
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Purpose – This paper aims to investigate how the roles, characteristics, expectations and evaluation practices of audit committees have adapted to regulatory change and what practices are most conducive to effective audit committees. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses semi-structured interviews with audit committee chairs and chief audit executives. Findings – While new regulation is a primary driver of changes in the roles of audit committees, the audit committee’s role has evolved beyond regulatory requirements. Audit committees are taking a more active role in organisational governance and performance in key areas such as risk management. However, while audit committees have a clear concept of what characteristics committee members require, conceptual frameworks and mechanisms for evaluating the performance of committees and their members remain underdeveloped. Research limitations/implications – The responses of audit committees in Australia to broader regulatory trends suggest that more research is required into how audit committees function in practice, and into developing new frameworks for evaluating the committees’ performance. This paper provides an in-depth exploration of key areas of audit committee performance, and identifies aspects that might be further investigated. Practical implications – The paper identifies key attributes of effective audit committees and especially the characteristics of audit committee members. The paper also identifies a need to improve – and in many cases create – performance evaluation frameworks and mechanisms. Given the international regulatory trend towards greater reliance on audit committees to improve governance, more policy attention is required on developing guidelines and assessment processes that evaluate whether audit committees are fulfilling their legislative mandate in practice. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the relatively new and more specific discussion on reviewing and evaluating the performance of the board and its subcommittees.
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Gendron, Yves, Jean Be´dard, and Maurice Gosselin. "Getting Inside the Black Box: A Field Study of Practices in “Effective” Audit Committees." AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 23, no. 1 (March 1, 2004): 153–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/aud.2004.23.1.153.
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Although audit committees typically are considered a crucial corporate governance mechanism, knowledge is scant about the practices carried out in audit committee meetings. This paper provides insights into practices that audit committee members carry out in meetings, including the part of the meetings where members meet privately with auditors. The investigation was conducted via a field study in three Canadian public corporations—whose respective audit committees complied to a large extent with regulatory guidelines of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the voluntary recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Committee on audit committee effectiveness. Further, the three audit committees that we investigated are generally perceived as effective by the individuals who attend meetings. Our results highlight key matters that audit committee members emphasize during meetings, such as: accuracy of financial statements; appropriateness of the wording used in financial reports; effectiveness of internal controls; and the quality of the work performed by auditors. We also elicit the evaluation criteria that members use to assess written and verbal information submitted by managers and auditors. In addition, we found that a key aspect of the work carried out by audit committee members consists of asking challenging questions and assessing responses provided by managers and auditors.