The Value of Auditor Industry Specialization: Evidence from a Structural Model

This study investigates the value of auditor industry specialization. In the first step, we use a discrete choice model to derive the first-order demand for auditor industry specialization. Our results reveal that clients have a general preference for auditor industry specialization, relating to both audit firm and audit office specialization. Further, we observe that specializations at the audit firm and audit office level are substitutes. We also find that larger and more complex clients have a stronger demand for industry specialization at the audit office level. In the second step, we use the results from the discrete choice model to quantify the value of auditor industry specialist for clients. We find that the overall value of industry specialization aggregated across all clients is 5.2 million USD (0.36% of audit fees) and that industry specialization at the firm (office) level is decisive for auditor choice in 4% (6%) of all cases.

DETERMINASI INTEGRITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN PERUSAHAAN GO PUBLIC DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh komisaris independen, kepemilikan institusional, kepemilikan manajerial, kualitas audit, spesialisasi industri auditor, dan ukuran perusahaan terhadap integritas laporan keuangan. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh perusahaan go public non keuangan yang tercatat di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI). Sampel penelitian berjumlah 400 perusahaan dengan metode purposive sampling. Pengujian hipotesis menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda.Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan komisaris independen, kepemilikan institusional, kualitas audit, spesialisasi industri auditor serta ukuran perusahaan mempengaruhi integritas laporan keuangan. Untuk kepemilikan manajerial tidak mempengaruhi integritas laporan keuangan. Implikasinya yaitu perseroan harus mengamati tingkat komisaris independen, kepemilikan institusional, kualitas audit, spesialisasi industri auditor serta ukuran perusahaan karena sangat mempengaruhi integritas laporan keuangan. Selaain itu, kepemilikan manajerial sebaiknya persentase saham yang dipunya manajemen ditingkatkan karena pihak manajerial sekaligus pemegang saham akan terus berusaha untuk bekerja dengan maksimal, dan berupaya meningkatkan kinerja dan nilai perusahaan. Abstract: This study aims to determine the effect of independent commissioners, institutional ownership, managerial ownership, audit quality, auditor industry specialization, and firm size on the integrity of financial statements. The research population is all non-financial go public companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The research sample amounted to 400 companies with purposive sampling method. Hypothesis testing using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the study show that independent commissioners, institutional ownership, audit quality, auditor industry specialization and company size affect the integrity of financial statements. For managerial ownership does not affect the integrity of financial statements. The implication is that the company must observe the level of independent commissioners, institutional ownership, audit quality, auditor industry specialization and company size because it greatly affects the integrity of financial statements. In addition, managerial ownership should increase the percentage of shares owned by management because the managerial parties as well as shareholders will continue to strive to work optimally, and strive to improve the performance and value of the company.

Pengaruh Karakteristik Auditor Terhadap Audit Report Lag

This study is intended to prove empirically the effect of Auditor Characteristics on Lag Audit Reports. This research is classified as quantitative research with a causative approach. The population in this study is financial sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014-2018. The purposive sampling method is used, so there are 61 financial sector companies obtained as a sample in year 2014-2018. The type of data is secondary data obtained from www.idx.co.id. The analytical method used is multiple linear analysis.The results of this study indicate that (1) The auditor's reputation has a negative and not significant effect on audit report lag (2) Audit tenure has a positive and not significant effect on audit report lag (3) The auditor industry specialization has a positive and not significant effect on audit report lag (4) Auditor switching has a positive and not significant effect on audit report lag.

The effect of auditor industry specialization and board independence on the cash flow reporting classification choices under IFRS: evidence from Taiwan

Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between audit partner and firm industry specialization and board of director independence on the decision by Taiwanese firms to use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) flexibility concerning reporting interest income and expense and dividends received in different sections of the statement of cash flows. This flexibility existed in Taiwan for the first time in 2013, the year that Taiwan switched from its own generally accepted accounting principle to IFRS. Design/methodology/approach Using 2013 data for a sample of 1,227 firms, 354 of whom changed their reporting classification, this study examined the interaction effect of board independence and partner-level and firm-level auditor industry specialization on the cash flow reporting decision using logistic regression. Findings The results show there is a substitute relationship between board independence and partner-level industry specialization on the change in cash flow reporting classification, but a complementary relationship between board independence and firm-level auditor specialization. Further, both partner-level and firm-level auditor industry specializations have a complementary (but negative) relationship with board independence as to whether the firm is likely to report interest expense paid in the operating or financing activities sections. Practical implications An important implication is that knowing the levels of audit firm and partner specialization and how independent the board is, is useful for researchers and regulators in investigating auditor-client relationships and understanding the influences of variables investigated here on the outcome(s) of accounting policy and regulatory changes. Originality/value This study improved the field’s understanding of the impacts of audit partner and firm specialization, board independence and relevant interactions on cash flow reporting choices.

Analisis Spesialisasi Industri Auditor dan Penerapan IFRS Terhadap Audit Report Lag pada Perusahaan Manufaktur di Indonesia

This study aims to determine the effect of Auditor Industry Specialization and Adoption of IFRS on Audit Report Lag which the Company size, and Loss as control variables. Manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014-2018 as sample population. This research used a purposive sampling technique as the sampling method. The number of samples was 103 companies for 5 years. The results show that the adoption of IFRS has a positive effect on Audit report lag. Whereas Auditor industry specialization has no effect on Audit report lag.

Does Auditor Industry Specialization Increase Analysts’ Forecast Accuracy? Evidence from the Listed Firms of Australia

This paper examines the relation between auditor industry specialization and analysts’ beginning-of-the-year earnings forecast accuracy. It predicts that the higher industry specialization of the auditors will improve the quality of external financial reports and thus mitigates the analysts’ forecast error. It also predicts that higher audit quality will have a negative association with analyst forecast dispersion. The empirical test results on Australian listed firms from the year 2003 to 2012 does not find evidence of association between audit firm industry specialization and analysts’ beginning-of the year earnings forecast error. However, firms with higher analysts forecast error is associated with lower forecast dispersion among analysts, which is consistent with the prediction that analysts are consistent with predicting future earnings and analysts possess similar traits in terms of difference with the actual earnings. Additional analysis also finds that’s larger firms have less forecast errors compared to smaller firms. The findings contribute to the growing literature on auditing and financial reporting quality in Australian context.

The effect of auditor characteristics on tax avoidance of Iranian companies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between auditor characteristics and the level of tax avoidance in an emerging market. Design/methodology/approach In this regard, the effect of various factors such as auditor tenure, auditor industry specialization, audit reports and audit fees on tax avoidance was examined. The study sample includes listed companies in the Tehran Stock Exchange. The time period of study is six years from 2011 to 2016. Also in this study, firm size, leverage, firm age and auditor size were controlled. Findings The results of this research were determined in four hypotheses. First and second hypotheses that explore the relationship between auditor tenure and auditor industry specialization with tax avoidance were not confirmed. But the results showed a significant relationship between the type of audit opinions and audit fees with tax avoidance. Originality/value The current study investigates the auditor characteristics on tax avoidance in a developing nation of Iran and the results may helpful the developing countries.