Investigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange

It is important to understand the factors that affect audit report delay, since this directly affects the timeliness of financial reporting, which is one of the most important qualitative attributes of financial statements. Old accounting information has not worth in the economic and financial decis...

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Autores principales: Gholamhossein Mahdavi, Somayyeh Hosseini Nia
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:27b76689b6614ee9a439bf6538c45b182021-11-04T19:47:54ZInvestigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2015.985https://doaj.org/article/27b76689b6614ee9a439bf6538c45b182015-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_985_045a36ee14fd3f252875936b369bbc2c.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XIt is important to understand the factors that affect audit report delay, since this directly affects the timeliness of financial reporting, which is one of the most important qualitative attributes of financial statements. Old accounting information has not worth in the economic and financial decisions. This paper investigated the relationship between effectiveness of the audit quality (in terms of auditor change, auditor industry specialization and type of auditor’s report) and reduction of audit report delay for the companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange. In this study, the sample consists of 64 companies in the period 2005-2012, and for testing the hypothesis the statistical panel data regression was used. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between types of auditor’s report with audit report delay. That is, audit report delay is higher for receiving qualified audit report. Also, the results showed that there is not a significant relationship between either auditor change or auditor industry specialization and audit report delay. That is, auditor change and auditor industry specialization do not lead to reduction in audit report delay.Gholamhossein MahdaviSomayyeh Hosseini NiaShahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticlequalityauditor changeauditor industry specializationtype of auditor’s report and audit report delayAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 6, Iss 21, Pp 7-31 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language FA
topic quality
auditor change
auditor industry specialization
type of auditor’s report and audit report delay
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
spellingShingle quality
auditor change
auditor industry specialization
type of auditor’s report and audit report delay
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Gholamhossein Mahdavi
Somayyeh Hosseini Nia
Investigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
description It is important to understand the factors that affect audit report delay, since this directly affects the timeliness of financial reporting, which is one of the most important qualitative attributes of financial statements. Old accounting information has not worth in the economic and financial decisions. This paper investigated the relationship between effectiveness of the audit quality (in terms of auditor change, auditor industry specialization and type of auditor’s report) and reduction of audit report delay for the companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange. In this study, the sample consists of 64 companies in the period 2005-2012, and for testing the hypothesis the statistical panel data regression was used. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between types of auditor’s report with audit report delay. That is, audit report delay is higher for receiving qualified audit report. Also, the results showed that there is not a significant relationship between either auditor change or auditor industry specialization and audit report delay. That is, auditor change and auditor industry specialization do not lead to reduction in audit report delay.
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author Gholamhossein Mahdavi
Somayyeh Hosseini Nia
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Somayyeh Hosseini Nia
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title Investigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_short Investigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full Investigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_fullStr Investigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed Investigating Effectiveness of Audit Quality on Reduction of Audit Report Delay in Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_sort investigating effectiveness of audit quality on reduction of audit report delay in companies listed in tehran stock exchange
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