Factors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review

The disclosure of KAMs contribute to the increase of financial-reporting quality, the value of the audit report and implicit interest in it. Moreover, KAM’s disclosure has a positive influence over the expectation gap between the auditors and other users of the audit report and financial statements....

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Autores principales: Teodora PORUMBACEAN, Adriana TIRON-TUDOR
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:48870457f45f40c7ab1cc323feb7a1e52021-11-08T12:51:51ZFactors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review10.20869/AUDITF/2021/164/0251583-58121844-8801https://doaj.org/article/48870457f45f40c7ab1cc323feb7a1e52021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revista.cafr.ro/temp/Article_9683.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1583-5812https://doaj.org/toc/1844-8801The disclosure of KAMs contribute to the increase of financial-reporting quality, the value of the audit report and implicit interest in it. Moreover, KAM’s disclosure has a positive influence over the expectation gap between the auditors and other users of the audit report and financial statements. This study aims to identify relevant drivers influencing the Key Audit Matters (KAMs) disclosed in the audit report, based on a review of the articles published in top accounting journals. Our results reveal the fact that the audited company itself especially influences the disclosure of the KAMs, emphasizing the size of the company, the complexity of the business, the applicable regulation of the industry in which the company operates, all of which impact the overall client-risk level. Other relevant factors are the accounting standards with which the company must comply and on which it must report, the audit company (‘Big Four’ or not) and the audited company’s location.Teodora PORUMBACEANAdriana TIRON-TUDORChamber of Financial Auditors of Romaniaarticlekey audit mattersaudit reportisa 701Accounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FinanceHG1-9999ENAudit Financiar, Vol 19, Iss 164, Pp 743-758 (2021)
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audit report
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Accounting. Bookkeeping
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Finance
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audit report
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Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Finance
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Teodora PORUMBACEAN
Adriana TIRON-TUDOR
Factors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review
description The disclosure of KAMs contribute to the increase of financial-reporting quality, the value of the audit report and implicit interest in it. Moreover, KAM’s disclosure has a positive influence over the expectation gap between the auditors and other users of the audit report and financial statements. This study aims to identify relevant drivers influencing the Key Audit Matters (KAMs) disclosed in the audit report, based on a review of the articles published in top accounting journals. Our results reveal the fact that the audited company itself especially influences the disclosure of the KAMs, emphasizing the size of the company, the complexity of the business, the applicable regulation of the industry in which the company operates, all of which impact the overall client-risk level. Other relevant factors are the accounting standards with which the company must comply and on which it must report, the audit company (‘Big Four’ or not) and the audited company’s location.
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author Teodora PORUMBACEAN
Adriana TIRON-TUDOR
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Adriana TIRON-TUDOR
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title Factors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review
title_short Factors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review
title_full Factors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review
title_fullStr Factors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Factors Influencing KAM Reporting: A Structured Literature Review
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