Efectivenenss of Supervision and Company Risk on Audit Fees (Companies Listed on Indonesia and Malaysia Stock Exchanges)

Main Author: JANUARTI, Indira
Format: Article PeerReviewed application/pdf
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Program Pascasarjana Doktor Ilmu Manajemen Universitas Negeri Jakarta , 2019
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Online Access: https://eprints2.undip.ac.id/id/eprint/3547/1/abstrak-c-27.pdf
https://eprints2.undip.ac.id/id/eprint/3547/
Daftar Isi:
  • Financial statements of listed companies are mandatory to be audited by an external auditor. Function of audit is to check the financial statements are presented in accordance with financial accounting standards. It is part of supervision and will reduce risks of stakeholders in term of misappropriate of financial statements. Strict supervision of concentrated ownership and multinational affiliation demands a high audit quality. In effect, audit fees are increase because of the choice of reputable auditor. High company risk as a factor of increasing audit fees. The purpose of this study is to examine and provide empirical evidence of the effect of ownership structure, multinational ownership affiliates, and number of subsidiaries on audit fees. The sample of 340 companies listed on the Indonesia and Malaysia Stock Exchanges in 2017. The analysis tool uses multiple linear regression. The result shows that the number of subsidiaries and multinational ownership affiliates has a significant positive effect on audit fees, while the ownership structure hasn’t positive effect on audit fees. The implications of this study show that the determination of audit fees can be based on audit risk and quality.