There has been little research comparing the relative performance of the Big 4 CPA firms. Users of audited financial statements often practically have no other CPA firms to choose from for auditing services in the large public company auditing services market and thus desire more of this ...
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The recent investigation of the UK audit market by the Competition Commission testifies to perennial regulatory concerns regarding increasing supplier concentration, big 4 dominance of large company audits and the capacity of mid-tier auditors to compete. Against this backdrop, this paper presents new ...
The GAO concluded that “mandatory audit firm rotation may not be the most efficient way to strengthen auditor independence and improve audit quality considering the additional financial costs and the loss of institutional knowledge of the company's previous audit firm of record, as well as the ...
In this report, Critical Audit Matters: Public company adaptation to enhanced auditor reporting, Intelligize examines data from a survey, conducted by SourceMediaResearch/Accounting Today, of 171 compliance specialists at...more Big 4 Audit Firm Issues First CAM ...
Without independence, external decision makers (i.e. investors) would not be able to rely on the information provided by the company, because the users of the information would not know whether the information is trustworthy. 2 Types of Independence are required for auditors: ...
Results also indicate that stronger audit profession development is associated with a greater likelihood a client company hires a Big 4 auditor. My findings contribute to the literature that explores differences in audit quality and determinants of auditor choice, the literature that explores cross-...
A brand is much more than a logo, color scheme or a set of design guidelines. A brand is a feeling your customers and users can easily relate to and connect with. It’s important for any company, big or small, to establish a good Brand and to get its Bra
An audit refers to an examination of the financial statements of a company. Audits are conducted to provide investors and other stakeholders
The Audit Firm Culture and its Affects on Quality Audits By Danielle Reynolds A company’s culture has a large impact on the ethical behavior of employee’s and an employee’s ethical behavior plays an important role in the quality of the audit. Now‚ there are several factors that affect...