The article reviews the content of auditor's reports of Ukrainian public companies whose shares are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in terms of the presence of modifications to the auditor's opinion and emphasis of matter paragraphs. There are revealed the key shortcomings, as seen by an...

Due to the transfer of certain categories of business entities to international standards accounting, practical application of the International Financial Reporting Standards today are highly important for business entities in Ukraine. The article covers the specifics of financial statements...

Changes in auditor's report structure, content and scope in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing both retrospectively and prospectively have been covered. The history of the International Standards on Auditing (Guidelines) regarding the auditor's report has been presented....

This study examines the effects of a joint audit on auditor’s report consensus and accuracy. We investigate whether a joint audit, particularly the report issued, improves an audit’s quality. We measure the audit’s quality using the degree of auditor consensus in the auditor’s report. We...

Recognizing the need to improve the quality of financial disclosure by private sector firms in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank sponsored a conference in September 29-30, 1997 entitled Financial Disclosure and the Development of Financial Markets: The Impact...

International accounting standards constitute a typical instrument of harmonization and eventually integration of the Latin American and Caribbean financial markets. This book focuses primarily on accounting standards for large companies in some cases traded in stock exchanges.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence concerning the effective use of qualitative materiality factors (QMF) included in the new ISA 450, and its potential consequences from the perspective of Spanish independent auditors and preparers of financial statements....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of the length of the audit firm-client relationship and the size of the audit firm on audit quality in Jordan. Design/methodology/approach – To test their hypotheses, the authors use the quadratic form approach, similar to Chi and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether client-specific litigation risk affects the audit quality differentiation between Big N and non-Big N auditors. Specifically, the authors examine whether higher quality audits of Big N auditors relative to non-Big auditors is more...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the responses of South African respondents with all Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) 2006 respondents in the areas of compliance with the Institute of Internal Auditors' (IIA) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal...