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stakeholders in the market for audit services about the issue of "materiality" as this concept is applied in auditing. The …Purpose: This paper seeks to focus on the issue of materiality judgements and the need for public disclosure of … materiality levels. Insights about the concept of materiality are drawn from the words of users of audited financial reports …
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stakeholders in the market for audit services about the issue of “materiality” as this concept is applied in auditing. The …Purpose – This paper seeks to focus on the issue of materiality judgements and the need for public disclosure of … materiality levels. Insights about the concept of materiality are drawn from the words of users of audited financial reports …
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This study examines whether profit-sharing arrangements within accounting firms are associated with the riskiness of their client portfolios. Our results use unique data about the profit-sharing arrangements of the Big 8 firms during the period 1985 to 1994. We investigate whether there is a...
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This article discusses the significance of external auditor. Companies searching for financial and accounting talent to join their senior executive teams often lure partners and other professional staff away from accounting firms that perform their annual audits. Livent Inc., the Toronto-based...
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We examine 316 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspection reports issued to smaller CPA firms (100 or fewer issuer clients) through July 2006. We find that 60 percent of the inspected firms have audit deficiencies. Firms with audit deficiencies are smaller, have a larger number...
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This study examines whether client satisfaction can help explain cross-sectional variation in Big 6 audit fees paid by Fortune 1000 clients. After controlling for other factors related to audit fees (including audit quality attributes), client satisfaction with the audit team is positively...
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