One of the key reforms aimed at improving audit quality has been the introduction of public oversight over the auditing profession by national public oversight bodies (POBs). The foundation of their strategy is inspections of audit firms. However, little is known about the impact of inspections...

This paper identifies the factors which impact auditors' propensity to issue going concern modified audit opinions (GCOs) and examines their accuracy in issuing such opinions for charities by comparing with two outcomes, cancellation of ABN status and the revoking of operating status on the ACNC...

Our study informs the current debate around financial reporting framework choice by examining factors associated with whether large charities produce General Purpose Financial Statements (GPFS) or Special Purpose Financial Statements (SPFS). For those producing GPFS, we further examine whether...

Integrated reporting (IR) is an emerging international corporate reporting initiative arising to address, inter alia, the limitations of the current corporate reporting suite which are commonly criticized for being both voluminous and disjointed. While IR is gaining in popularity, current...

The need for credible emissions reporting has created international demand for a new and specific type of assurance engagement: assurance of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions information. This study provides an examination of the international GHG assurance market to identify key potential...

This chapter reviews the research on the assurance of publicly available environmental, social and sustainability reports. It analyzes and categorizes assurance research undertaken to date under archival, experimental and other, identifies unique aspects of this research compared to the more...

This article outlines proposed reforms to auditor reporting currently being considered by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), and other key national and transnational standard-setters and regulatory bodies. It adds to recent academic contributions on reforming the...

Using a random sample of 500 small charities in 2014, we identify the determinants of voluntarily lodging their annual financial report, and the likelihood of including an assurance report. 110 small charities lodge their annual financial report, with 56 including an audit/review report....

Globally, companies increasingly publish separate general purpose, non-financial (sustainability) reports. Some of these are independently assured and assurers may or may not be from the auditing profession. We seek to understand this emerging voluntary assurance market. Using a sample of 2,113...