PERTIMBANGAN AUDITOR DALAM MEMBERIKAN OPINI AUDIT GOING CONCERN

Abstract

Going concern audit opinion will cause a decline in public trust and may even accelerate the company went bankrupt, as in the hypothesis of a self-fulfilling prophecy. This study examines the financial and non-financial faktors that can be obtained comprehensive model that can be considered by the auditor in assessing business continuity auditee. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of financial distress, debt default, prior audit opinion, auditor’s reputation and auditor client tenure to the possibility of receiving going concern audit opinion. The population of this study is a manufacturing company listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the year 2008-2010. The samples of 28 companies were selected based on criteria that the companies are scored negative net profit after tax. Secondary data obtained is processed by using Logistic Regression analysis. The results revealed that the debt default and prior audit opinion affect on going concern audit opinion. As stated in the PSA 30, that debt default be an important indicator before the auditor issued a going concern opinion. The financial distress, auditor reputation and auditor client tenure had no effect on the possibility of receiving going concern audit opinion.