Auditor Changes Research Articles

Determinants of Fraudulent Financial Statements Through the Fraud Hexagon Theory Perspective: The Empirical Study of Mining Sector Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2018–2022

This study aims to analyze and provide empirical evidence regarding the effect of fraud hexagon theory elements consisting of six variables, where each variable has a proxy, namely Stimulus (external pressure), Opportunity (nature of industry), Rationalization (change in auditor), Capability (change in directors). Ego (CEO duality), and Collusion (political connection) on fraudulent financial statements. In determining fraudulent financial statements, this study uses the fscore model. The population in this study are mining sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2018- 2022. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling which resulted in 30 companies for 5 years, with 4 outlier data units, so that the total analysis units were 146 units. The data analysis method used is logistic regression analysis with SPSS V.25 software. The results showed that the variables external pressure and change in directors had a positive effect on fraudulent financial statements, while the nature of industry variable had a negative effect on fraudulent financial statements, while change in auditor, CEO duality, and political connection had no effect on fraudulent financial statements.

The Fraud Pentagon Analysis In Financial Companies On The Indonesia Stock Exchange

This research was conducted to examine the effect of the fraud pentagon theory developed by Crowe Horwath on the possibility of fraud in financial statements. The sample used in this study came from 105 financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the 2020-2022 period. Sampling was carried out using the purposive sampling method. The data analysis method is logistic regression test analysis, processed using the Eviews application. The Pentagon theory posits five key factors: pressure, opportunity, competence, arrogance, and rationalisation. Our analysis revealed that while pressure and opportunity, as proxied by financial targets, stability, external pressure, and ineffective supervision, did not significantly influence fraud risk, the quality of the external auditor emerged as a significant determinant. Conversely, changes in auditors (rationalisation), directors (competence), and the frequency of CEO pictures (arrogance) did not appear to be significant predictors of fraud. This study suggests that external audit quality is more significant in preventing financial statement fraud than the traditional fraud triangle (pressure, opportunity, rationalisation) or other factors like competence and arrogance.

Pengaruh Fraud Hexagon terhadap Kecurangan Laporan Keuangan pada Perusahaan Sektor Energi yang Terdaftar di ISSI Tahun 2019-2022

This study aims to determine the effect of the fraud hexagon model, namely stimulus (pressure) proxied by financial stability, opportunity (opportunity) proxied by ineffective monitoring, rationalization (rationalization) proxied by change in auditor, capability (ability) proxied by change in director, ego ( arrogance) is proxied by the frequent number of CEO's picture, and collusion is proxied by state-owned enterprises in detecting potential fraud in financial statement. The sample of this study is energy sector companies listed on the Indonesian Sharia Stock Index (ISSI) in 2019-2022. This study uses secondary data, namely financial reports and annual reports. Based on the purposive sampling method, the number of companies sampled in this study was 27 companies out of a total of 34 companies registered and analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis using the SPSS 25 program. The results of this study found that the stimulus element proxied by financial stability had a significant effect on fraudulent financial statements. Meanwhile, ineffective monitoring, change in auditor, change in director, frequent number of CEO's picture, and state-owned enterprises have no significant effect on fraudulent financial statement in energy sector companies registered with ISSI in 2019-2022.

The Influence of Pentagon Fraud on Fraudulent Financial Reporting in Companies Registered on the IDX BUMN20 Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2020-2022 Period

Financial Statement Fraud is fraud or manipulation of a company's financial statements to show the best condition of the company so that investors are interested and/or retain the funds owned by the company. This research is intended to analyze the influence of the factors in the fraud Pentagon theory on fraudulent financial reports in companies listed on IDX BUMN20 on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2020-2022 period. The proxy variables used in this research are Pressure proxied by Financial Target and External Pressure, Opportunity proxied by Ineffective Monitoring, Rationalization proxied by Change of Auditor, Competence proxied by Change of Director, and Arrogance proxied by Frequent Number of CEO's Picture and Fraudulent financial reporting measured by F-Score. The data used in this research is secondary data obtained from the annual reports of companies listed on IDX BUMN20 on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2020-2022 period. The number of samples used was 18 samples from companies selected through the purposive sampling technique. The data analysis used in this research is logistic regression analysis. The research results show that the partial test results do not influence each of the independent variables, namely financial target, external pressure, ineffective morning, change of auditor, change of directors, and frequent number of CEO's pictures on fraudulent financial reporting, but the simultaneous test results show that there is an influence the entire independent variable to the dependent variable is fraudulent financial reporting.

The Impact of Changing External Auditors, Auditor Tenure, and Audit Firm Type on the Quality of Financial Reports on the Saudi Stock Exchange

The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of external auditor firm type, auditor tenure, and external auditor changes on the quality of Saudi Arabian financial reports. In particular, this study examines the quality of financial reports of companies listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange using a widely accepted evaluation model modified by JonesThis study aims to determine whether Big Four and non-Big Four audit firms, auditor tenures of three or more years, and external auditor changes have any impact on the quality of financial reports of Saudi-listed companies. This study uses 175 firm-year observations of 35 companies listed on the Tadawul Saudi Stock Exchange between 2017 and 2021. Using discretionary accruals (DACC) as modified by Jones to measure the quality of financial reports, the findings illustrate that there is a significant negative relationship between Big Four audit firms and DACC. However, the study also shows a significant positive correlation between auditor tenure and DACC. The research revealed that there is no significant relationship between auditor change and DACC. These results have practical implications for policy development. According to the outcomes of this research, there are numerous ramifications for both companies and the government in Saudi Arabia in terms of enhancing the relationship between companies and audit firms and determining the most suitable auditor tenure to improve the quality of financial reports.

Pengaruh Crowe’s Fraud Pentagon Theory sebagai Uji Identifikasi terhadap Fraudulent Financial Statement

The purpose of this research is to find the influence of financial target variables, ineffective monitoring, change in auditor, change in director, frequent number of CEO's picture on fraudulent financial statements. The sample in this study includes 45 food and beverage sub-sector manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period (2019-2023). The sampling technique used the purpose sampling method and obtained 225 sample data from 45 companies. The statistical analysis used in this research is logistic regression analysis using the Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) Program Version 22. The results of this research show that financial targets have a negative and significant effect on fraudulent financial statements, ineffective monitoring has an insignificant effect on fraudulent financial statements. statement, change in auditor has no significant effect on fraudulent financial statements, change in director has no significant effect on fraudulent financial statements, frequent number of CEO picture has a negative and significant effect on fraudulent financial statements.

Analisis Fraud Pentagon terhadap Kecurangan Laporan Keuangan (Studi Empiris pada Perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia pada Tahun 2011-2020)

This research aims to detect fraudulent financial reports using the fraud pentagon. The research uses elements in the form of financial targets, financial instability, number of independent commissioners, special party receivable transactions, special party debt transactions, special party sales transactions, special party purchase transactions, change of auditors, change of directors, and number of CEO photos. The sample in this research is 108 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2011-2020 period which were selected using a purposive sampling method. The sample companies in this study consisted of 54 fraud companies and 54 non-fraud companies. In testing the hypothesis using logistic regression analysis using the SPSS test tool. The results of this research show that financial targets and financial instability are not the driving factors for management to commit financial statement fraud, receivables transactions with privileged parties are a driving factor for fraud, but this is not the case for debt, sales and purchase transactions with privileged parties. Likewise, changing auditors in a particular financial year is also a driving factor for fraud, but not changing directors. Finally, the number of directors' photos in the annual report is not a driving factor in financial statement fraud.

Pengaruh Fraud Pentagon Dan Tingkat Suku Bunga Terhadap Kecurangan Laporan Keuangan Pada Perusahaan Consumer Cyclicals Yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia Tahun 2020-2022

This study aims to analyze the effect of fraud pentagon and interest rate levels on financial statement fraud in consumer cyclical companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2020-2022. Fraud pentagon, which consists of pressure, opportunity, rationalization, capability, and arrogance, is the main focus to see how each element affects the potential for fraud in the company's financial statements. Interest rates are also analyzed as external variables that can contribute to financial pressure and encourage fraudulent behavior. The method in this study uses quantitative analysis. This study uses a purposive sampling technique to select samples, so that 12 consumer cyclical companies were obtained with a research period from 2020-2022. The data analysis technique applied is multiple linear regression, with hypothesis testing using the T-test, F-test, and coefficient of determination, all carried out using SPSS software version 26. The results of this study indicate that, overall, the variables External Pressure, Nature of Industry, Change of Director, and interest rates have a significant effect on financial reporting fraud in consumer cyclical companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2020-2022 period. However, a separate analysis shows that the variables Change in Auditor and Frequent Number of CEO's Picture (CEOPIC) do not show a significant effect on financial reporting fraud in these companies during the same period.

The Relationship between Audit Planning, Audit Hours and Audit Quality for the Adoption of New External Audit Law：Focusing on Auditor Change

The Relationship between Audit Planning, Audit Hours and Audit Quality for the Adoption of New External Audit Law：Focusing on Auditor Change

HOW DETECT FRAUD WITH HEXAGON MODEL ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT FRAUD IN PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE INDONESIA

Examining how Freud's hexagon framework relates to financial statement fraud is the focus of this study. In total, ten factors were considered. Financial Target, Financial Stability, External Pressure, Change of Director, Nature of Industry, CEO Picture, Political Connection, Audit Opinion, CEO Education and Effective Monitoring. Financial statement fraud is measured using the Beneish M-Score Model. The research sample consists of industries in the property and real estate sector based on data from the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the 2020-2022 period. The number of companies included in the sample was 35. This study uses panel data regression analysis for data analysis purposes. The results of this study indicate that Financial Target, Financial Stability, External Pressure, Change of Director, Nature of Industry, CEOPicture Audit Opinion and Effective Monitoring have no effect on the potential for fraudulent financial statements. While Change In Auditor and Political Connection have an effect on fraudulent financial statements in the Property and Real Estate sector.

Pengaruh Elemen Fraud Hexagon dan Karakteristik CEO terhadap Financial Statement Fraud

This study aims to determine the effect of fraud hexagon elements and CEO characteristic elements, namely external pressure, ineffective monitoring, change in auditor, change in director, frequent number of CEO's picture, collusion, CEO education, and CEO experience on financial statement fraud. This research is quantitative type. The population of this study are health sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2019-2023 period. The sampling method used purposive sampling and obtained 8 sample companies. This study uses secondary data obtained from the company's financial statements and annual reports. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that the variables of external pressure, ineffective monitoring, change in director, frequent number of CEO's picture, collusion, CEO education, and CEO experience had an effect on financial statement fraud. While the change in auditor variable has no effect on financial statement fraud

Pengaruh Fraud Hexagon Terhadap Manajemen Laba Berdasarkan M-score yang Dimodifikasi

This research aims to examine the effect of the fraud hexagon on earnings management using a modified M-score. The modified M-score formula in this study comes from research by Narsa et al (2023) using five original ratios and four additional ratios. This research is causality research with a quantitative approach. The data in this research comes from company annual reports obtained from the Indonesian Stock Exchange website and the websites of the companies studied. This research uses a purposive sampling technique and the sample in this research consists of 39 manufacturing companies (food & beverage subsector, chemical subsector, and metals and similar subsector) in 2020-2022. To test the hypothesis, this research uses the logistic regression analysis method. The results of this research show that ineffective monitoring has a positive and significant effect on earnings management. while financial stability, change in auditor, change in director, frequent number of CEO pictures, and projects with government have no effect on earnings management.

The Effect Of The Fraud Pentagon On Fraudulent Financial Statements And Their Impact On Investment Decisions

The purpose of this study is to test whether financial targets, ineffective monitoring, change in auditor, change in director, frequent number of CEO's pictures affect fraudulent financial statements and their impact on investment decisions in all non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and sanctioned by OJK for violating regulation No. VIII.G.7 from 2010 to 2021. The data used in this study are secondary data derived from financial reports published by the company. A total of 54 companies became the population in the study. The sample selection in this study used a purposive sampling technique with certain criteria and 9 companies were selected as research samples. The data analysis technique in this study is using panel data regression with the help of Eviews software version 12. The results of this study indicate that, simultaneously, financial target, ineffective monitoring, change in auditor, change in director and frequent number of CEO's picture have no effect on fraudulent financial statements. Furthermore, fraudulent financial statements have no effect on investment decisions. Partially financial targets, change in director, and frequent number of CEO's picture have no significant effect on fraudulent financial statements. Meanwhile, change in auditor and ineffective monitoring have a negative and significant effect on fraudulent financial statements.

Do the fraud triangle components fuel complex financial fraud? A study of nonfinancial firms in Pakistan

Purpose Financial fraud is a severe corporate fraud committed for achieving various objectives, like attaining financial targets, lowering debt and providing good signals to the market. Such financial fraud deceives stakeholders and results in substantial financial losses. This study aims to detect financial fraud using the modified Beneish M-Score, the most appropriate forensic tool for fraud detection. Furthermore, the current study also examines the influential role of the fraud triangle’s elements (pressure, opportunity and rationalization) on financial fraud in nonfinancial firms during 2018–2021, offering insight for understanding and mitigating fraudulent activities in the corporate world. Design/methodology/approach Financial fraud is treated as a dependent variable measured through a modified Beneish M-score, while the fraud triangle elements (pressure, opportunity and rationalization) are measured through six proxies, which are financial stability, leverage, financial target, nature of the industry, the effectiveness of supervision and auditor changes. Findings The study's finding proclaimed that fraud triangle elements result in financial fraud. Findings unveil that all elements (pressure, opportunity and rationalization) of the fraud triangle significantly influence financial fraud. The study confirms that these elements must be considered to protect investors and provide a safe environment for investment. Originality/value Rare literature found addressing the detection of financial fraud and its nexus with the fraud triangle specifically in Pakistan where deficient governance is notably prevalent. This study attempts to fill such a gap and contribute to knowledge.

Factors Affecting Auditor Change Decisions: The Case of United Kingdom

This paper examines the impact of firms’ characteristics and corporate governance on the auditor change decisions using a logistic regression. The sample includes all U.K. companies listed on the London Stock Exchange that have changed their auditors between March 2013 and February 2018. The objectives are two-fold: (a) investigating the antecedents of audit change decision in general and (b) exploring the drivers of the decision to change auditors to a big 4. Results show that board independence, executive board members diversity and board members compensation are negatively related to auditor change decision, whereas return on assets and size are positively related to such decision. Moving to the second objective, results support the positive role of the company’s size in the choice of a big 4 auditor. The findings help stakeholders better understand the auditor change context prior to any strategic decision. Fruitful implications are highlighted too.

PERAN AUDIT COMMITTEE SEBAGAI PEMODERASI FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMENGARUHI FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT

This study aims to provide empirical evidence about the influence of external pressure, changes in auditors, nature of industry, changes in directors, political connections of fraudulent financial statements through the audit committee as a moderating variabel. The second objective is to identify the influence of CEO education and effective monitoring on fraudulent financial statements. The population used in this study are companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2020-2022. The research sample was obtained through the purposive sampling method where there were 402 data that had been collected as samples. The data were analyzed using multiple regression methods to test the entire hypothesis. The results of this research indicate that external pressure has a negative impact on fraudulent financial statements. Therefore, the more significant the amount of debt obtained by a company, the more intensive the supervision conducted by creditors on the credit history of the company, and fraudulent activities can be detrimental to the company. The nature of the industry and effective monitoring have a positive impact on fraudulent financial statements. The audit committee strengthens the relationship between external pressure and fraudulent financial statements, while weakening the relationship between the nature of the industry and fraudulent financial statements. Moreover, changes in auditors, changes in directors, political connections, CEO education, changes in auditors moderated by the audit committee, changes in directors moderated by the audit committee, and political connections moderated by the audit committee have no significant influence on fraudulent financial statements.

ANALISIS PENGARUH TEKANAN DAN RASIONALISASI TERHADAP KECURANGAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN

This study aims to determine the effect of pressure and rationalization on financial statement fraud in infrastructure sector BUMN companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2022 period. The population of this study are state-owned infrastructure companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2022 period. Samples were taken using purposive sampling technique. The sample used in this study were 6 BUMN companies in the infrastructure sector which were listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2017-2022 period, so that the research data analyzed totaled 36. Tests in this study used Multiple Linear Regression Analysis with the Eviews program version 12. The results of the study were partial shows that pressure proxied using Return on Assets (ROA) has a positive and insignificant effect on fraudulent financial statements and rationalization proxied using Change in Auditor has a positive and significant effect on fraudulent financial statements. The results of the study simultaneously show that pressure proxied using Return on Assets (ROA) and rationalization proxied using Change in Auditor have no simultaneous effect on fraudulent financial statements.

HOW FRAUD HEXAGON MODEL ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT FRAUD IN ENERGY SECTOR COMPANIES?

Financial statement fraud is a discrepancy between the application of accounting principles and the preparation of financial statements with the aim of deceiving users of financial statements This study aims to analyze the effect of Hexagon Fraud on financial statement fraud. There are 10 variables used, namely financial targets, financial stability, change of directors, monitoring, ideal condition of the company, change of auditor, photo of the CEO, government projects, political connections, managerial ownership. Financial statement fraud is measured using the Beneish M-Score Model. The samples in this study are energy sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2020-2021 with the number of samples used being 50 companies with 100 units of analysis taken based on the purposive sampling method. Data analysis in this study used panel data regression analysis with the EViews 13 analysis tool. The results of this study show that a company's Financial Target has an influence on the potential for financial statement fraud. Meanwhile, financial stability, change of directors, monitoring, ideal condition of the company, change of auditor, CEO photo, government projects, political connections, managerial ownership have no influence on the potential for financial statement fraud.

Hubungan Fraud Terhadap Financial Statement di Indonesia (Studi Empiris pada Perusahaan Sektor Energi yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia Tahun 2018-2022)

This study uses a quantitative approach that aims to examine and analyze the relationship between fraud and financial statements by using the fraud diamond theory as measured by fraud scores in energy sector companies. The data used in this study comes from secondary data, which is obtained by accessing financial reports on the IDX website. Data analysis techniques are applied to the logistic regression analysis by operating SPSS 26 software. The findings of this study indicate that the nature of industry has an effect on financial statement fraud. However, personal financial need, auditor firm size, and change of auditor have no effect on financial statement fraud.

Audit Market Concentration for Listed Entities in Romania and the Impact Following the Latest EU Audit Reform

Abstract The concentration of the audit market has been of interest for several years as the dominance of a few companies has always been an issue of debate. The need or not to address this situation, the reasons that cause it, any possible risks assessed and solutions to reduce them have been addressed by a wide range of studies. Our research seeks to examine the structure of the Romanian Audit Market for listed entities, both before and following the recently adopted European Union Audit Reform. The main purpose is to understand the market structure, identify some of the main factors that influence auditor choice and if there was any impact following the new directive. The analyses focused on 74 listed companies, for the period from 2013 to 2022, for which we collected the relevant data in order to analyze the audit market structure, its evolution following the new audit directive and, using linear regressions models, test the influence that size, share class category, existence of long-term debt, shareholder type, evidence of shareholder direct involvement and auditor office location has on choosing one of the Big 4 auditors or not. Our analysis showed that Big4 auditors ecreased in market share especially after 2016, the date the new audit reform came into effect, from 49% to 41% and that the number of auditor changes increased significantly after this date. We also found that the number of cases where another Big4 auditor was selected decreased from 64%, in the period from 2013-2016, to only 28%, in the period from 2017-2022. These findings support therefore the assumed existence of an impact in the market following the latest European Union audit directive. The linear regression analysis performed showed no significant influence for the variables analyzed, when it comes to choosing a Big4 Auditor, the highest coming from the share class variable (26%) and size (12%). Even though our paper offers some light regarding the audit market for listed companies in Romania and the evolution following the new directive further research is needed to better understand client behavior and what influences auditor choice.