Kompensasi Bonus dan Manajemen Laba Riil: Peran Moderasi Komite Audit

Abstract

This study analyzes the effect of bonus compensation on real earnings management, as well as the effect of the audit committee on the relationship between bonus compensation and real earnings management in manufacturing companies in Indonesia. The sample of this research is manufacturing companies which listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016 - 2018. The research sample was selected by purposive sampling method. Hypothesis testing is performed using panel data regression methods and Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The research results show that bonus compensation has a positive and significant effect on real earnings management, while the effectiveness of the audit committee does not weaken the effect of bonus compensation on real earnings management. The findings of this study provide an overview to company stakeholders that bonus compensation is one of the factors which motivating company management to practice earnings management, particularly earnings management related to the company's real activities. In addition, this study also provides an overview of the effectiveness of the implementation of corporate governance mechanisms in sample companies, particularly the ineffective supervisory function related to earnings management practices carried out by the audit committee.