新冠肺炎疫情下的审计费用:来自阿曼的证据

IF 3.2 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE
A. Al-Qadasi, S. Baatwah, W. Omer
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引用次数: 12

摘要

目的2019冠状病毒病(新冠肺炎)在全球范围内的传播对金融市场和公司产生了重大影响,导致报告和审计公司财务报表的不确定性达到前所未有的水平。本研究探讨了新冠肺炎是否以及如何影响审计费用。设计/方法/方法使用2017年至2020年间阿曼资本市场268个公司年度的观察样本,应用具有稳健标准误差的普通最小二乘回归来回答本研究的研究问题。研究结果作者发现,疫情与审计费用和异常审计费用有着显著而积极的联系。这一发现表明,疫情造成的风险、复杂性和法律责任情况的威胁可以通过收取更高的审计费来弥补。此外,作者提供的证据表明,Big4审计公司通过收取更高的审计费,是应对新冠肺炎最有力的审计公司。最后,作者得出结论,大公司对疫情的敏感性较低。实际含义财务报告和审计公司的用户应预测新冠肺炎期间审计工作的变化,导致审计费用增加。因此,本文可以指导从业者和企业确定任何潜在疫情的审计费用和相关成本。原创性/价值研究结果是关于新冠肺炎对阿曼审计费用影响的最早实证见解之一。
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Audit fees under the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Oman
PurposeThe worldwide spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significant effects on financial markets and companies, causing an unprecedented level of uncertainty in reporting and auditing companies' financial statements. This study explores whether and how COVID-19 affects audit fees.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 268 firm-year observations from the Omani capital market between 2017 and 2020, the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression with a robust standard error is applied to answer the research question of this study.FindingsThe authors find that the pandemic has a significant and positive association with audit fees and abnormal audit fees. This finding suggests that the threat of risk, complexity and legal liability circumstances resulting from the pandemic can be compensated by charging higher audit fees. In addition, the authors provide evidence that Big4 audit firms are those most responding to COVID-19 by charging higher audit fees. Finally, the authors conclude that large companies are less sensitive to the pandemic.Practical implicationsUsers of financial reports and audit firms should anticipate changes in the audit efforts resulting in increased audit fees during COVID-19. Thus, this paper may guide practitioners and businesses in determining the audit fees and associated costs of any potential pandemic.Originality/valueThe study results are among the earliest empirical insights into the effect of COVID-19 on audit fees in Oman.
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