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No News is Bad News: Do PCAOB Part II Reports Have an Effect on Annually Inspected Firms’ Audit Fees and Audit Quality?
Journal of Accounting Literature Pub Date : 2018-12-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.acclit.2018.01.002
Elizabeth Johnson , Kenneth J. Reichelt , Jared S. Soileau

We investigate the effect of the PCAOB’s Part II report on annually inspected firms’ audit fees and audit quality. The PCAOB replaced the peer review auditor program with an independent inspection of audit firms. Upon completion of each inspection, the PCAOB issued inspection reports that include a public portion (Part I) of identified audit deficiencies, and (in most cases) a nonpublic portion (Part II) of identified quality control weaknesses. The Part II report is only made public when the PCAOB deems that remediation was insufficient after at least 12 months have passed. Starting around the time of the 2007 Deloitte censure (Boone et al., 2015), the PCAOB shifted from a soft synergistic approach to an antagonistic approach, such that Part II reports were imminent, despite delays that ultimately led to their release one to four years later than expected. Our study spans the period from 2007 to 2015, and examines the effect on audit fees and audit quality at the earliest date that the Part II report could have been released – 12 months after the Part I report was issued. We find that following the 12 month period, that annually inspected audit firms eventually lost reputation by lower audit fees, while they concurrently made remedial efforts to increase the quality of their client’s financial reporting quality (abnormal accruals magnitude and restatements). However, three years after the Part II report was actually released, audit fees increased.

中文翻译:

没有新闻是坏消息:PCAOB第二部分报告是否对每年检查的公司的审计费用和审计质量有影响?

我们调查PCAOB第二部分报告对每年检查的公司的审计费用和审计质量的影响。PCAOB用对审计事务所的独立检查代替了同行评审审计师计划。每次检查完成后,PCAOB会发布检查报告,其中包括已发现审计缺陷的公共部分(第一部分),以及(在大多数情况下)已发现质量控制缺陷的非公共部分(第二部分)。仅当PCAOB认为至少12个月后补救措施不足时,才公开发布第二部分报告。从2007年德勤谴责之时(Boone等人,2015年)开始,PCAOB已从软协同方法转变为对抗方法,以致第二部分报告迫在眉睫,尽管有一些延误,但最终导致他们的发布比预期晚了一到四年。我们的研究跨度为2007年至2015年,并研究了最早在第二部分报告发布后(即第一部分报告发布后的12个月)就对审计费用和审计质量的影响。我们发现,在12个月之后,每年检查的审计公司最终因降低审计费用而失去了声誉,而他们同时采取了补救措施以提高客户财务报告质量(异常应计金额和重述)。但是,在第二部分报告实际发布三年之后,审计费用增加了。并在第二部分报告发布之初(即第一部分报告发布后的12个月)最早检查对审计费用和审计质量的影响。我们发现,在12个月之后,每年检查的审计公司最终因降低审计费用而失去了声誉,而他们同时采取了补救措施以提高客户财务报告质量(异常应计金额和重述)。但是,在第二部分报告实际发布三年之后,审计费用增加了。并在第二部分报告发布之初(即第一部分报告发布后的12个月)最早检查对审计费用和审计质量的影响。我们发现,在12个月之后,每年检查的审计公司最终因降低审计费用而失去了声誉,而他们同时采取了补救措施以提高客户财务报告质量(异常应计金额和重述)。但是,在第二部分报告实际发布三年之后,审计费用增加了。同时,他们同时采取了补救措施来提高客户财务报告质量(异常应计金额和重述)。但是,在第二部分报告实际发布三年之后,审计费用增加了。同时,他们同时采取了补救措施来提高客户财务报告质量(异常应计金额和重述)。但是,在第二部分报告实际发布三年之后,审计费用增加了。
更新日期:2018-12-01
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