Audit Partner Tenure dan Audit Firm Tenure terhadap Earnings Management pada Perusahaan Manufaktur

Conflicts of interest arose between stakeholder trigged management to do earnings management. Auditor has to assess the fairness of the financial statements containing earnings management. The length of an auditor and a public accountant Firm audited a company are feared to reduce auditors' in...

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Main Author: Sisylia Nata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sekolah Pascasarjana Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya 2013-11-01
Series:Jurnal Akuntansi Kontemporer
Online Access:http://journal.wima.ac.id/index.php/JAKO/article/view/1017
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Summary:Conflicts of interest arose between stakeholder trigged management to do earnings management. Auditor has to assess the fairness of the financial statements containing earnings management. The length of an auditor and a public accountant Firm audited a company are feared to reduce auditors' independence, objectivity, and professional skepticism so that earnings management increases. On the other hand, understanding client’s, business better enables auditor to detect earnings management. Data analysis was performed with multiple regression analysis. The analysis' result indicates that the longer audit partner tenure and audit firm tenure, earnings management decreases, because the better their understanding of the clients' business.
ISSN:2085-1189
2685-9971