NON-FINANCIAL FACTORS IN THE GOING-CONCERN OPINION

This paper describes the influence of tenure, auditor reputation, disclosure, and the size of the client company on a going concern opinion. Audit opinion issued by the auditor is expected by users of the quality of information, because as the basis for investment decisions. Going-concern audit opin...

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Main Author: Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib
Format: Article
Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2010
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Summary:This paper describes the influence of tenure, auditor reputation, disclosure, and the size of the client company on a going concern opinion. Audit opinion issued by the auditor is expected by users of the quality of information, because as the basis for investment decisions. Going-concern audit opinion is an opinio!, issued by auditors to ascertain whether the company can maintain its existence. Studies on thefactors that affect the audit opinion have been carried out both overseas and in Indonesia. Thefactors used are vary and the results are not conclusive. This study uses 89 samplefirms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2003-2008. Logit regression analysis shows that thi tenure, auditor reputation, disclosure has a significant on going-concern opinion while the client company size has no effect on going-concern opinion. Keywords: tenure, auditor reputation, disclosure, size, going-concern opinion