Revealing the Role of the Audit Committee in Improving Audit Quality: Fee, Tenure, and Auditor Rotation Analysis
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Background. Good audit quality reflects the level of confidence that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by errors or fraud. When audit quality is low, for example, because auditors are not independent, tenure is too long without rotation, or the audit fee is too high, creating a conflict of interest, the risk of not detecting fraud increases.
Aim. This study aims to reveal the strategic role of the audit committee in improving audit quality through analysing the relationship between fees, tenure, and auditor rotation on audit quality. With a quantitative approach and the aid of AMOS software, as well as Path Analysis techniques, this study aims to empirically map the structural relationship between these variables within the framework of governance and resource dependence.
Methods. In conducting this research, the authors chose a research place in manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2018-2021. In terms of type, this research uses a quantitative approach. Data in the form of numbers is collected through access to the Indonesia Stock Exchange website. This research uses descriptive and verification methods. The analysis technique employed is path analysis, utilizing AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structures) software.
Result. Based on the results of model testing, it is found that only audit fees affect the audit committee. The absence of an effect of audit fees on audit quality in companies can be attributed to the level of professionalism of public accounting firms, which continue to maintain optimal audit quality, regardless of the amount of fees received. In contrast, the tenure and auditor rotation variables in this study did not show a significant effect on the audit committee, which indicates that these two variables may not yet be the main factors considered by the audit committee in their supervisory practices, or that their effects are more indirect and take longer to be observed.
Conclusion. Based on the test results obtained, it is found that: (1) Only audit fees affect the audit committee, (2) Based on the regression test results, it is found that FA has a significant adverse effect on KOM_AUDIT with an estimate value of -0.090, standard error of 0.019, critical ratio of -4.729, and significance level of p < 0.001. This indicates that an increase in FA will lead to a decrease in the Audit Committee (3) In general, these findings confirm that in this model, the FA factor has an essential role in influencing the Audit Committee. At the same time, other aspects have not shown a significant relationship. This result implies that efforts to increase or change FA need more attention to improve or maintain audit quality. (4) In this study, it was found that audit fees affect the audit committee but have no effect on the audit quality of manufacturing companies. This result aligns with the principle of Resource Dependence Theory, where companies, through audit committees, seek to manage their relationships with external auditors as audit service providers to secure a crucial resource: quality audit services.
Implementation. With the increasing complexity and risk of financial fraud, the results of this study are expected to make theoretical and practical contributions in encouraging the improvement of audit quality, strengthening audit committees, and developing more accountable corporate governance policies.
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