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An Influence of Introduction of Full-time Quality Control Personnel System On Audit Quality

품질관리 전담자 제도 도입이 감사품질에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2021.05.12
  • Accepted : 2021.09.20
  • Published : 2021.09.28

Abstract

This research is to analyze how an introduction of full-time quality control("QC") personnel system in audit firms influences on audit quality and verify how important it is to establish the quality control system for auditing quality. We measure audit quality as the level of discretionary accruals and compare the differences between audit firms with QC and without QC. In addition, we analyze the difference in audit qualities between before and after activating the full-time QC personnel system by comparing audit quality of before 2015 with that of after 2016. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the audit quality is higher when audit firms have QC personnel. Second, the audit quality is improved after the introduction of the full-time QC personnel system.

본 연구는 품질관리업무 전담자 제도 도입이 회계법인의 감사품질에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였으며, 현재 시행 중인 상장회사 감사인 등록요건의 주요 내용인 품질관리제도 구축의 중요성을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 감사품질은 선행연구를 따라 재량적 발생액을 이용하여 측정하였고, 품질관리 전담자가 존재하는 회계법인과 품질관리 전담자가 없는 회계법인의 감사품질과 품질관리 전담자 제도 도입 전후 즉, 2015 회계연도 이전과 2016 회계연도 이후의 감사품질을 비교하여 품질관리 전담자 제도가 회계법인의 감사품질에 유의한 영향을 미치는지를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 실증결과를 요약하면, 첫째, 품질관리 전담자가 존재하는 회계법인의 감사품질이 품질관리 전담자가 없는 회계법인의 감사품질보다 우수하다는 것을 확인하였다. 둘째, 품질관리 전담자 제도도입 후 회계연도의 감사품질이 도입 전 회계연도의 감사품질보다 우수하다는 것을 확인하였다.

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