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The Effect of Correction of Unaudited Financial Statements on Audit Hours

감사전 재무제표의 수정이 감사시간에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Hong-Kyu (Department of Accounting, Soongsil University) ;
  • Park, Kyungho (Department of Accounting, Soongsil University) ;
  • Lee, Yu-sun (Department of Accounting, Soongsil University)
  • Received : 2022.02.21
  • Accepted : 2022.03.20
  • Published : 2022.04.28

Abstract

This study is an analysis of auditor's response to audit risk. Specifically, audit risk is measured by the amount of correction of the current financial statements, and auditor's response is measured by the rate of change of audit hour in next auditing. The amount of correction can be viewed as audit risk recognized by auditor because the degree of auditor's correction will increase as the company's financial statement preparation ability is lower or the profit management amount is larger. Auditor's response is measured as the rate of change of audit hour because audit risk would be incorporated in audit plan. Although auditing is performed by a team, auditor's response would differ depending on their roles. It is expected the leaders who establish the audit plan and manage the audit quality would respond more sensitively to audit risk than the other auditors. The results show that when the amount of correction is greater than a certain level, auditors recognize it as audit risk and increase total(and leaders') audit hour in next year audit.

본 연구는 감사위험에 대한 감사인의 반응에 대해 분석한 논문이다. 구체적으로 감사위험은 당기 재무제표의 수정금액으로 측정하였고, 감사인의 반응은 차기 감사시간의 증감률로 측정하였다. 회사의 재무제표 작성능력이 부족하거나 이익조정 금액이 클수록 감사인의 수정금액도 커질 것이기 때문에 수정금액을 감사인이 인식한 회사의 감사위험으로 볼 수 있으며, 감사인은 감사계획 시 감사위험을 고려할 것이기 때문에 차기 감사시간의 증감률로 감사인의 반응을 측정하였다. 한편 감사위험에 대한 감사인의 반응은 직급에 따라 다를 것이다. 회계감사는 품질관리검토자, 업무수행이사, 그리고 등록공인회계사 등이 팀을 이뤄 수행하지만 감사계획을 수립하고 감사품질을 관리하는 감사인이 현장에서 감사실무를 수행하는 감사인보다 감사위험에 대해 보다 민감하게 반응할 것으로 예상된다. 분석결과, 당기 재무제표의 수정금액이 일정수준 이상으로 크면 감사인은 이를 유의한 감사위험으로 인식하여 차기의 감사투입시간을 증가시키며, 이는 주로 리더 역할을 담당하는 감사인들에 의해 발생한다는 사실을 발견하였다.

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