The Auditor Tenure And The Qualiqv Of Audit: Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation And Audit Quality Evidence From The Manufacturing Firms Listed In Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX).

TgE AI]DITOR TENIIRE AND TgE QUALITY OF AI'DIT:
MANDAMRY AI'DIT IIN,M ROTATION AND ATJDIT
Evid€m. frou

t!.

QUALITY
Mrrrftctudog ltrms Lilted in Irdor€rtr
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Elchirs. (IDx)

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SYLIIANDY N

ID Nod. 0a153055

ACCOIJNTING DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS
ANDALAS UNTVERSITY
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lhe Audiror Tenure And lhe Quah! OlAudir Mandalory Audil Fim R.hrion
An'l Audir Qtrdlity Evidence Fmm Thc Mantrlaclurir8 rnm\ l.i{ed Id l.doncsia
Stek Exchangc (ldx)

SvlfianJvN
This iudv dsc$es *hether mandarory aldit fim roration efiect audir
dir bv
qualit' Audit fim rotarion renccs by the ludiror tenure md qualitt
quaiiry ol caming. Qulli! olsmings rcfleds by discttiom'rr ..cruil- hrsed on
previous Es€rh thri uses a.cruals ro proxy for rhe qoiliry oreaminss Funhcr, ll
audn ttualir)_ h rholghr ol rs coisinining exteme mdnqcmc decisios in rhe

mmddory tobllon mav
EFnLng otlinai.i.lp.rformance, rhcsc dulrs sugees
a.cruals are
quaLit.
tqarch
the
value
ofdiscEtionar}
In this
Lead io lo{sr audit
positive
discreiionarl acctuah
dividcd into three, .bsolute, negative, and
Nesarive disdionarl rccruah sbo* a positive rcl.rionship*ilh AudirorTeiurc
rn,l rhe tusr.fla.iables. Which mean auditee more coneflativevirh the audno6
rhat have bccn lone fthrionship with them Auditeesrcndlo be more carelul a.d
chms to Jecrcas iheir incohc that rcsul! in ncgativ. dhcEtionary moruals
Posnive discrtrionary ecrual shows negative Elationship wirh absolute volue ol
Discretionary adctuals.It means thar rhe lonCer audlbrtenuro rhe lowei p.sirive
dhcretionar] acctuah. In slm. thcrc h negative reLationship bcrween AbsoLute

Dkcrerionary Acctoals and Audi|r Tcnurc.lt means that the highcr nunberlhe
conpanies rr.ined lhe eme addnor (longer tenure) the lowcr the value ol
abslute disrttion.ry accrals. Thc lower value of AbsdLurc dscretiora4
accruals retecLs the hisner eoming qualiry or rilh simple conclusion. audil
quality is incElr d the atrdilor tenure incrmsc

of

&

Kltrutr trditd lenvc .a

kss quali, audit t!,utiq ndndatary.atrti

CIIAPTER

'lhe collaps of Enon

ud


I

its audiior, Afrhut AtdeEn. quickLy led

regrlatoE rorldwidc ro consid€r dilIerenl dechankm for enhan.ing audiloi
indeFendeDt

Pdicular anention

has been given 10 apects

Elationsiip 6at could inpaci on audnor indep.nds

q

ol lhe ludilor{lient

whedEr in fact or in

hd kdnidn0lly


opposed lhc implemenlarion

ol ary nand.lory €arlarory EquiFmeni for audn

lm b oturc allq a 3ive0

fim

wauld rtqute conpuies lo

app@Ence. lhe aldiring prcfession

pedod

oft

nuE. A sysren ol nudalory audit

draie their audit fim, heftaner called audiio( penodically Lised cmp€niB in


Ihly

ond

a@il ue

require

b

otale drei! auditor ewry nine

dd tire yes

psperively (Jscksn er dl 2006). TeDpo online (April 166 2007)
Sin8apoE requiEd iB bnnk to iolaie lheir

2003i in the
alons in tnc


ffe

Indonesia

ex6ml audilor every frve yets

yee South Kore. dacd rudilor roralion is mandato.y.

nel yee

(2001) Lilhumia also

sttlc a dddalory

auditor

iisl.d compsies at Febddi 5, 2003, E{uired to

indepe.denr audiror evcry six


@rd

yea6 lhis

since

Coe

rclalio. ror

sllle

their

is rhe new polict sincs b€loc they

w.re rcquiEd to otite ev€ry tire ysE. Tie fiNt rule lhal EquiEd coftpsics to
mrate dreir audiror


m

b€

fohd in KeprlL@ Meten Kewgn Rqtblik

lhat

Prbli* 30 Septentd
Ehta.A J6o
'23/KMK.A6/20A2
200.?. Ir requiEd @np6nies b rotate their sudito! every five yed. Bur this olc

Itulomtja Nomt

ndr ycr implsment€d until 2004. A one year toleFnce

yd

and 2001 is consideGd as the rFnsition


El'iied

same

ludiror

u.t

the

ya6

ended

Xtt@gn tupublik

reputua
^lert.ti


knta.g J6o,4tuntan Publik

2

l

4enal\

o*

$ill allows lo us

200l Furtncmor

Indoresia

have

cxplained in

N.nor 359/r.MK 06D0Aj

2AA3

Mulldi

lndneoti

&coldad b lndoneia. Tte p.licy h

lounds in

Reenrly thc Indonesio Miniery
publhheJ a nes nrlc olpublic

gived by the naularor

Ar 2001 onpanies that

rhc sme ludnor for live or inoE ]eds in a

Ffricesolrhe
the

{6

ol Finsce,

Sri

tle P.rtumn Menlei XetdnAon IPMK) No. l1/PMK.1ut2Ut3

t Fehwi

2AAB

abou! public accounum sdvices. The newpolicy is $e consummarionlfp€vious

pdiicl thar w6 considedd no lo.eer sufndient *irh thc eeln sndition
(Kep

L'h

Mentj Keunsun (KMK) No

359/KUK0 2Aa3). Onc

123/K,UK 0d20A2

ud

KMK No

.f nuy Earons lnd €lui€ rhc cslablGhing of lhis

policy wls theE are somc cha4es in the aatiarion df public aeoM60i. BefoEeach public accounht oas Soup€d in the
lndoncsia-Kompaftemen

In{irrr Aklrirn

Pu hl

asftidion ellcd

Akunb tublik. Bul

now, lhey

rhc public

&comrdt

p6fsion.]lF

aftbpr ro redue the ti€lts ro audilor
timilianq

The

torhecliented
indep€nde.ce

AlubEn

gouped lndcr thc

ik Indonesi..

Thcsc 66tion issue 6mes to the surlilce

hsron

re

ltth

bc€us society hare k,n Ihen

Equircmenl to 6raie audibB h

independedce Largely aising ltom

co.cen is that oler the long tem,
Ioscs

in

rhe

dditor

bk orh€. honesr disinrere$cdness

cm deMse os niendships develop,

b€cooes too

. For

lhc

closely idenlified *ith thc inleEsisolclienr managenen! rhc

clc

cwplq aldilJr

ditor beconcs

lm

tdn pls b$.nes

CHAI"If,RV
CONCI

JSION ANII

LIMITATION

Tlrir iesca*h invenigdes *h.1her mandarory audii
auJirquali.y. Auditllm roldioi

.l

qualil)

'.hr,u i

Efl-r

'p

tic.seF b. ilr'dF.rc'on-^ r.ri

rhc ralue of absolutc

thi.ed

di$retionlry

quiily

G

Thc main issue rhal

qornd JF

. i

incre

cond

&ruak

Th. low.rvaluc olabsoluh

as tho audiror bnure

up with tl,is aldiror

, oependen

qMli{! is.lleged
auditor h

b

b€ lowcr in the

ie.

'

f.vor ol

a

is that rhe

bin"J h( i'n.
n

BL' ir;.r

inensideBtion For ekmplc.

of$c aRliror4lienl

Elarionship. Audn

eely }ea6 olrltc ElarionshiP btc,u$ rhc

urlimlliarenh cclie.fs buei'!s,

'i hose in

simple

inc*ise (Hl_rejsredl

r d, r 'r!,T-xron'e1'? 'nr.rdlrdrquo lredu 'i
indcpcidence is nor (hc only issuerhar n.cds to pur

sifi

muiion problcm

oat"

'uJi'oll|'c

audir qdaliq is lo*er in rhc carly yeam

ncsrliYu

dJG0 T I' Pir.
'd.o'
rhd smc auditor (lon-qer Gnuto)

dncEtionrr] accruals Eflecri thc highcr eanirg qualiq Or
coi.Lusion. indit

cfrcct

lnd rudir qualiry bv

earning Ovenll, this Esdch tuund rha! $cre is a

$ar rhc hi8her numbcr rhc conpanies
fie louer

by rhc audiror rcnute

fim srario

op$ariors, sldems. conrsls,.nd

mand&t) cha4c of

vies by claimin* rhat audit qualit! dcrcriomtcs

the audii

s

fim oltcn

dclcnd

audit enu.e incrcass

$en

b€eus

rhc rclotlonshipbervcctr rhe auditor dnd lhe client bfromes ttu stiict atrd rhe

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\sv $m rum rMatuh

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lrd

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Tbfrbena. 2008

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r||t stn .onr lMqLh, 3 f

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