Studying the relationship of earnings quality and Audit delay in accepted companies in Tehran Securities

Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 6, Issue 5

Abstract

Timeliness is one of the most important qualitative characteristics of financial information. Timeliness means that the information should be available to users in the shortest time and in the quickest possible way. The more the time between the end of the financial year and the date of financial statements announcing of business units were shorter, the benefit from the annual audited financial statements more increase. Increasing the time between the end of the financial year and the date of financial statements, it increases the possibility of divulging of data in favor of a group of users and against others. Understanding and identification of the time of auditing can be an important and affecting factor on timeliness of presented financial information, which have led the study of auditing delay started, current study is also trying to regarding in this way examine the audit delay among Iran companies in this research audit delay as a time distance from (number of days) between the date of the audit report their financial year end date is defined. The main objective of this study was to investigate the relation between earnings quality (independent variable) and audit delay (dependent variable) in accepted companies in Tehran Securities other controlling variables used in this study include company size, auditor size, financial leverage, auditors rotation and the audit opinion. The selected sample includes 99 companies accepted in Tehran securities for the years 1384 to 1389 the results of the research suggest that there is no significant relationship between audit quality and audit delay in Tehran securities.

Authors and Affiliations

abdossamad khalatbari| Faculty member of Islamic Azad University Chalous Branch, Ismail Ramezanpour| Faculty member of Guilan University, Jalal. Haghdoost| M.A. Accounting student of International Pardis University

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abdossamad khalatbari, Ismail Ramezanpour, Jalal. Haghdoost (2013). Studying the relationship of earnings quality and Audit delay in accepted companies in Tehran Securities. International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences, 6(5), 549-555. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-6165