International Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
2021, Vol. 10(2-3), pp. 88 – 109.
ISSN 2304 – 1366
http://www.ijmess.com
DOI: 10.32327/IJMESS/10.2-3.2021.6
2021, Vol. 10(2-3), pp. 88 – 109.
ISSN 2304 – 1366
http://www.ijmess.com
DOI: 10.32327/IJMESS/10.2-3.2021.6
An Assessment of Auditor's Independence on the Quality of Financial Reporting: Evidence from Lagos State Parastatals
Adesola Olajumoke Okunola
School of Management & Social Sciences, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria
School of Management & Social Sciences, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of auditor's independence on the financial reporting quality of Parastatals in Lagos State, Nigeria. A survey was conducted to gather data on auditor's independence and a content analysis procedure was adopted to extract secondary data from the audited financial statement of the parastatals. Data were analyzed using binary logistic regression. The findings show that when an auditor alienates his personal interest from audit and his ability to issue a qualified audit opinion where necessary, have a statistically significant effect on improving both the fundamental and enhanced qualitative characteristics of financial reporting (FQC and EQC). Hence, the more an auditor allows his personal interests to becloud his judgement, the lower both the FQC and EQC of financial reporting. The outcome of reliance on the work of the internal auditors and auditor's rotation gave an inconclusive result. Therefore, rotation of auditors and the reliance on the findings of internal auditors promote the relevance and how faithfully represented the financial reporting are, while the EQC has no effect on auditor's independence. The study recommended that parastatals must place a premium on promoting auditors' independence in order to minimize audit failure and the credibility attached to the financial reports.
Keywords: Financial reporting quality, auditor’s independence, enhanced and fundamental qualitative characteristics, parastatals, binary logistic regression
JEL: H83, M41, M42
Keywords: Financial reporting quality, auditor’s independence, enhanced and fundamental qualitative characteristics, parastatals, binary logistic regression
JEL: H83, M41, M42
