Title: Empirical study of the determinants on audit reporting timeliness: evidence from Indonesia

Authors: Bambang Sutopo; Sutaryo; Yoshia Christian

Addresses: Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Surakarta, 57126, Indonesia ' Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Surakarta, 57126, Indonesia ' Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A Surakarta, 57126, Indonesia

Abstract: We investigate the determinants of audit reporting timeliness (ART) of local governments in Indonesia. ART is measured by the number of days from the date of the audit assignment to the date of signing the audit report by the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia. The factors predicted to have an association with the ART are entity resources, the compliance of the local government' financial statements submission, auditor competence, and a number of previous year's audit findings. Using a sample of 300 observations of local governments in 2012, our results show that SIZE is positively associated with ART, the audit time is longer for noncompliance local governments, the auditors take longer time in conducting the audit when the audit team leader has no professional certification, and the number of previous year's audit findings is positively associated with ART.

Keywords: ART; audit reporting timeliness; size; compliance; competence; audit findings; financial statements of local governments.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTGM.2017.090272

International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 2017 Vol.10 No.4, pp.303 - 313

Received: 07 Apr 2017
Accepted: 02 May 2017
Published online: 07 Mar 2018 *

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