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Auditor tenure and rotation

There has been a long-standing debate as to the relative merits of mandatory auditor rotation. In the United States (US), Section 203 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) (SOX) requires rotation of the lead engagement partner and the concurring review partner at least once every five years. Section 207 also requires a study on the potential effects of mandatory audit firm rotation. After conducting...

Auditor General’s Report

Determinants of Auditor Expertise

Determinants of Auditor Expertise Author(s): Sarah E. Bonner and Barry L. Lewis Source: Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 28, Studies on Judgment Issues in Accounting and Auditing (1990), pp. 1-20 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of Accounting Research Center, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2491243 . Accessed: 09/10/2011 12:27

Auditor Independence, Dismissal Threats, and the Market Reaction to Auditor Switches

Auditor Independence, Dismissal Threats, and the Market Reaction to Auditor Switches Author(s): Siew Hong Teoh Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 1992), pp. 1-23 Published by: Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of Accounting Research Center, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2491089 . Accessed: 17/08/201...

Market Competition and Auditor Independence

n the past two years, Australia and other jurisdictions have again witnessed a series of unsignalled corporate collapses. As with previous generations of corporate collapse several have been associated with questionable accounting policies and concerns with auditing quality. With the decomposition of the former global auditing firm once known as Arthur Andersen, the implications for the account...