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Mandatory Audit Rotation and Audit Opinion in Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange


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1 Department of Accounting, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Department of Accounting, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran, Islamic Republic of
3 Department of Accounting,osku Branch, Islamic Azad University, Osku, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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The regulations require firms to disclose the reasons of changing auditors. Periodic audit rotation of firms indicates importance of this issue for users of accounting information. Audit rotation is important with respect to two viewpoints of mandatory and voluntary rotation. The present research is intended to study the factors affecting mandatory audit rotation and audit opinion, and its mutual effects on each other. To do so, 244 auditors of firms listed in Tehran StockExchange were randomly selected to complete the researcher-made questionnaire. The results indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between increased auditor’s fees, risk, firm size and mandatoryauditrotation. Also, there is a positive significant relationship between type of audit reporting and changing of the auditors.

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Mandatory Audit Rotation, Audit Opinion, Tehran Stock Exchange
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Authors

Mehdi Hoseini
Department of Accounting, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Saeid Jabbarzadeh Kangarlouei
Department of Accounting, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Morteza Motavassel
Department of Accounting,osku Branch, Islamic Azad University, Osku, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


The regulations require firms to disclose the reasons of changing auditors. Periodic audit rotation of firms indicates importance of this issue for users of accounting information. Audit rotation is important with respect to two viewpoints of mandatory and voluntary rotation. The present research is intended to study the factors affecting mandatory audit rotation and audit opinion, and its mutual effects on each other. To do so, 244 auditors of firms listed in Tehran StockExchange were randomly selected to complete the researcher-made questionnaire. The results indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between increased auditor’s fees, risk, firm size and mandatoryauditrotation. Also, there is a positive significant relationship between type of audit reporting and changing of the auditors.

Keywords


Mandatory Audit Rotation, Audit Opinion, Tehran Stock Exchange