The relevance of the European Audit Reform from the perspective of auditors

  • Victor Nunes
  • Fábio Henrique Ferreira de Albuquerque
  • Gabriel Correia Alves
Publication date
January 2021
Publisher
Fundacion Universitaria Konrad Lorenz
Journal
Suma de Negocios

Abstract

This study aims to draw conclusions about the impact of the European Audit Reform (EAR) on the role and independence of external auditors from the perspective of these professionals in Portugal. Given the innovative and practical nature of this research, the measures implemented by EAR were selected for analysis to clarify and better define the auditors’ role, reinforce the auditors’ professional independence and scepticism, and increase the supervision of the auditors. Data were collected from a questionnaire sent to the auditors (ROC), resulting in a sample of 89 professionals. Descriptive analyses, the Mann-Whitney test, as well as multivariate analyses comprised by factorial analysis and a logistic regression were carried out. The findi...

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