شناسایی و افشای موضوع‌های کلیدی حسابرسی در گزارش حسابرس: دیدگاه حسابرسان ایرانی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی دکتری حسابداری دانشگاه الزهرا(س)، تهران، ایران. (نویسنده مسئول)

2 دانشیار حسابداری دانشگاه الزهرا(س) ، تهران، ایران.

3 استاد حسابداری دانشگاه الزهرا(س) ، تهران، ایران.

4 حسابداری، دانشگاه تاسمانیا، استرالیا

5 حسابداری، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی، تهران

چکیده

هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی دیدگاه حسابرسان در مورد موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی طبق استاندارد بین المللی حسابرسی 701 است. پاسخ­های دریافت شده از پرسشنامه توزیع شده میان حسابداران رسمی نشان می­دهد که ارزیابی حسابرس از مفروضات اساسیِ مبنای شناخت و  افشای اقلام صورت­های مالی در گزارش حسابرس، نحوه مواجهه حسابرس با ریسک­های مختلف شرکت، حساب­هایی با بالاترین ریسک تحریف با اهمیت (ریسک ناشی از تقلب) در گزارش حسابرس، ارزیابی حسابرس از رویدادها و معاملات عمده و نیز مواردی که بر اساس قضاوت حرفه­ای حسابرس در حسابرسی صورت­های مالی دارای بیشترین اهمیت هستند، باید به عنوان موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی شناسایی شوند. از دید حسابرسان افشای موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی منجر به افزایش ارزش اطلاعاتی و کاهش یکنواختی گزارش حسابرس، افزایش مسئولیت حرفه­ای و قانونی حسابرس، بهبود تصمیم­گیری سرمایه­گذاران، بهبود کیفیت حسابرسی و بهبود گزارشگری مالی خواهد شد. موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی در هر صنعت و صنایع مختلف متفاوت هستند. هم­چنین از نظر حسابرسان، افشای موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی می­تواند منجر به برداشت استفاده­کنندگان مبنی بر اظهارنظر جداگانه در خصوص موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی و عدم پذیرش اظهارنظر مقبول حسابرس، متفاوت بودن موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی به دلیل اعمال قضاوت حرفه­ای حسابرسان، افزایش هزینه­های حسابرسی، تاثیر منفی بر رابطه صاحبکار و حسابرس و افزایش فشار از سوی صاحبکار، تلقی استفاده­کنندگان از حسابرس به عنوان منبع اصلی اطلاعات گردد. حسابرسان به لزوم وجود رهنمود برای شناسایی و افشای موضوع­های کلیدی حسابرسی اشاره نموده­اند و از دید آنها این موضوع­ها باید در نزدیک­ترین محل به ارائه بند اظهارنظر حسابرس افشا و برای طبقه­بندی هر موضوع از عنوان مناسبی استفاده شود.
 

 
 

کلیدواژه‌ها


عنوان مقاله [English]

Identification and Disclosure of Key Audit Matters in the Audit Report: Outlook of Iranian

نویسندگان [English]

  • Neda Jafari nasab kermani 1
  • Mahnaz Molanazari 2
  • Ali Rahmani 3
  • Masoud azizkhani 4
  • Mosa Bozorgasl 5
1 Ph.D Student of Accounting , Alzahra University
2 Accounting Associate Professor, Alzahra University
3 Accounting Professor, Alzahra University
4 Accounting Associate Professor, Alzahra University
5 accounting,allameh tabatabai university
چکیده [English]

The purpose of the present research is to investigate the outlook of auditors on key auditing matters according to ISA 701. Responses to questionnaires distributed among members of the CPA, indicate that evaluations made by auditors of the basic assumptions that form the basis for recognition and disclosure of financial statement items in the auditor report, the approach taken by the auditor when faced with various risks in the company, accounts with the highest risks of significant fraud including risks of fraud in the auditor report, auditor evaluation of significant events and transactions during the fiscal period as well as matters that hold the highest significance in the financial statements based on the auditor’s judgment have to be identified as key audit matters. From the auditor’s point of view, disclosure of KAM results in enhancement of the informational value of the auditor report and reduction of its uniformity, an increase in professional and legal accountability of the auditor, enhancement of investor decision making, and promotion of audit and financial reporting quality. KAMs differ in and across various industries. Furthermore, auditors believe that disclosure of  KAM results in user perception of a piecemeal opinion issued by the auditor on these matters as well as unacceptability of the unmodified audit opinion issued, diversity in Key Audit Matters due to the differing professional judgments applied by auditors, increase in audit fees, negative impact on the client-auditor relationship, increased pressure by client on the auditor and user perception of the auditor as the original source of information. Auditors have also expressed the necessity of guidelines for the identification and disclosure of KAMs and believe that these matters must be disclosed in paragraphs closest in proximity to the auditor opinion and an appropriate heading must be given to each category.
 

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Key Audit Matters
  • International Audit Standard 701
  • Audit Report
 
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