The Effect of Education, Experience, and Audit Fee on Audit Quality

Kartini, Grace T. Pontoh, Audrey Michelle Wenny Yolanda

Department of Accounting, Universitas Hasanuddin, 90245, Makassar, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2021.12(75)

ABSTRACT


Audit quality is a representation of the auditor's performance as an audit service provider and also the auditee as an audit service user. As a liaison between the interests of users of financial statements and the interests of the company, auditors are required to improve the quality of their services which in turn will have an impact on quality audit results. Auditors with adequate education and experience and appropriate audit fee in performing audit services will have an effect on the quality of the resulting audit. This study aims to examine and prove the effect of education, experience and audit fee on audit quality. The data used are primary data in the form of questionnaires distributed to auditors, both senior auditors and junior auditors at Public Accounting Firms located in Sulawesi. The questionnaires distributed to respondents were 46 auditors and 42 questionnaires were returned and able to processed. This study used a quantitative approach with purposive sampling and multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that education, experience and audit fee have an effect on audit quality


Keywords: Education; Experience; Audit Fee; Audit Quality

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