Analisis Pengaruh Maturitas Utang dan Peringkat Kredit Terhadap Penetapan Fee Audit Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur Yang Terdaftar Di BEI

Abstract

This research aims to examine the effect of debt maturity and credit rating to the determination of audit fees. Corporate debt maturity and credit rating may be associated with risk assessment audits and audit fees of auditor. This is because companies are relatively more shortening the maturity of the debt increase the frequency of monitoring of managerial actions. Increased monitoring has resulted in the error reporting of material risk is lower. If the risk of material error reporting lower then indirectly also lower the risk of audit. This is because the auditor would only devote a little effort and charge lower audit fees to the company. This research replicates the research Ferdinand A. Gul and John Goodwin (2008) and using secondary data from financial statements of listed manufacturing companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2006-2009. This study uses purposive sampling method and using OLS regression analysis. Prior to the regression test, the data first be tested using the classic assumption test. The results of this study indicate that the debt maturity and credit ratings did not significantly influence the company's audit fee. BIG4 and DER control variables have a significant effect on the audit fee, each with a positive direction. It proves that the up and down or the level of debt maturity and credit rating of a company do not affect the independence of auditors. Auditors always give priority to the materiality of the financial statement does not depend on the financial condition of the client company.