The Interdependence of the Processes of Forming and Publication of the Financial Statements and Audit Quality Cover Image

Взаємозв’язок процесів формування та оприлюднення фінансової звітності і якості аудиту
The Interdependence of the Processes of Forming and Publication of the Financial Statements and Audit Quality

Author(s): Nataliia Shalimova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Sociology, Public Finances, Accounting - Business Administration, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Кіровоградський національний технічний університет
Keywords: financial statements; audit; auditor’s report; audit quality;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to disclose the interdependence of the processes of forming and publication of the financial statements and audit quality as interdependent elements of ensuring the information transparence and security in the society. The quality of joint stock company’s financial statements, informability and accessibility of auditor’s report has been investigated. Such shortcomings of Ukrainian system of information disclosure that is publication of annual financial statements in scope which is not satisfy the requirements of laws and regular acts, non-publication of audit’s reports, unconformity between the scope of published financial statements and auditors` obligation, discrepancy between managerial staff obligations and auditors` obligation have been analyzed, the ways of its solutions have been proposed. The results of investigation shows that the increasing of audit quality will be promoted by the improvement of organization of enterprise’s accounting, internal control and management what have to be provided by the elaboration of the obligatory regulations concerning assessing the observance going-concern principle, observance of laws and regulation which are influenced the enterprise’s activity, organization of internal control and fraud’s preventing system.