Investigating the impact spatial distance between the auditing firm and the company on the Timelines Audit report and the change of auditor on the Companies Accepted in Tehran Stock Exchange

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Accounting , Dolatabad Branch, Islamic Azad Univercity, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Accounting, Department of Accounting, Isfahan(Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

10.22034/iaas.2022.250541.1072

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact spatial distance between‎ the auditing firm and the company on the Timelines Audit report and the change of auditor ‎ in the companies. The statistical sample of the study consisted of 728 years - Company samples of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange between 2011 and 2015, and related data through the information published by companies on the site, as well as the data available in the modern software and Task Manager, as well as geographic distance data between the audit firm and the company through the Google Maps site, and using the Excel software, they are summarized and summarized and then analyzed using the Eviews 8 software and through the logistic regression analysis. it placed. The findings of this study showed that the geographical distance between the audit firm and the company on the timeliness of the audit report has a positive and significant effect, but does not have any significant effect on the auditor's turn.

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