A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan

Audit fees charged in Malaysia were found to be the lowest in Asean countries. This situation raised questions on the factors influencing audit fees in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to investigate empirical factors that may influence the fees charged. This study examines the influences of audit...

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spelling my.um.stud.39122013-08-20T04:01:15Z A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan Appannan, Jeya Santhini HF Commerce HG Finance Audit fees charged in Malaysia were found to be the lowest in Asean countries. This situation raised questions on the factors influencing audit fees in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to investigate empirical factors that may influence the fees charged. This study examines the influences of auditees size, risk, complexity, auditor’s opinion, auditor’s size and non audit services on the fees. Researcher used mixed method to provide a more complete picture to attempt to achieve research objective and answer research questions set for this study. Interviews have been conducted with six respondents, which capture people’s experiences, hence, enabling contextualisation for the analysis of the issue. The overall finding of this study indicates that size and complexity being the most significant influence. As for risk, the ratio ‘inventory and receivables over total assets’ are significantly related to audit fees. This thesis concludes with several practical suggestions to help improve the study on audit fees in near future. 2012 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3912/1/1._Title_page%2C_abstract%2C_content.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3912/2/1_%26_2_INTRODUCTION%2C_LIT_REVIEW.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3912/3/3_RESEARCH_METHODOLOGY.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3912/4/4_%26_5_RESULTS%2C_DISCUSSION%2C_CONCLUSION.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3912/5/6_REFERENCES.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3912/6/appendices.pdf http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=A+study+on+audit+fees+%3A+evidence+from+listed+companies+in+Malaysia+Jeya+Santhini+Appannan&te= Appannan, Jeya Santhini (2012) A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3912/
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Appannan, Jeya Santhini
A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan
description Audit fees charged in Malaysia were found to be the lowest in Asean countries. This situation raised questions on the factors influencing audit fees in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to investigate empirical factors that may influence the fees charged. This study examines the influences of auditees size, risk, complexity, auditor’s opinion, auditor’s size and non audit services on the fees. Researcher used mixed method to provide a more complete picture to attempt to achieve research objective and answer research questions set for this study. Interviews have been conducted with six respondents, which capture people’s experiences, hence, enabling contextualisation for the analysis of the issue. The overall finding of this study indicates that size and complexity being the most significant influence. As for risk, the ratio ‘inventory and receivables over total assets’ are significantly related to audit fees. This thesis concludes with several practical suggestions to help improve the study on audit fees in near future.
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title A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan
title_short A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan
title_full A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan
title_fullStr A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan
title_full_unstemmed A study on audit fees : Evidence from listed companies in Malaysia / Jeya Santhini Appannan
title_sort study on audit fees : evidence from listed companies in malaysia / jeya santhini appannan
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