ACCRUALS (Accounting Research Journal of Sutaatmadja)
Vol. 9 No. 01 (2025): Accruals Edisi Maret 2025

AUDIT OPINION, FINANCIAL TURBULENCE, AND POLITICAL POWER : WHAT DRIVES AUDITOR SWITCHING?

Icih, Icih (Unknown)
Insani, Vivian Nurul (Unknown)
Sugiharto, Bambang (Unknown)
Mohd Radzi, Fathin Nuril A'isha Binti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jul 2025

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of audit opinion, audit delay, financial distress, tax aggressiveness, and political connections on auditor switching. The data source used is the annual report of property and real estate companies that have been audited in 2020-2023. This study is a quantitative study with a sampling technique used is purposive sampling with a total sample of 256 data. Data processing uses Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 25. Based on the results of the study using logistic regression, the results of the study show that audit opinion has no effect on auditor switching, audit delay has a positive effect on auditor switching, financial distress has a negative effect on auditor switching, tax aggressiveness has no effect on auditor switching, political connections have a negative effect on auditor switching. Meanwhile, the results of simultaneous testing show that audit opinion, audit delay, financial distress, tax aggressiveness, and political connections simultaneously affect auditor switching. The company size variable acts as a control variable on the effect of audit opinion, audit delay, financial distress, tax aggressiveness, and political connections on auditor switching.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

accruals

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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ACCRUALS (Accounting Research Journal of Sutaatmadja); Diterbitkan oleh Program Studi Akuntansi Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Sutaatmadja. Terbit dua kali dalam setahun (Maret dan September). Terbit perdana pada Maret 2017, dengan tujuan: 1) Menjadi media publikasi yang terpercaya dalam penyebarluasan ...