Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.51650/ezrvs.20.1-2.9
Pre-Audit Earnings Management In The Context Of Regulatory Implementation Of Key Audit Matters
Toni Šušak
orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-4578
; University of Split, Faculty of Forensic Sciences, Split, Croatia
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Abstract
The main objective of this research was to determine the relationship between earnings management and implementation of key audit matters in the audit regulatory framework on the sample of companies listed on the stock exchange in the Republic of Croatia. Fixed-effects panel analysis was utilized to formulate the research model, while the intensity of earnings managmement was estimated using absolute discretionary accruals calculated with the modified Jones model. Results have shown the significant reduction of earnings management in unaudited financial statements in the year of implementation of key audit matters in comparison to the previous financial periods. Aforementioned reduction of earnings management implies that the companies have attributed importance to the forthcoming expansion of independent auditor’s report with key audit matters under the presumption of an increased external audit’s oversight of annual financial reports’ items.
Keywords
financial manipulation; financial reporting quality; key audit matters; pre-audit; unaudited.
Hrčak ID:
349796
URI
Publication date:
27.7.2026.
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