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Information content, audit reports and going‐concern: an Australian study

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  • Max Bessell
  • Asokan Anandarajan
  • Ahson Umar

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Research conducted on the information content of going concern ‘modified’ reports in the USA and UK indicates that a modified audit report does not appear to have information content to users if the going concern contingency is disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. In the present study, we provide evidence from Australia. We examine whether modification/qualification by an auditor in Australia (an ‘Emphasis of Matter’ and an ‘Except for’ report, respectively) has information content to a user. The results indicate that for a company in a state of financial distress, the modification, in either form, does not appear to significantly enhance either perceptions of risk or decision‐making.

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  • Max Bessell & Asokan Anandarajan & Ahson Umar, 2003. "Information content, audit reports and going‐concern: an Australian study," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 43(3), pages 261-282, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:acctfi:v:43:y:2003:i:3:p:261-282
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629x.2003.00091.x
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