How to Bridge the Audit Expectation Gap?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2018.7.2.61.73Keywords:
Audit, Expectation Gap, Bridge the GapAbstract
Purpose: This paper aimed to highlight the possibilities to bridge the audit expectation gap between external auditors and stakeholders.
Design/Type of Research: This paper is a review study based on the analysis of previous studies, reports and publications that are related to audit expectation gap, external audit profession and public perceptions towards the external auditors.
Limitations/Implications: The paper focused on audit expectation gap in the field of accounting and auditing.
Conclusion
Conclusions are summarized as the following:
- The audit expectation gap can be bridged through much more experiences, training, effort for auditors, and much more educating for financial statements’ users about the role and nature of audit profession.
- Audit expectation gap could be bridged between external auditors and stakeholders, but couldn’t be eliminated completely.
- Better communication between the auditors and the society may help reduce the gap.
Recommendations
There are some recommendations that could narrow the audit gap such as increase the awareness of public about the auditors’ responsibilities and duties, and increase the practitioners’ (external auditors) skills and abilities through education and training; increase the quality of audit standards.
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