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Accounting outsourcing and audit lag

Managerial auditing journal, 2017-01, Vol.32 (3), p.276-294 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Emerald Publishing Limited ;Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 ;ISSN: 0268-6902 ;EISSN: 1758-7735 ;DOI: 10.1108/MAJ-03-2016-1349

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  • Title:
    Accounting outsourcing and audit lag
  • Author: Cullinan, Charles P. ; Zheng, Xiaochuan
  • Subjects: Accounting ; Asset management ; Audits ; Closed end funds ; Communication ; Enforcement ; Financial reporting ; Financial statements ; Internal auditors ; Investment advisors ; Mutual funds ; Outsourcing
  • Is Part Of: Managerial auditing journal, 2017-01, Vol.32 (3), p.276-294
  • Description: Purpose This paper examines the relationship between accounting outsourcing and audit lag. Accounting outsourcing may reduce misstatement risk, reducing the amount of audit effort necessary and thereby decrease audit lag. Alternatively, outsourcing may increase the amount of coordination necessary between the auditor, client management and the outside accounting service provider and thereby increase audit lag. Design/methodology/approach The accounting outsourcing/audit lag relationship is examined among closed-end mutual funds. These funds often outsource their accounting functions and disclose the names and services provided by any company providing services to the fund. These disclosures permit a consistent measurement of whether the fund outsources their accounting functions or performs them in-house. Findings This paper finds a positive relationship between accounting outsourcing and audit lag; outsourcing funds have audit lags that are two to three days longer than those not outsourcing their accounting. The results are robust to different specifications, controls for the distinctive characteristics of closed-end funds and consideration of endogeneity. Practical implications Closed-end funds could consider the increased time necessary to complete the audit when deciding whether to outsource their accounting functions. Originality/value By identifying a unique setting in which outsourcing data can be consistently obtained and analyzed (i.e. closed-end funds), this is the first study to empirically evaluate the relationship between accounting outsourcing and audit lag.
  • Publisher: Bradford: Emerald Publishing Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0268-6902
    EISSN: 1758-7735
    DOI: 10.1108/MAJ-03-2016-1349
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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