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The Relevance of Financial Information and Contents of the New Audit Report for Lending Decisions of Commercial Banks

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  • Marina Trpeska
  • Atanasko Atanasovski
  • Zorica Bozinovska Lazarevska

    (University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Macedonia)

Abstract

This research study examines the importance of financial information and information contained in the ISA’s New Audit Report effective from 2016 for lenders as capital providers. We base our findings on a survey conducted in September of 2016 with corporate loan officers for medium-large corporate clients in Macedonia. The results show that the annual report of the company, except for the management report and notes to the financial statements, has consistently high importance and usability for respondents’ decision making. Various accounting ratios related to liquidity, financial stability and profitability of the company are considered very important and regularly used in credit analysis. However, respondents were not consistent in their shared perceptions regarding high importance of projected profits and historical information on operating cash flows. All loan officers gave high importance to the information found in existent auditor’s report format regardless of the form of expressed opinion. Also, information on key audit matters, additional information on going concern and related auditor’s judgement, procedures related to fraud risk were considered of high importance. Lenders rated as less important the disclosure of the name of engagement partner, auditor’s statement on independence and compliance with ethical requirements and the level of materiality used in the audit.

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  • Marina Trpeska & Atanasko Atanasovski & Zorica Bozinovska Lazarevska, 2017. "The Relevance of Financial Information and Contents of the New Audit Report for Lending Decisions of Commercial Banks," Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems, Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 16(4), pages 455-471, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ami:journl:v:16:y:2017:i:4:p:455-471
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    1. Hope Osayantin Aifuwa & Musa Saidu & Osaruese Cynthia Enehizena & Albert Osazevbaru, 2019. "Accounting Information And Lending Decision: Does Sustainability Disclosure Matter?," Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 8(4), pages 61-89.
    2. Sierra-García, Laura & Gambetta, Nicolás & García-Benau, María A. & Orta-Pérez, Manuel, 2019. "Understanding the determinants of the magnitude of entity-level risk and account-level risk key audit matters: The case of the United Kingdom," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 227-240.
    3. Nicolás Gambetta & Laura Sierra García & María Antonia García Benau & Josefina Novejarque Civera, 2022. "The informative value of Key Audit Matters in the audit report," Documentos de Investigación 129, Universidad ORT Uruguay. Facultad de Administración y Ciencias Sociales.
    4. Arnold Schneider, 2021. "Does knowledge about a borrowing firm’s internal audit influence bank lending decisions?," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 18(3), pages 304-314, September.
    5. Sunardi Sunardi & Theresia Woro Damayanti & Supramono Supramono & Yustinus Budi Hermanto, 2022. "Gender, Perception of Audits, Access to Finance, and Self-Assessed Corporate Tax Compliance," Economies, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-12, March.
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    7. HAŢEGAN Camelia-Daniela, 2020. "Key Audit Matters At The Financial Services Companies: Are There Differences?," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 168-178, December.

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    Keywords

    importance of audit; new auditor’s report; survey; lenders; lending decisions;
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    JEL classification:

    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting

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