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Svenska revisorers oberoende: En kvantitativ studie om uppdragens längd och revisionsbyråns storleks påverkan på oberoendet gentemot klienterna
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies, Business administration.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies, Business administration.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

För att uppnå god revisionskvalitet och leverera objektiva och rättvisande finansiella rapporter till, inte bara klienten i fråga, utan också till kapitalmarknaden, krävs det att revisorn agerar oberoende. Revisorn ger genom sin granskning och utlåtande om rapporten tillförlitliga siffror och analyser kring företaget, vilket i nästa steg gör det möjligt för företagets externa intressenter att ta välgrundade beslut. Revisorn ska ha en god revisorssed och agera opartiskt i sin yrkesroll. Detta försvåras genom att revisorn hamnar i en beroendeställning på grund av klienten; klienten anställer revisorn och indirekt betalar lönen. Samtidigt är klienten den som kan avsluta uppdraget om så önskas. Att agera oberoende visar sig således vara svårare i praktiken än i teorin. Utöver beroendeställningen som ovan diskuterades, finns andra faktorer som kan hota revisorns oberoende. Syftet med denna studie blir därför att undersöka svenska revisorers oberoende med hänsyn till uppdragets längd, samt revisionsbyråns storlek som revisorn arbetar på. 

Studien antar en deduktiv forskningsansats och är byggd på en kvantitativ metod genom digitala enkäter som skickades ut till auktoriserade och godkända revisorer. Totalt besvarades enkäten av 73 respondenter.

Studiens resultat visar att det finns ett samband mellan revisorns oberoende och uppdragets längd, vilket gör att hypotesen “H1: Längden på uppdraget påverkar revisorns oberoende” inte kan förkastas. 

Däremot visar studien inget samband vid den andra hypotesen, mellan revisionsbyråns storlek och revisorns oberoende. Detta innebär att hypotesen “H2: Storleken på revisionsbyrå påverkar revisorns oberoende” förkastas. 

Nyckelord: Revisor, Revision, Revisorns oberoende, revisionsuppdragens längd och revisionsbyråns storlek.

Abstract [en]

In order to achieve good auditing quality and deliver objective financial reports to, not only the client in question, but also to the capital market, the auditor is required to act independently. Through its review and statement of the report, the auditor provides reliable analyzes about the company, which in the next step enables the company's external stakeholders to make well-founded decisions. The auditor must have good auditing practice and act impartially in his professional role. This is made more difficult by the fact that the auditor ends up in a position of dependence due to the client; the client hires the auditor and indirectly pays the salary. At the same time, the client can cancel the assignment if desired. Acting independently thus proves to be more difficult in practice than in theory. In addition to the position of dependency discussed above, there are other factors that may threaten the auditor's independence. The purpose of this study will therefore be to examine Swedish auditors independently with regard to the length of the assignment, as well as the size of the audit firm on which the auditor works.

The study assumes a deductive research approach and is based on a quantitative method through digital surveys that were sent out to authorized and approved auditors. In total, the survey was answered by 73 respondents.

The results of the study show that there is a connection between the auditor's independence and the length of the assignment, which means that the hypothesis “H1: The length of the assignment the auditor's independence” cannot be rejected.

On the other hand, there is no connection with other hypotheses, between the size of the audit firm and the auditor's independence. This means that the hypothesis "H2: The size of the audit firm affects the auditor's independence" is rejected.

Keywords: Auditor, Auditor, Auditor's independence, length of audit assignments and size of the audit firm.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 46
National Category
Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-38943OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-38943DiVA, id: diva2:1668798
Subject / course
Business administration
Educational program
Business administration
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Available from: 2022-06-15 Created: 2022-06-13 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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