The Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning （ERP） System on the Cost and Price of Auditing Auditor＇s Perspective

Technology plays a key role in today＇s business environment. Many companies greatly rely on computers and software to provide accurate information to effectively manage their business processes. It is becoming increasingly necessary for all businesses to incorporate information technology solutions to operate successfully. One way for many corporations to adopt information technology （IT） on a large scale is by installing enterprise resource planning （ERP） systems to accomplish their business transactions and data-processing needs. ERP systems are software packages that enable the integration of business processes throughout an organization. This study aims to determine the effect of the ERP system on the cost of auditing period compared with traditional computerized （non-ERP） systems. According to cost analysis, the study also points out the changes in audit price. The methodology used in this research is survey-based data collection. The questionnaires are sent to auditors who are working with companies with ERP systems. The answers are processed and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences （SPSS） 20. The data are performed using the statistical test to determine the effect of ERP usage on the cost of auditing process and pricing policy of auditors. The findings of this study are： （1） Companies with ERP systems are reducing their auditing costs; and （2） Auditing companies are not implying a low rate of price to their customers using ERP.

A Comparative Analysis of the Effect Factors of Audit Pricing in a Share ＂Three Boards＂ Market

China＇s share market can be classified into main board, small-and medium-sized board, and growth enterprise market （GEM） board market. This paper, based on the effect factors of audit pricing, empirically analyzes the audit pricings of 2009＇s annual report of listed companies in ＂Three Boards＂ market with the result that the audit pricing of companies in main board market is significantly affected by size of the auditee, corporate governance, operating risk, and features of auditor etc.. The same result is showed among the companies in the small-and medium-sized board market which is exclusive of operating risk factor, while in GEM board market, the audit pricing is only affected by numbers of auditees＇ subsidiaries and ratio of independent directors etc..

On determinants of audit fee： New evidence from China

Summarizing many audit service pricing models, we use the method ‘stepwise’ of OLS to establish our audit service pricing. And then, we get a result that the four factors determine audit fees and total assets at year-end and sales of the current year are complementary each other in measuring the auditee size better than respectively.

Adjustment costs of institutional tax changes from the audit pricing perspective: Empirical evidence from the VAT reform

Institutional changes inevitably impose adjustment costs on firms while also generating benefits.However,empirical evidence regarding the adjustment costs of institutional changes is limited,with much of the focus centered on benefits.Using data on China’s A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2018 and the nation’s staggered adoption of the"business tax to value-added tax reform"(hereafter,"VAT reform")as a natural experiment,we examine the impact of this reform on a particular corporate cost:audit fees.We find audit fees to be 8.11%higher for VAT reform firms than for non-VAT reform firms.This difference does not exist before or after the reform year.That is,it is only observed in the year of VAT reform implementation.This indicates the existence of an adjustment cost specifically related to the VAT reform.Furthermore,we observe larger fee increases among firms audited by Big 4 international audit firms,firms that require more audit work,firms that are more complex,and firms with weak internal controls.From the audit pricing perspective,we provide evidence of the economic consequences of tax reform.The corporate adjustment costs that arise from institutional changes deserve more attention from decision-makers.

The reform of accounting standards and audit pricing

This paper focuses on the reform of accounting standards in China in 2007 and investigates its impact on equilibrium pricing in the audit market. We find that the concentration of the audit market and the probability of issuing modified audit opinions do not significantly change, but that audit fees increase significantly after the adoption of the new accounting standards in China. Deeper analysis suggests that(1) the implementation of the new IFRS-based Chinese Accounting Standards(CASs) has increased the market risk faced by listed firms and thus auditors' expected audit risk, causing an increase in audit fees,and(2) the degree of the increase in audit fees is positively related to the adjusted difference between net income according to the old CAS before2007 and the new CAS after 2007. We thus conclude that the reform has had a significant impact on audit pricing in China.