Document Type : Research Paper

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Abstract

Audit quality is one of the fundamental discussions in auditing theory and practice. The goal of this research can be classified in five categories: Fist, identification of significant factors in audited quality through library research of survey. Second, collecting and analyzing identified factors among experts in the field and each factor place in auditing in IACPA by on Delphi survey. Third, analyzing of IACPA's actual audit quality by reviewing audit of financial statements of audited firms. Fourth, comparison of perceived audit quality with actual audit quality.  Fifth, suggestion for important of the auditing to certified auditors. The result of  the  research shows  that  the seven  variable: ( I) specialization  (2) efficiency  (3) discover of misstatement  (4) Regulatory Mechanism (5) conflict of interest (6) Free Market Approach (7) auditor  size,  arc agreed  upon  by  most  experts  in  the field.
Also assessment of the expert in the research shows that the seven key items that are significant in audit quality are rarely adhered to in auditing by certificated auditors. Analyze of research in auditing reports of the financial statement belonging to 135 companies in the years 1381, 1383 done by IACPA shows that the experts are not efficiency.