Opinion Shopping as Moderating Influence of Financial Distress, Audit Client Tenure and Auditor’s Reputation on Going Concern Audit Opinion

Abstract

This study aims to prove opinion shopping as a moderating influence of financial distress, audit client tenure, and auditors' reputation on going concern audit opinion. This Research uses a quantitative method with a correlational approach. The subjects of this study are infrastructure, utilities, and transportation companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2014-2018 period. The number of samples used was 95 from infrastructure, utilities, and transportation companies in the 2014-2018 period obtained from the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) website. The analytical method used is Partial Least Square (PLS) with the help of SmartPLS 3.0 software. The results of this study indicate that financial distress significantly influences going concern audit opinions, meaning that companies experiencing difficulty in the flow of funds have a greater chance of receiving going concern audit opinions. Second, audit client tenure and the auditor’s reputation do not significantly influence on going concern in audit opinion. Third, opinion shopping weakens the influence of financial distress on going concern audit opinion, meaning opinion shopping cannot help companies that are indicated financial distress in avoiding going concern with audit opinion. Fourth, opinion shopping does not moderate the influence of Audit client tenure and auditor’s reputation on going concern audit opinion.