Information content, audit reports and going‐concern: an Australian study

Max Bessell, Asokan Anandarajan and Ahson Umar

Accounting and Finance, 2003, vol. 43, issue 3, 261-282

Abstract: Research conducted on the information content of going concern ‘modified’ reports in the USA and UK indicates that a modified audit report does not appear to have information content to users if the going concern contingency is disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. In the present study, we provide evidence from Australia. We examine whether modification/qualification by an auditor in Australia (an ‘Emphasis of Matter’ and an ‘Except for’ report, respectively) has information content to a user. The results indicate that for a company in a state of financial distress, the modification, in either form, does not appear to significantly enhance either perceptions of risk or decision‐making.

Date: 2003
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