Independent Auditing Standards require professional judgment to execute audit activities in accordance with the essence of the audit. In this context, the aim of this study is determining materiality levels of factors affecting professional judgment skills and identifying the frequency of professional judgment skills used at what stages in the process of auditing. In line with aforesaid purpose, a survey was conducted on representatives of 172 independent audit firms authorized by Public Oversight Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority. As a result of the study, the most important factors that have impacts on professional judgment skill are determined to be independence, experience and objectivity, respectively. In addition, according to our results, independent auditors need professional judgment skills at most in one of the auditing steps “determining the materiality level”.
Bağımsız Denetim Standartları, denetim faaliyetlerinin özüne uygun şekilde yürütülebilmesi için mesleki muhakemeyi şart koşmaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışmanın amacını, mesleki muhakeme becerisi üzerinde etkili olan faktörlerin önemlilik düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve denetim faaliyeti sürecinde mesleki muhakeme becerisinin hangi aşamada hangi sıklıkta kullanıldığının tespit edilmesi oluşturmaktadır. Söz konusu amaç doğrultusunda, KGK tarafından yetkilendirilmiş 172 bağımsız denetim firması yetkilisi üzerinde anket çalışması
yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda, mesleki muhakeme becerisi üzerinde etkili olan en önemli faktörlerin sırasıyla bağımsızlık, tecrübe ve objektiflik olduğu ve bağımsız denetçilerin muhakeme becerilerine denetim süreci aşamalarından en çok “önemlilik düzeyinin belirlenmesi” faaliyetinde ihtiyaç duydukları tespit edilmiştir.
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Subjects | Business Administration |
| Journal Section | MAIN SECTION |
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| Publication Date | September 1, 2015 |
| Submission Date | May 18, 2015 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2015 Volume: 17 Issue: 3 |
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