ORTALAMA DENEYİM SÜRESİ, YERİNDE DENETİM SÜRESİ VE EKİP ÇALIŞMASININ MALİ TABLOLARDA TESPİT EDİLEN HATALARIN BÜYÜKLÜĞÜ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: SAYIŞTAY TARAFINDAN KAMU İDARELERİNİN MALİ DENETİMİ ÜZERİNE BİR UYGULAMA

Year 2015, Issue: 96, 107 - 127, 01.03.2015

Abdullah Altıntaş Adnan Ali Ertuğrul Yurt

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, kamu kurumlarının mali denetimi sırasında tespit edilen mali tablo hatalarının bütçe büyüklüğüne oranını etkileyen değişkenlerin ağırlıklarını değerlendirmektir. Bilindiği üzere, denetim görevlerinin yerine getirilmesi ve denetim görüşünün oluşturulmasında önemli etkiye sahip birçok faktör vardır. Bunlardan en önemlileri “denetim ekibindeki denetçi sayısı”, “yerinde denetim süresi” ve “ekipteki denetçilerin ortalama deneyim süresi” olarak sıralanabilir. Bu faktörler, denetimden beklenen sonuçlarla, bir başka ifadeyle denetim çalışmasının performansıyla yakından ilişkilidir. Bu çalışmada Türk Sayıştayının 2011 ve 2012 yıllarında yaptığı denetimlerin sonuçlarından yararlanılmıştır. Çalışmadan çıkan sonuçlara göre ilk olarak; denetim ekibindeki denetçi sayısı ve tespit edilen mali tablo hatalarının bütçe büyüklüğüne oranı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığı görülmüştür. İkinci olarak; yerinde denetim süresi ve tespit edilen mali tablo hatalarının bütçe büyüklüğüne oranı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Üçüncü ve son olarak; ekipteki denetçilerin ortalama deneyim süresi ve tespit edilen mali tablo hatalarının bütçe büyüklüğüne oranı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur

Keywords

Mali tablo hatası, Denetlenen kurumun bütçe büyüklüğü, Denetim ekibindeki denetçi sayısı, Yerinde denetim süresi, Ortalama deneyim süresi

THE IMPACT OF AVERAGE DURATION OF EXPERIENCE, DURATION OF ON-SITE AUDIT AND TEAM WORK ON MAGNITUDE OF ERRORS DETECTED IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: AN APPLICATION ON FINANCIAL AUDIT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS BY THE TCA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the weight of the variables that affect the ratio of the financial statement errors detected during financial audit of public institutions to the budget size. As is known, there are several factors that have significant impact on implementation of audit tasks and forming audit opinions. The most important ones are “the number of auditors in the audit team”, “the duration of on-site audit” and “average years of experience of the auditors in the audit team”. These factors are closely associated with the expected audit results; in other words with the performance of the audit work. In this study, we drew on the results of the audits that were carried out by the Turkish Court of Accounts TCA in the years 2011 and 2012. The first result of the study indicates that there is no relationship between the number of auditors in the audit team and the ratio of the detected financial statement errors to the budget size. Secondly, it is found that there is a meaningful relationship between the duration of on-site audits and the ratio of financial statement errors to the budget size. Finally, the third and last finding indicates that there is a meaningful relationship between the average years of experience of the auditors and the ratio of the financial statement errors to the budget size

Keywords

Financial statement error, the budget size of the audited institution, the number of auditors in the audit team, Duration of on-site audit, Average years of experience

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