Identifying, Classifying and Prioritizing Factors Affecting Audit Services Fees: An Integrated Study

the purpose of this study is to identify, classify and prioritize the factors affecting the remuneration of audit services. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, an integrated method with an exploratory approach has been used. The statistical population of the research in Delphi Analysis and Hierarchical Analysis (AHP) includes 30 academic and professional experts in the field of auditing and accounting. There were 160 professional and experimental auditing experts active in Tehran and Isfahan provinces. The findings of this study in two rounds of Delphi implementation showed that 125 indicators as indicators affecting the remuneration of professional auditing services have a desirable average and the coefficient of agreement among experts around them is 71%. The results of factor analysis showed that the mentioned indicators are in the form of 10 factors and these factors explain a total of 98.087% of the cost variance of auditing professional services. Also, the results of structural equations indicate that the mentioned factors and indicators meet the criteria of structural model fit, and finally the results of hierarchical analysis and pairwise comparisons between indicators showed that the factors affecting the determination of auditing services are in order of priority. From: Auditor's personal characteristics, Organizational factors related to the auditor, Audit system status factors, Institutional-macro audit considerations, Audit effectiveness and quality, Audit risk, Institutional-managerial considerations of the owners, Social, economic and political considerations of the auditing market, Financial considerations Owners and ownership, governance and growth processes.