The Effect of the Auditor Attributes and Board of Directors Structure on the Possibility of Fraudulent Financial Statements of Commercial Companies

Detection of fraud has long been the focus of independent, internal and professional auditors, and therefore the emphasis of these professional institutions and auditing standards is on improving the organizational structure, reinforcing the internal control system and conducting regular and regular audits to prevent the occurrence of fraud decrease and enhance the credibility of financial reports. Considering that in recent years there has been an increasing growth in fraudulent financial reporting of companies around the world, in the present study, the effect of internal factors (board of directors structure) and external factors (auditor attributes) on the probability of fraud in the financial statements of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange has been investigated. Has been. For this purpose, data from 160 selected companies have been used. In order to analyze the data, the regression method of panel data with logit approach has been used. The results show that the internal-organizational factors studied in this study; the possibility of fraud in the financial statements of companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange has been affected. It is also observed that the external factors considered in the study also had a significant effect on the probability of fraud in the financial statements of companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange.