The objective of the study is to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on audit fees and delays in the release of audit reports among the publicly listed entities in Ghana. The study sampled 35 listed firms over 5 years from 2017 to 2021 by extracting data from the annual report of the...

For about three years now, the COVID-19 pandemic has kept the global economy on tenterhooks. Although the pandemic has now been declared "over", the consequences of this mega-example of disruptive developments are still being felt everywhere, also regarding the work of Internal Audit. In...

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the accounting and auditing profession has been exposed to additional risks, challenges, and serious threats that affect audit quality; audit timeliness. Therefore, this study examines the effect of COVID-19 on audit reporting lag (ARL). In addition,...