ABSTRAK
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh bukti empiris pengaruh karakteristik komite audit terhadap manajemen laba. Variabel dependen dalam penelitian ini adalah manajemen laba yang diproksikan dengan discretionary accruals sedangkan variabel independennya adalah karakteristik komite audit yang diproksikan dengan ukuran komite audit, jumlah pertemuan, anggota yang independen dan financial expertise. Sampel penelitian menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Penelitian ini dalam pengolahan data menggunakan pengujian regresi linier berganda unuk menguji hipotesis. Hasil uji statistik menunjukkan bahwa ukuran komite audit, jumlah pertemuan, anggota komite audit yang independen dan financial expertise berpengaruh negatif terhadap discretionary accruals.
Kata kunci: Karakteristik Komite Audit, Manajemen Laba.
ABSTRACT
This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of the effect of audit committee characteristics on earnings management. Dependen variable in this study is earnings management with proxy discretionary accruals and variable independent is audit committee characteristics with proxy the size of audit committee member, number of audit committee meeting, independent of audit committee member and financial expertise of member. Sample in this study was selected by using purposive sampling method. This study in data processing used the multiple linier of regression to test the hypothesis. The result of this study suggest that the size of audit committee member, number of audit committee meeting, independent of audit committee member and financial expertise of member have negative effect on discretionary accruals.
Keywords: Audit Committee Characteristics, Earnings Management.