THE IMPACT OF AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE TOWARDS AUDIT QUALITY IN CPA FIRM BANDUNG CITY

Abstract

This paper focuses on the impact of auditor’s independence towards audit quality.  The financial statements are the end result of company’s operations. The company’s operations results are subject to audit in order for the financial statements to be reliable and credible in the eyes of all stakeholders.  The research method used is descriptive since it describes about the real circumstances. Data gathered through questionnaire and documentation. There are 30 respondents who participated with this research.    Based on statistical computation, the coefficient of correlation is equal to 0.475, this indicate that auditor’s independence and audit quality are fairly correlated. Also, the t-test showed that tvalue > t table (2.855>2.048),  this means Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, which means there is a significant influence of auditor’s independence towards audit quality.