This study focus on the significance of the five factors in determining audit fees
such as number of transactions, the sum of account receivable and inventory, information
technology, number of subsidiaries and regulations using data that was collected from 20
auditing firms and 30 non-audit firms in Bahrain through a survey questionnaire. The
significance was tested using t-test for means and observed that all five factors are
significant in determining audit fee. The study also found that volume of transactions that
originates across subsidiaries with international presence using sophisticated Information
Technology systems significantly contributes to higher audit fees. In addition to that
enhancing financial and audit regulations as a response to frequent corporate financial
scandals contributes to higher audit fee that corporations has to bear