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This study reports the results of a survey of 107 audit partners from largepublic accounting firms that investigates and compares partner perceptions of PublicCompany Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspections’ and Internal QualityReviews (IQRs): (1) predictability, (2) conduct, (3) reviewer qualifications and behavior,and (4) effects (i.e., on audits, partners, and firms). A majority of partners can or try topredict the year of both reviews and perceive that, relative to PCAOB inspections, IQRreviewers have a better understanding of firms’ audit methodologies, IQRs focus moreon whether firms follow their methodology, and IQRs examine more audit areas. Inaddition, partners believe that PCAOB inspectors are more focused on findingdeficiencies than are IQR reviewers, and that IQR feedback is more timely and helpfulfor improving audit quality. Both reviews are perceived to impact professional reputation;however, partners perceive that PCAOB inspections increase their firms’ litigation riskmore so than do IQRs. Finally, less experienced partners perceive reviews as moreinvasive and as posing more consequences than do more experienced partners. Weprovide credible, informed perceptions of partners directly involved in both PCAOBinspections and IQRs (which heretofore have not been examined directly by practitioneror academic research) that should be beneficial to accounting researchers, practicingauditors, and regulatory bodies interested in understanding the perceived effects andeffectiveness of PCAOB inspections and IQRs.
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