THE YEARBOOK OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING

“The Yearbook of Audit and Accounting” is an interdisciplinary publication whose articles draw on the achievements of such fields as economics, finance, management, and law. The scope of topics covered is broad and diverse, encompassing both Polish and international perspectives.

The purpose of publishing the Yearbook is to provide professionals working in audit- and accounting-related fields with inspiration and knowledge useful in their day-to-day work, as well as to promote the statutory auditor profession among students and early-career researchers.
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(PDF) Letter from the President

Jacek Gdański

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(PDF) Limit on audit firm fees according to EU Regulation No. 537/2014 and the Act on statutory auditors

Elżbieta Jaceczko

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(PDF) The nature of administrative liability of the audit firm and disciplinary liability of the statutory auditor in selected case law of the common and administrative courts

Daniel Staszewski

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(PDF) Administrative sanctions imposed on audit firms by The Polish Agency for Audit Oversight – selected legal issues

Katarzyna Mełgieś

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(PDF) Fair Value in the Financial Reporting of Investment Funds in Poland – Dilemmas and Challenges

Bogusław Bławat, Lechosław Gmurkowski, Marcin Pęksyk, Karol Śledzik

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(PDF) The Scope and Extent of the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in the Work of Statutory Auditors – An Empirical Analysis

Joanna Wielgórska-Leszczyńska, Justyna Beata Zakrzewska

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(PDF) Use of large language models (LLMs) in auditing as a tool o reduce information asymmetry and fraud risk in the hareholder-management relationship

Marta Graczyk, Waldemar Majek, Piotr Modzelewski

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VARIA

(PDF) Will Artificial Intelligence Replace the Statutory Auditor

Artur Helman

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(PDF) Will AI help with sustainability

Mateusz Dziób

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(PDF) ESG in practice: between idea and implementation

Marta Biernacka-Miernik, Joanna Dargiewicz-Rożek

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(PDF) The Role of the Statutory Auditor in Assessing Fraud Risk in he Revenue Cycle and Methods for its Detection

Kacper Tokarczyk

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(PDF) Perception of the statutory auditor’s role in society

Aurelia Bryłka

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(PDF) The impact of creative accounting on the reliability of financial statements
in the context of audit opinions by statutory auditors

Oliwia Frańczak

(PDF) Letter from the President

Jacek Gdański

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(PDF) Foreword

Grażyna Voss

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(PDF) Internal audit, including performance audit, as a tool for proper management of the public finance sector and increasing its operational effectiveness

Jolanta Ciak

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(PDF) Good Practices and Challenges in the Financial Statement Audit of SMEs in Poland

Piotr Kica

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(PDF) Artificial Intelligence Reporting and Investor Relations in Publicly Listed Companies in Poland

Igor Kravchuk

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(PDF) Digital transformation of processes – opportunity or challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises

Ewa Makowska

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(PDF) Comparative Analysis of Comprehensive Audit Results by the Regional Audit Chamber in Selected Cities of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship – Key Findings and Common Areas of Irregularities

Paweł Modrzyński

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(PDF) Occupational Burnout of Statutory Auditors as a Threat to Economic Transaction Security in Poland

Marta Nowak

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(PDF) Presentation of Income Information in Financial Statements of Capital Groups Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Drawn up in accordance with the IFRS

Piotr Prewysz-Kwinto

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(PDF) Assessment of Job Satisfaction Among Statutory Auditors – Survey Findings

Grażyna Voss, Dorota Kania, Katarzyna Pokrop

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(PDF) The Role of the Statutory Auditor in Assessing the Function of Accounting Policies

Beata Zyznarska-Dworczak

ABSTRACTS – REPORTS

(PDF) National Standard on Assurance Engagements for Sustainability Reporting 3002PL – “Limited Assurance Engagement on Sustainability Reporting”

Mateusz Dziób

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(PDF) Spotlight – Root Cause Analysis – An Effective Practice To Drive Audit Quality

Rada ds. nadzoru nad rachunkowością spółek publicznych [PCAOB]

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(PDF) Overview of Audit Firms in Japan and Their Monitoring

Yuichiro Enomoto, Hiroshi Yagi

SUMMARIES OF ARTICLES

(PDF) Internal auditing, including effective auditing, as a good tool for the correct management of the public finance sector and of the enhancing of its effectiveness

Jolanta Ciak

(PDF) Good practices and challenges in the audit of SME financial statements

Piotr Kica

(PDF) Reporting on artificial intelligence and investor relations among listed companies in Poland

Igor Kravchuk

(PDF) Digital technological transformation – an opportunity or a challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises

Ewa Makowska

(PDF) Comparative analysis of the results of comprehensive audits of the Regional Audit Chamber in selected cities of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship – key conclusions and common areas of irregularities

Paweł Modrzyński

(PDF) Burnout of auditors as a threat to the security of economic turnover in Poland

Marta Nowak

(PDF) Presentation of information on the result in the financial statements of capital groups listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange prepared in accordance with IFRS

Piotr Prewysz-Kwinto

(PDF) Assessment of professional satisfaction of statutory auditors – results of a survey

Grażyna Voss, Dorota Kania, Katarzyna Pokrop

(PDF) The role of the statutory auditor in the audit of the accounting policy functions

Beata Zyznarska-Dworczak

The Annual Journal of Audit and Accounting 2023

(PDF) Letter from the president of the Polish Agency for Audit Oversight

Jacek Gdański

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(PDF) Foreword

Anna Karmańska

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(PDF) Model for Changes in Fees for Audits of Financial Statements during the Pandemic Period

Agnieszka Baklarz

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(PDF) Managing the Risk of Entering into a Toxic Business Relationship from the Perspective of Anti-Money Laundering Legislation

Michał Kaczmarski

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(PDF) The Imperatives of Corporate Governance

Anna Karmańska

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(PDF) The Place of Conducting the Audit of Financial Statements versus the Location of the Head Office of Audit Firms in Poland

Marcin Kreis

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(PDF) Internal Audit versus Ethics Programmes

Łukasz Małecki-Tepicht

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(PDF) Cost of Equity under the Circumstances of Uncertainties – the Example of the US Market

Marcin Pęksyk, Karol Śledzik, Bogusław Bławat

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(PDF) The Auditor’s Professional Skepticism in Times of Economic Uncertainty

Beata Zyznarska-Dworczak

REVIEWS – RECOMMENDATIONS – ABSTRACTS – REPORTS

(PDF) A Few Words about the Book: Application of Machine Learning Techniques and Artificial Intelligence to Detect Financial Irregularities in Commercial Companies

Marek Masztalerz

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(PDF) Briefly on the Publication: Thermodynamic Approach to the Discount Rate and Discounted Cash Flow Method

Bogusław Bławat

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(PDF) Report Resume: Back to Earth. Landing Real-World Impact in Research Evaluation

Radosław Różycki

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(PDF) Conference Coverage: Security of Economic Trade, Responsibility of Institutions, Responsibility of Business

Mateusz Dziób

SUMMARIES OF ARTICLES

(PDF) Model for changes in fees for audits of financial statements during a pandemic period

Agnieszka Baklarz

(PDF) Managing the risk of entering into a toxic business relationship from the perspective of anti-money laundering legislation

Michał Kaczmarski

(PDF) The imperatives of corporate governance

Anna Karmańska

(PDF) The place of conducting the audit of financial statements vs. the location of the head office of audit firms in Poland

Marcin Kreis

(PDF) Internal audit versus ethics programmes

Łukasz Małecki-Tepicht

(PDF) Cost of equity under the circumstances of uncertainty – an example of the US market

Marcin Pęksyk, Karol Śledzik, Bogusław Bławat

(PDF) The auditor’s professional skepticism in times of economic uncertainty

Beata Zyznarska-Dworczak

“The Yearbook of Audit and Accounting” is published on an open-access basis in both Polish and English. Articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International).

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Editorial Team

Chairman

Jacek Gdański (PANA)

Members

Prof. Dorota Dobija (Kozminski University)

Prof. Jerzy Gierusz (Sopot University of Applied Sciences)

Prof. Marek Gruszczyński

Prof. Anna Karmańska (Warsaw School of Economics)

Prof. Jan Komorowski (Warsaw School of Economics)

Prof. Zbigniew Luty

Prof. Marzena Remlein (Poznań University of Economics and Business)

Prof. Wanda Skoczylas (University of Szczecin)

Prof. Adam Śliwiński (Warsaw School of Economics)

Prof. Jan Turyna

Prof. Ewa Walińska (University of Łódź)

Associate Professor Tomasz Berent (Warsaw School of Economics)

Associate Professor Artur Hołda (Cracow University of Economics)

Associate Professor Stanisław Hońko (University of Szczecin)

Associate Professor Józef Jan Pfaff (University of Economics in Katowice)

Associate Professor Błażej Prusak (Gdańsk University of Technology)

Associate Professor Waldemar Rogowski (Warsaw School of Economics)

Associate Professor Grażyna Voss (Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology)

Associate Professor Piotr Wachowiak (Warsaw School of Economics)

Dr Bogusław Bławat (PANA)

Dr Agnieszka Fiutak (PANA)

Dr Małgorzata Kutera (PANA)

Dr Łukasz Majewski (PANA)

Dr Jolanta Wiśniewska (PANA)

Agnieszka Stachniak (Ministry of Finance)

Mariola Dąbrowska (PANA)

Mateusz Dziób (PANA)

 

Editor-in-Chief

Katarzyna Pokrop

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Mateusz Dziób

Coordinator of the Editorial Board

Dr Bogusław Bławat

Members

Dr Małgorzata Kutera
Dr Jolanta Wiśniewska

Guidelines for the Editorial Board

Information for Authors and Reviewers