Análise de conteúdo aplicada aos relatórios de auditoria das empresas de tecnologia da informação no Brasil

Abstract

The several crises and many scandals occurred in the recent history of the Financial Market, brings about discussions concerning audit work aiming auditing report issuance. Therefore, this research aims to determine the level of regulatory compliance relating to the audit report established by Resolutions nº. CFC 1.231/09 - ISA 700, CFC nº 1.232/09 - ISA 705, CFC nº. 1.233/09 - ISA 706 on the auditing reports issued by companies of information technology sector, available on the website of BM&FBovespa. To reach the proposed goal we have performed a study based on the technique of document analysis and content analysis, in which we have attempted to identify the content of the reports of selected audits adequacy, determined by the existing rules for the issuance of the auditing report. The research is descriptive and qualitative approach have been used, checking the contents of 25 audit reports of companies in the information technology industry in which we have compared the mandatory content established by the standard with the contents of the reports. It has been found that: the reports issued by independent auditing firms on the financial statements of the Information Technology companies for the period 2010-2012. It can be concluded that the reports analyzed, show adequacy to the regulations currently in force, in 10 of the 16 mandatory items established by those rules. However, it has been verified inadequacy as to the way exception is presented in the reports, i.e., through an emphasis paragraph, when it should be in an specific paragraph for exceptions. All the information collected is described and analyzed in the development of this work