THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL STABILITY, EXTERNAL PRESSURE, PERSONAL FINANCIAL NEED, FINANCIAL TARGETS, INEFFECTIVE MONITORING AND AUDIT QUALITY ON DETECTING FRAUD FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN PERSPECTIVE OF FRAUD TRIANGLE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether financial stability, external pressure, personal financial need, financial targets, ineffective monitoring, and audit quality affect the financial statement fraud by collecting empirical evidence. The object of research is the companies from sector property and real estate which listing on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, with research period in 2010-2012. The samples in this study were selected based on purposive sampling method with a total sample of 14 companies. The analysis technique used in this research is multiple regression analysis using SPSS. These results indicate that the variable external pressure, personal financial need and audit quality effect on the financial statements fraud, meanwhile variables financial stability, financial targets, ineffective monitoring had no effect on the financial statements fraud. Variables financial stability, external pressure, personal financial need, financial targets, ineffective monitoring and audit quality simultaneously effect on the financial statements fraud. Keywords: Financial Statement Fraud, Fraud Triangle