optimization of auditing strategies in companies listed on the tehran stock exchange

Accounting processes and their related decisions play an important role in organizing business. if the organization does not have a comprehensive accounting system, managing it will face many problems such as liquidity deficit, tax penalties, and so on. therefore, optimizing accounting processes is essential for managing an organization and improves the company's performance and greater efficiency for business activities. on the other hand, estimates and subjective judgments in preparing financial statements have caused controversy among auditors and owners. in particular, in cases where the standards are not clear, the use of unavoidable judgment and mentality creates ambiguity in financial reporting. this is while the ultimate value of audit activity is in helping the user to determine the quality of the information received. on the other hand, the financial reporting crises of recent years have focused the attention of researchers and professional associations on increasing the reliability of audit reports and reducing negligence. therefore, considering the importance of auditing and the quality of financial reporting, this study examines and analyzes auditing strategies and determines the optimal strategy to improve the quality of financial reporting. for this purpose, 120 companies active in the tehran stock exchange, which have a legal and formal audit system and use external audit firms for auditing, are considered as a statistical sample based on the counting method, and the senior supervisors, managers, and partners of this companies have been questioned. to analyze the data of the questionnaire, the method of factor analysis and lisrel and spss software was used and the results indicate that the assignment and problem-solving strategies are the most effective audit strategies for the quality of financial reporting. however, the strategy of controversy is less important.