Abstract :
In presenting the financial statements, the parties of the entity are not only focused on
the purpose of presenting the financial statements, but the financial statements must
contain honesty in each presentation. the integrity of financial reports is the
information contained in financial reports that is presented fairly, unbiased and honest
in presenting financial report information. The purpose of this study is to empirically
prove the effect of auditor independence, audit committee, intellectual capital, and
financial distress on the integrity of financial statements. In this study the sampling
method used a saturated sampling, resulting in a sample of 17 insurance subsector
companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in the 2018-2022 period
which were used as the population and sample. The data in this study are secondary
data obtained from annual reports and company annual financial statements, retrieved
from www.idx.co.id and the company's website. The data analysis methods employed
in this study are descriptive statistical analysis and multiple linear regression analysis
using SPSS 25. The results of this study indicate auditor independence and financial
distress have a negative effect on the integrity of financial statements, audit committee
variables has a positive effect on the integrity of financial statements, and intellectual
capital variable has no effect on the integrity of financial statements.
Keywords: auditor independence ; audit committee ; intellectual capital ; financial
distress ; integrity of financial statements