The Role of Audit Committees in Assessing the Level of Regulatory Compliance and Its Guiding Principles

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the impact of audit committees in banks on reducing the risk of non-compliance with laws, instructions, and regulations, and the impact this relationship has on the bank's reputation and financial transactions. A questionnaire consisting of 35 forms was distributed to a group of external and internal auditors in a number of private Iraqi banks .A descriptive and inferential methodology was used to describe and test relationships and hypotheses. The study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which are: The role of audit committees is to confirm the accuracy of the accounting data and information contained in financial reports, and that audit committees play a positive role in assessing the level of regulatory compliance.