Financial Statements Disclosure On Indonesian Local Government : IPSAS And PSAP Disclosure Approach

Abstract

The objective of this research is to assess and analyze the effect of political culture, government financial, government size, and economic growth on Indonesian local government’s financial reporting disclosure. The financial reporting disclosure of government, particularly the locals, is an important aspect for the fulfillment of users’ need for information. The sample of this research is 320 research data  from 64 Indonesian local governments that meet certain criteria. The multiple regression analysis performed on the data has led to findings political culture expressed with the level of openness of local governments and large measures of government is a factor for informants to disclose information in accordance with the provisions of international standards and local governments to be more open. While government finance and economic growth do not influence local governments to disclose information. This is because governments that have better financial conditions tend to have less information disclosure rate. This research can be used by local governments to evaluate their information disclosures and to improve them by referring to applicable standards, guided by IPSAS, and can be used by the committee to enhance the related standard rules.