Budget Participation and Internal Control for Better Quality Financial Statements

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of budgetary participation on the quality of the internal control system's financial statements as a moderating variable. This research is a quantitative research with the respondents are the principal, the vice-principal, the teacher, and the school committee of SMA and SMK throughout Tangerang City. SEM PLS was used to analyze this research data. The data used in this study came from a questionnaire collected using the survey method. The results of this study are that budget participation has a positive and significant effect on the quality of financial reports, while the internal control system as a moderating variable has a strong enough influence on the variable of budget participation in improving the quality of financial reports.

Keywords

• management accounting
• budget participation
• quality of financial reports
• internal control systems
• public sector accounting.