Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade (Sep 2015)

Advantages of the Implementation of IPSAS in Brazilian Public Accounting: Analysis of the perception of the members of GTCON

  • Josedilton Alves Diniz,
  • Suzany Ferreira Silvestre da Silva,
  • Leandro da Costa Santos,
  • Vinícius Gomes Martins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17524/repec.v9i3.1226
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3

Abstract

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The study objective was to assess how the members of the Technical Group for the Standardization of Accounting Procedures (GTCON) assess the advantages of the implementation of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards in Brazil. Therefore, a questionnaire was used, elaborated based on five theoretical approaches. The research universe corresponded to the participants in GTCON. The sample resulted in 108 respondents, totaling 27% of the population. The reliability of the tool was tested using the model defined by Cronbach (1951). As each theoretical dimension addressed consists of multiple variables, their dimensionality was reduced using Main Components Analysis (MCA). In addition, multiple linear regression was used, based on the main components of each theoretical construct. The perception of the standards, the interpretation of the standards, the cost-benefit of the implementation and the educational responsibility were submitted to analysis as independent variables, and the advantages of the implementation of the Ipsas were submitted as the dependent variable. The main results evidenced that the research participants agreed that the implementation of the Ipsas is a feasible target. As to the cost-benefit analysis of the implementation, according to the GTCON, the result of the application of the Ipsas exceeds the investments made. It was also observed that interviewees did not agree that the training and application of the Ipsas should be guaranteed through personal efforts, but through the government, i.e. the more the public sector takes responsibility for qualifying the standards, the greater the advantages that will result. Finally, regarding the interpretation of the standards, according to GTCON, it has not been well defined yet how and who will actually be responsible for the interpretation, the international entities or the local institutions involved in the process.

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