AJAR (Asian Journal of Accounting Research) (e-Journal)
Volume 4 Issue 1

Financial statements disclosure on Indonesian local government websites

Wahyudin Nor (University of Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Muhammad Hudaya (University of Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)
Rifqi Novriyandana (University of Lambung Mangkurat, Banjarmasin, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Sep 2019

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which audit opinion, audit findings, follow-up audit recommendations, level of education, level of welfare and heads of local governments’ commitment influence the disclosure of financial statements on the official website of local government.The data of this research comprise 68 financial statements during the period 2015–2016 collected from 34 local governments across Indonesia by employing the census method. The data then are analyzed using logistic regression.The results of this study show that audit opinion has a positive significant influence on the disclosure of financial statements on local government websites in Indonesia, while the audit findings, follow-up audit recommendations, level of education, level of welfare and heads of local governments’ commitment have no significant influences on the disclosure of financial statements local governments’ websites across Indonesia.The study contributes to the public sector accounting research by enhancing our understanding to the disclosure of financial statements on local government websites.

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AJAR

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The Asian Journal of Accounting Research (AJAR) provides a forum for international researchers to publish original articles of high-quality research findings which contribute to academic literature and practice. AJAR welcomes a wide range of methodologies in all aspects of accounting and finance in ...