Governmental Accounting: A Study of the Recognition of Depreciation in the Brazilian States Accounts
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21118/apgs.v11i2.5293Keywords:
Depreciação, Entes Subnacionais, Patrimônio PúblicoAbstract
The objective of this paper was to compare the effects of the recognition of depreciation in the Brazilian subnational entities in the period between 2003 and 2014. Initially, we sought to collect data related to the variation of accumulated depreciation, property, plant and equipment, and depreciation expenses of all subnational entities (Brazilian States and the Federal District, more specifically), in the database of FINBRA – Finanças do Brasil. The final sample consisted of thirteen subnational entities due to the lack of data in the analyzed period. The technique chosen was the nearest neighbor analysis. The results of the analysis allow to conclude that there have been insufficient advances for a reliable equity representation of subnational public entities. This situation, consequently, affects the representation of the governmental equity in the consolidated information on the Brazilian national public sector. There is no consistency in the accounting policy adopted over time, in terms of depreciation.
Keywords: Depreciation, Subnational entities, Public Equity.
Downloads
References
Ball, I. &, Pflugrath, G. (2012). Government accounting – making Enron look good. World Economics, 13(1), 9-26.
Baptista, E. M. (2009). Ganhos em transparência versus novos instrumentos de manipulação: o paradoxo das modificações trazidas pela Lei nº 11.638. Revista de Administração de Empresas, 49(2), 234-239.
Borges, T. B., Poueri, M. C., Cardoso, R. L., & Aquino, A. C. B. (2010). Desmistificação do regime contábil de competência. Revista de Administração Pública – RAP, 44(4), 877-901.
Borghetti, J., Borghetti, J. C., Stein, F. A., Frosi, M., & Rodrigues, E. B. M. (2012). Impactos do reconhecimento da depreciação no setor público para o patrimônio dos estados brasileiros. Encontro de Administração Pública e Governo – EnAPG 2012, Salvador, BA, Brasil, 1-13.
Carlin, T. M. (2005). Debating the impact of accrual accounting and reporting in the public sector. Financial Accountability & Management, 21(3), 309-336.
Clark, P. J., & Evans, F. C. (1954). Distance to nearest neighbor as a measure of spatial relationships in populations. Ecology, 35(4), 445-453.
Cressie, N. A. (2015). Statistic for spatial data. New York, Wiley.
Dantas, C. B., Arruda, M. P., Paiva, A. C. N., & Paulo, E. (2012). Depreciação no Serviço Público: Reconhecimento e Evidenciação nas Demonstrações Contábeis dos Estados e Municípios Brasileiros. Revista de Contabilidade da UFBA, 6(2), 56-65.
Gomes, J. R. (2014). Nova Contabilidade Aplicada ao Setor Público: um estudo sobre o reconhecimento da depreciação na contabilidade dos estados brasileiros. 12º Prêmio Excelência Acadêmica da Fucape. 2014. Recuperado em 10 julho, 2016, de http://www.fucape.br/premio_excelencia_academica/upld/trab/14/74.pdf.
Graciliano, E. A., & Fialho, W. C. D. (2013). Registro da depreciação na Contabilidade Pública: uma contribuição para o disclosure de Gestão. Pensar Contábil, 15(56), 14-21.
Hyndman, N., & Connolly, C. (2011). Accruals accounting in the public sector: A road not always taken. Management Accounting Research, 22(1), 36-45.
Lopes, A. B., & Martins, E. (2007). Teoria da Contabilidade – uma nova abordagem. São Paulo: Atlas, 2007.
Martins, E. (1999). Contabilidade versus fluxo de caixa. Cadernos de Estudos – Fipecafi, 20, 1-10.
Oulasvirta, L. O. (2014). Governmental Financial Accounting and European Harmonisation: Case Study of Finland. Accounting Economic Law, 4(3), 237-263.
Robinson, M. (1998). Accrual Accounting and the efficiency of the core public sector. Financial Accountability & Management, 10(3), 354-374.
Silva, L. M. S. (2009). (8ª Ed.). Contabilidade Governamental: um enfoque administrativo da nova contabilidade pública. São Paulo: Ed. Atlas.
Silva, M. C., Costa, G. B., Boente, D. R., & Batista, E. M. (2011). Depreciação no Setor Público: análises de procedimentos em uma Unidade Gestora. Boletim de Orçamento e Finanças – Governet, 61(73), 418-432.
Slomski, V. (2013). (3ª Ed.) Manual de contabilidade pública: de acordo com as normas internacionais de contabilidade aplicadas ao setor público (IPSASB/IFAC/CFC). São Paulo: Atlas.
Suzart, J., & Zuccolotto, R. (2013). Estamos a caminho da convergência para as IPSAS? Gestor Contábil, 5, 14-15.
Wynne, A. (2007). Is the move to accrual based accounting a real priority for public sector accounting? Public Fund Digest, 6(1), 1-30.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish in the Journal of Public Administration and Management Social (APGS) must agree to the following terms:
• Authors retain copyright and give the journal the rightof first publication with the work simultaneously licensed underthe Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting sharingwork with the recognition of the work of authorship and publicationstarting in this journal.
• Authors have authorization to assume additional contractsseparately for non-exclusive distribution of the work releasepublished in this journal (eg. publish in institutional repositories oras a book), with an acknowledgment of its publicationstarting this journal.
• Authors are permitted and encouraged to post theirwork online (eg, in institutional repositories or on their websitepersonnel) at any point before or during the submission process, asit can generate criticism and helpful suggestions, as well asincrease the impact and citation of published work.
• Authors reserve the right of the editors of this journal to make in theoriginal works, alterations of normative order, orthographic andgrammatical, aiming at complying with its editorial policy and keep thedefault cult of language, respecting, however, the authors' style.
• Authors assume exclusive responsibility for their opinionsgiven in the articles published in this journal.