Evaluasi Sistem Pengendalian Intern atas Pengelolaan Piutang Pajak Daerah (Studi pada DPPKAD Kabupaten Kendal)

Abstract

An Internal Control System must be performed by every government agency to provide reasonable assurance that the governance has been implemented as required by the State Financial Regulation. This study aimed to evaluate the Internal Control System implementation of the local tax receivables management in Kendal Regency and identify the weaknesses in its implementation. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method with a case-study strategy. Variables discussed in this research are the implementation of the Internal Control System on the activities of the local tax determination, local tax receivable collection, and local tax receivable reporting. The Internal Control System’s implementation of the local tax receivables management is evaluated by verifying its compliance with the implementation of an adequate Internal Control System based on Government Regulation No. 60, 2008.The implementation of tax receivable management’s internal control, overall is adequate enough, with an assessment results score of 60.53%. The assessment results on tax determination and tax receivables collection activities is still inadequate, where the score for both is 58.92%. On the activities of local tax receivable reporting , implementation of internal control is sufficient, with an assessment score of 63.76%. The lack of commitment on competence, inadequate of formal directions, the lack of human resources, and lack of socialization about the implementation of the Internal Control System are some of the weaknesses identified in this research.