Proposal to Single Application for Local Government's Administration and Financial Reporting in Indonesia

Abstract

The level of Unqualified opinion on the local government is lower than central government. This proves that improvement is still needed in the process of administration, accountability and financial reporting by local governments. Local governments can adopt applications used by the central government such as SAIBA (Accounting System for Accrual Based Institutions) and SIMAK-BMN (Management Information System and Accounting for State Property), where there are 100 reporting entities with 28,927 accounting entities in it, and the realization of expenditure of up to 1,806.51 trillion rupiahs, or one like SIMDA developed by BPKP (Internal Auditor Board) that have proven reliable in presenting central government financial information. This paper discusses proposals for uniformity of applications in the administration, accountability and reporting of regional finances as already applied in the central government. The authors use the SWOT analysis to explain the advantages and disadvantages of using the same application for all local governments. The conclusion is that uniform application for administration, accountability and financial reporting to local government will improve the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of presentation in preparation of local government financial report.