A qualidade da informação contábil na administração pública : uma proposta de melhoria da divulgação da informação, com enfoque nos atos de gestão

Abstract

This paper studied the disclosure of administrative acts in the Brazilian public administration, which is the object of this research. The administrative acts are events not directly linked to heritage itself, but that have the potential to affect it, such as contracts and guarantees. The Brazilian Government Accounting provides the record of this type of information in the memorandum accounts, which are among the groups balance sheet account, and during the process of NBCASP creating, a process that aims at the convergence of Brazilian standards with international standards, among many other matters, was treated in the manner of disclosure of administrative acts, and records kept in memorandum accounts and these remained within the Balance Sheet of the Brazilian public administration, even at odds with the provisions of IPSAS. It was found that so far there is no consensus as to how disclosure of such information, so the paper started with the assumption that there is opportunity for improvement. The objective of this research was to provide a proposal for the disclosure of the administrative acts, which more adequately disclose this type of information. To do this proposed demonstrative, was investigated the perception of TCU's user and the quality of information. The research methodology was through a qualitative approach, and data collection relied on literature and documentary, and finally the data were analyzed by using content analysis. Compared with the literature presented, the analysis revealed that information from the administrative acts of the Brazilian public administration is relevant to the TCU's user, however the form of disclosure needs to be modernized. The goal was achieved, therefore the demonstrative proposal will help to improve the disclosure of administrative acts. Because there is also demand for this type of control in private entities, for-profit or nonprofit, it is suggested that the demonstrative proposed to be applied in this study also for private companies.