Adoção das normas brasileiras de contabilidade aplicadas ao setor público (NBCASP) no sistema S : a percepção dos profissionais do setor

Abstract

Social services, also known as the \"S\" System are entities created by law, of legal regime of private law and non-profit. They were instituted to provide assistance or teaching to certain social categories, with administrative and financial autonomy. The process of convergence of accounting practices in Brazil to international accounting standards has reached virtually every profit-making entities, spread to the public sector as a whole, and it was the same for the entities of the \"S\" System. According to NBCASP Brazilian standards applied to the public sector, which deals with the convergence with international standards, in 2012, the \"S\" System had to fully adopt NBC T 16. Considering that such changes can bring significant economic impacts to the sector, the aim of this work was to analyze, from the perception of accounting professionals, the difficulties in the adoption of NBCASP, the likely impact on equity and income, and the relevance to the industry, with new accounting practices adopted by Senac Regional Departments (DR), throughout the national territory. Moreover, to evaluate the stage of adoption. The research was conducted through a questionnaire to professionals responsible for the financial information of the 28 DR that made up the population sample of the sector. The results were submitted to descriptive analysis, to basic techniques of exploratory analysis, and statistical analysis techniques. It was noted, among other things that, in the perception of accounting professionals, the adoption of NBCASP can provide impacts to equity and income for the sector entities. The study revealed variables that cause difficulties in the adoption process and enabled to measure the degree of compliance adoption of NBC T 16. However, about the importance of adopting NBCASP, the adoption brought positive results for Senac, with \"transparency in the disclosure of the entity assets\" ; \"more appropriate and targeted financial position for the economic reality of the Entity\"; \"reliability of financial indicators for decision-making\"; \"professional improvement of with the proper use of accounting mechanisms\"; \"integration between sectors unrelated to accounting.\"