COSTS SYSTEMS: RELEVANCE, FEASIBILITY AND USEFULNESS ACCORDING TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE STATE OF PARANÁ (BRAZIL)
The aim in this study is to get to know the level of understanding and adoption of cost systems in cities in the State of Paraná. A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was undertaken. Data were collected through the application of a questionnaire in 67 cities in the State of Paraná. Descri...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências Contábeis (Abracicon) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.repec.org.br:article/311 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.repec.org.br/repec/article/view/311 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cost System Cost Accounting Public Sector. Sistema de Costes Contabilidad de Costes Sector Público. Sistema de Custos Contabilidade de Custos Setor Público. |
| Sumario: | The aim in this study is to get to know the level of understanding and adoption of cost systems in cities in the State of Paraná. A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was undertaken. Data were collected through the application of a questionnaire in 67 cities in the State of Paraná. Descriptive analysis was used and Spearman’s correlation coefficient was applied to achieve the research objective. Among the study results, the following stand out: the incipient nature of knowledge about the relevance, feasibility and usefulness of a cost system; resulting from public officials’ limited knowledge, mainly about topics related to the budgetary and financial feasibility of adopting cost systems; an environment for the cost system, implemented costs systems and operating systems; although the answers obtained to proposals about cost information and control were significantly coherent. |
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