ANALYSIS OF CORRUPTION IN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN 2016 RELATED TO THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET REALIZATION REPORT

Abstract

Corruption can be caused by many factors. One of the factors in accounting reporting system is financial statement fraud. Since 2015, Indonesia has used an accrual basis of accounting in Operational Report, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Changes in Equity. In addition, Indonesia also uses cash basis of accounting in the Budget Realization Report (LRA), Report on changes in Accumulated Budget Surplus (LPSAL), and Cash Flow Report. The aim of this paper is to determine the components of Budget Realization Report (LRA) that can be utilized as a gap to commit corruption in the regional government in 2016. Budget Realization Report is a financial report relating to the budget allocation from the State Budget (revision) or Regional Budget (revision and the realization of budget allocation. The data in this paper are taken from the KPK’s Performance Accountability Report 2016 based on the cases under investigation. The analytical methods use the related regulations, literature studies, and secondary data. The result of this studyshows that corruption in the regional government in 2016, related to the Budget Realization Report, occurred in the expenditure section butdid not occur in the revenue section. Corruption in the regional government was committed by Budget Users who got the highest budget in the region.