Varian Anggaran Dan Peran Akuntansi Pertanggungjawaban Pada Penganggaran Pemerintah Daerah

Budget variance plays important roles in Indonesian Local Government budgeting. The use of budget variance through budgeting highlight the incrementalism of budget which define the budget setter’s behavioral bias through ratchet effect. Ratchet effect occurs when budget setter use prior period performance (i.e budget variance) as basis to determine the upcoming budget as a consequences of the dynamic incentives problems in agency relation context. This study aims to find whether ratchet effecct occur in public sector budgeting, especially in Indonesian local government budgeting. Further, this research examine the role of responsibility accounting in explaining the presence of ratchet effect in Local Government budget. This study use Local Government Task Force (SKPD) of Yogyakarta Special Region Province Government as research object for research period between 2012 to 2016. Selection of sample derived using purposive sampling to 31 SKPD and generates 17 sample which has Region Original Revenue (PAD) component and so 28 sample which has Direct Expenditure component in each of it’s budget structure. Multiple Linear Regresion and Independent Samples Test were used to test the hypotheses. The result shows that all research hypotheses statistically accepted. This research generate evidence the occurence of ratchet effect and the important role of responsibility accounting in local government budgeting