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The Extent of Accounting Information Disclosure to Public Accounts Committee: Empirical Evidence in Tanzania Public Corporations

Asifiwe Enock Kyando, Abdiel Abayo, Gwahula Raphael

Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · pp. 108–116 · Published 19 Nov 2022

10.9734/arjass/2022/v18i4408

Abstract

This study examines the extent of accounting information disclosure to Public Accounts Committee in Tanzania Public Corporations. The study is driven by Public Accounts Committee as an oversight organ and accountability challenges facing Tanzania public corporations. The study used positivist philosophical approach. The study was supported by the multiple theories of agency and communication. Data for the analysis were gathered through cross-sectional research using a survey method from members and ex-members of Public accounts Committees from 2005 to 2022. The received valid response from participants were 110. The reliability statistic test of Cronbach Alpha was tested for five measures and confirmed to be 0.693. The study found that the extent of accounting information disclosure was encouraging, yet some outlier measures need to be strategically improved in Tanzania. The study adds knowledge on the accounting information disclosure to politicians and narrow down the contextual gap as most studies on accounting information disclosure were done in developed countries. Besides, the research has practical and policy implications aimed at enhancing the extent of accounting information availability to politicians.

Accounting information accounting information disclosure public corporations parliamentary oversight and public accounts committee

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