The Possibility of Applying the Basic Principles of Financial Control in Accordance with the Requirements of ISSAI 200 of the International Standards of the Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and its Impact on Internal Control in the Public Sector


  •  Omar Mohammad Al-Hawatmeh    

Abstract

The study aimed to clarifying the possibility of applying the basic principles of financial control in accordance with the requirements of ISSAI 200 of the international standards of the Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and its impact on the internal control in the public sector in addition to identifying the obstacles that limit the application of the basic principles of financial control according to the requirements of the standard ISSAI 200 of the International Standards of the Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), and its impact on internal control in the public sector, In order to achieve the objectives of the study and the testing of hypotheses, the researcher designed a questionnaire.This questionnaire was distributed to managers and employees in the internal control of the administrative government units, and (80) were recovered with an adoption rate of 80%for the statistical analysis purposes. The results showed that the application of the basic principles of financial control in accordance with the requirements of ISSAI 200 of the international standards of the Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and its impact on internal control in the public sector in general was high With an arithmetic mean of (4.266) and a standard deviation (0.887) The researcher attributes this result to what has been done in accordance with the laws, regulations, financial and accounting regulations prescribed for the financial control operations. It is in line with the standards assigned to it by the international standards of the Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). The obstacles that limit the application of the basic principles of financial control in general moderately came with an arithmetic mean of (3.417) and of (1.118). The researcher attributed this result to the existence of some obstacles, the most important of which is non-specialization and noncompliance with the development of the regulations and instructions with the international standards of the Supreme Audit Institutions. Finance and Accounting (INTOSAI) and others as stated in the results of the study. Based on the results of the study, the researcher recommended the need for attention employment staff  and work to keep pace with the development and modernization of international standards of Supreme Financial Control and Accounting INTOSAI internal control system in terms of training and development and keep up with scientific and practical progress need to emphasize the re-drafting of some legislation and instructions for some of the financial aspects and the need for harmonization and cooperation Continuous and continuous between the legislators and the applicable bodies of the standards to reach a consensus and appropriate in some of the minor or fundamental differences between the law and the standard and other Recommendations.


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.