Jurnal Akuntansi ISSN 2303-0356 Vol. 11, No.3, October 2021 Hal. 259-270 259 ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROPORTION OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONERS, LEVERAGE, AND SIZE ON THE ACCOUNTING CONSERVATISM OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (BUMN) Sri Wahjuni Latifah1), Saskiya Sasa Difananda2) Faculty of Economics and Business University of Muhammadiyah Malang 1,2) sriwahjuni@umm.ac.id1, saskiyasasa12@gmail.com2 ABSTRACT This study intends to analyze the Impact of the Proportion of Independent Commissioners, Leverage, and Size on the Accounting Conservatism in State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2017-2019 period. Based on these objectives, there are important questions in this study: whether the variables of the Proportion of Independent Commissioners, Leverage, and size as independent variables impact accounting conservatism, which is the dependent variable. To answer this question, the researcher used the multiple linear regression analysis methods using the Stata15 application. Determination of the sample in this study using purposive sampling method based on specific criteria and the sample obtained is 51 company data. There are several implications in this study, namely theoretical implications and practical implications. Theoretically, this research can be a reference for further researchers in analyzing the effect of accounting conservatism. While practically, it can have implications for company management, especially in decision making, for investors in terms of consideration when making investments and creditors related to the company’s credit activities. The results showed that the leverage variable impacted accounting conservatism, while the proportion of independent commissioners and size had no impact on accounting conservatism. Keywords: Accounting Conservatism; Leverage; The Proportion of Independent Commissioners; Size *Corresponding author : Email: sriwahjuni@umm.ac.id DOI: https://doi.org/10.33369/j.akuntansi.11.3.259-270 INTRODUCTION Financial statements are a tool to obtain corporate financial information used by internal or external parties and used in decision making. Besides, financial statements can also assess the company's ability to meet liabilities, capital structure, use of assets, income, expenses, and stock book value (Savitri, 2016). Based on this, the company's management is given flexibility in choosing its accounting methods, one of which is to apply the principle of accounting conservatism (Kusamadewi, 2018). The need to apply the principle of conservatism due to accounting using accrual basis informing and presenting financial statements (Savitri, 2016). However, accounting conservatism is still a debate, and some are pros and cons to its application. Despite these differences of opinion, the principle of accounting conservatism is still used. This is to offset the excessive optimism of managers by applying pessimism because of the tendency of managers to overestimate profits in financial statements. Some factors that are thought to influence companies in applying the principle of accounting conservatism are the proportion of independent commissioners, leverage, and the company's size. The proportion of independent commissioners is the number of independent commissioners of all commissioners in the company. A high proportion of commissioners tend to direct management actions to apply the principle of accounting conservatism. Results of the Rajagukguk & Rohman (2020), Pratanda & Kusmuriyanto (2014), and Sonia Fitriani (2013) show that the proportion of independent commissioners affects accounting conservatism, while mailto:sriwahjuni@umm.ac.id1 https://doi.org/10.33369/j.akuntansi.11.3.259-270 ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF THE PROPORTION OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONERS, LEVERAGE, AND SIZE ON THE ACCOUNTING CONSERVATISM OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (BUMN) Sri Wahjuni Latifah and Saskiya Sasa Difananda 260 Febriani et al. (2020) and Purwasih (2020) obtained the result that the proportion of independent commissioners does not affect accounting conservatism. Leverage is a financial ratio used to determine the number of funding sources (debt) to corporate equity. Highly indebted companies give creditors have the right to know and supervise the company's operations (Susanto & Ramadhani, 2016). This means that the more debt the company has, the tighter the creditors will monitor the company. Thus, higher leverage will affect contractual demand for conservative accounting (Putu et al., 2018). Results of the study Jao & Ho (2019), Yuliarti & Yanto (2017), Saputra (2016), and Pratanda & Kusmuriyanto (2014) indicates that leverage has a Positive Impact on accounting conservatism. While Solichah & Fachrurrozie (2019) and Kusamadewi (2018) the study results that leverage negatively affects accounting conservatism. Another factor is the size of the company. Based on its size, the company is divided into small and large companies, where large companies have more complex management systems and high profits. Large companies will be charged high political costs, so the company uses conservative accounting to reduce the political costs (Wulandini & Zulaikha, 2012). Results of the study Purwasih (2020), Solichah & Fachrurrozie (2019), and Kusamadewi (2018) indicate that the size of the company positively affects accounting conservatism. At the same time, Yuliarti & Yanto (2017) obtained the research results that the company's size negatively affects accounting conservatism. This research is a replication of the research Rajagukguk & Rohman (2020), Febriani et al. (2020), Purwasih (2020), Solichah & Fachrurrozie (2019), Jao & Ho (2019), Kusamadewi (2018), Yuliarti & Yanto (2017), Saputra (2016), Pratanda & Kusmuriyanto (2014), and Sonia Fitriani (2013). The renewal of this research is located in the object of research conducted at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2017-2019. The selection of State-Owned Enterprises as the object of research because of the case related to the application of accounting conservatism has occurred in one of the State-Owned Enterprises, namely PT. Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk in 2018. Financial statements of PT. Garuda Indonesia in 2018 recorded one of the transactions that have been recognized as revenue. The case at Garuda Indonesia shows the management's lack of prudence in presenting financial statements resulting in an overstatement of profit in 2018 (El-Haq et al., 2019). Based on inconsistencies in the results of the study on the influence of the proportion of independent board of commissioners, leverage, and size of the company on accounting conservatism, as well as cases related to the lack of prudence of the company's management in financial reporting on one of the State-Owned Enterprises. The purpose of this study is to test the influence of the proportion of independent commissioners, leverage and size of the company on accounting conservatism in State-Owned Enterprises registered in IDX in 2017-2019. The result of this study is helpful in adding references to research on Accounting Conservatism which is influenced by the Proportion of Independent Commissioners, Leverage, and Size in State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). In addition, the results of this study can be considered by management for the application of Accounting Conservatism in presenting financial reports so as to produce quality reports and assist companies in making decisions. Jurnal Akuntansi ISSN 2303-0356 Vol. 11, No.3, October 2021 Hal. 259-270 261 Figure 1. Framework The existence of an independent commissioner in a company is very important related to monitoring the performance of management. A high proportion of independent commissioners in a company can disclose information more widely and can reduce agency costs (Rajagukguk & Rohman, 2020). So, the greater the proportion of independent commissioners in a company, the higher the level of conservatism desired because of the requirements for higher quality financial information (Pratanda & Kusmuriyanto, 2014). This is in accordance with research conducted by Rajagukguk & Rohman (2020), Pratanda & Kusmuriyanto (2014), and Sonia Fitriani (2013), that the Proportion of Independent Commissioners has an effect on Accounting Conservatism. H1: The Proportion of Independent Commissioners has a positive impact on Accounting Conservatism. Companies that have high debt will choose the application of Accounting Conservatism (Sugiarto & Nurhayati, 2017). This is also evident in research conducted by Jao & Ho (2019), Varadina & Diatmika (2018), Yuliarti & Yanto (2017), R. E. Saputra (2016), and Dewi & Suryanawa (2014) that leverage has a positive effect on Accounting Conservatism. H2: Leverage has a positive impact on Accounting Conservatism. Large companies will incur high political costs. So to reduce these political costs, the company applies the concept of Accounting Conservatism. This has also been proven by Solichah & Fachrurrozie (2019), Kusamadewi (2018), and Aristiyani & Wirawati (2013) that firm size has a positive effect on Accounting Conservatism. H3 : Size has a positive impact on Accounting Conservatism. RESEARCH METHODS The type of research is associative. The population of this research is state-owned enterprises (BUMN) registered in IDX in 2017-2019. Determination of samples using a purposive sampling method. The criteria for determining samples in this study are as follows: 1. State-Owned Enterprises registered in IDX in 2017-2019. 2. State-owned enterprises that have published annual reports for the period 2017-2019. 3. The company's Annual Report has included the completeness of data related to the needs of research variables. 4. Companies with extreme data are carried out outliers. Proportion of Independent Commissioners (X1) Leverage (X2) Size (X3) Accounting Conservatism (Y) ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF THE PROPORTION OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONERS, LEVERAGE, AND SIZE ON THE ACCOUNTING CONSERVATISM OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (BUMN) Sri Wahjuni Latifah and Saskiya Sasa Difananda 262 The dependent variable in this study was accounting conservatism. Variable measurement refers to research Hayn & Givoly (2000) which is also used by Andreas et al. (2017). The formula used is as follows: 𝐢𝑂𝑁𝐴𝐢𝐢 = (𝑁𝐼𝑂+π·πΈπ‘ƒβˆ’πΆπΉπ‘‚)Γ—(βˆ’1) 𝑇𝐴 ………………………. 1) An independent variable is a variable that affects a bound variable, either positively or negatively (Sekaran & Bougie, 2017). Here are the independent variables and their measurements: 1. The Proportion of Independent Commissioners (X1) The proportion of independent commissioners is the number of independent commissioners and is measured by the percentage of the number of independent commissioners divided by the total number of commissioners. Formula used: 𝑃𝐷𝐾𝐼 = π‘‡π‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘œπ‘“ 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑 πΆπ‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘ π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘‡π‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘šπ‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  π‘œπ‘“ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘π‘œπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘ π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘  …………….2) 2. Leverage (X2) Leverage is the ratio of total debt to total company assets. Formula used: 𝐷𝐸𝑅 = π‘‡π‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ πΏπ‘–π‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘™π‘–π‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘  π‘‡π‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ πΈπ‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ Γ—100% ……………….3) 3. Size (X3) Company size is a measure of the wealth owned by the company and the determination of the size of the company. Formula Used: πΉπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘š 𝑆𝑖𝑧𝑒 = 𝐿𝑛 π‘‡π‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘™ 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 ………………4) The type of data used in this study is secondary data accessed through the IDX official website, namely www.idx.co.id. Data acquisition techniques are documentation. Besides, data analysis techniques are multiple regression analysis methods using the Stata15 application. The stages in analyzing the data are as follows: 1. Data Tabulation Data tabulation is an activity to collect secondary data for research needs. Secondary data such as financial reports and annual reports of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) during the 2017-2019 period. 2. Descriptive Statistical Analysis Descriptive statistics in this study described through the average value (mean), standard deviation, maximum, and minimum. 3. Classic Assumption Test a. Normality Test b. Multicollinearity Test c. Heteroskedastisitas Test d. Autocorrelation Test 4. Hypothesis Test a. Coefesien Determination Test (R2) b. Partial Test (t) c. Simultaneous Test (F) Jurnal Akuntansi ISSN 2303-0356 Vol. 11, No.3, October 2021 Hal. 259-270 263 The equation of multiple regression models is as follows: π‘Œ = 𝛼 + 𝑏1𝑋1 + 𝑏2𝑋2 + 𝑏3𝑋3 + 𝑒 …………5) Description: Y = Accounting Conservatism a = Konstanta b = Regression Coefesien X1 = The Proportion of Independent Commissioners X2 = Leverage X3 = Size e = Error RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Overview of Research Data State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) are business entities in which the state is the owner of all or most of the company's capital derived from the state's separated wealth (Indonesia, 2003). Table 1. Stages of Research Sample Selection No Criteria Total 1 State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2017-2019. 25 2 State-Owned Enterprises that do not publish financial statements for the period 2017-2019. 0 3 Companies that do not have complete data related to research variables. 0 4 Companies are outliers because of extreme data. 8 Total Samples 17 Year of Observation (3) 51 Source: Data processed, 2021 Based on the data above, it is known that 75 companies are the population in this study. After being selected based on specific criteria, a sample of 51 company data was obtained. In the first and second criteria, all State-Owned Enterprises have met the criteria. In the third criterion, based on the company categorized as an outlier in this study, eight companies that were declared outliers had to be excluded from the research object. Companies declared outliers such as PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk, PT Elnusa Tbk, PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Kimia Farma (Persero) Tbk, PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk, PT Timah Tbk, and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. The Result of Descriptive Statistical Test Table 2. The Result of Descriptive Statistical Test N Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation PDKI 51 0,000 0,80 0,3593 0,16172 LEV 51 0,417 9,78 2,6651 2,27380 UP 51 22,721 36,50 30,8888 2,67690 KONV_AKT 51 -0,350 0,039 -0,1203 0,10914 Valid N (listwise) 51 Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF THE PROPORTION OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONERS, LEVERAGE, AND SIZE ON THE ACCOUNTING CONSERVATISM OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (BUMN) Sri Wahjuni Latifah and Saskiya Sasa Difananda 264 Based on the results, the amount of data (N) in this study is 51 samples of companies derived from the financial report data of State-Owned Enterprises listed on IDX in 2017-2019. The results of the analysis can be seen in the following details: 1. The Proportion of Independent Commissioners Based on the descriptive statistical tests obtained the lowest value (minimum) of The proportion of independent commissioners is 0.000, this value is owned by the company PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk in 2017, 2018, and 2019. The highest value (maximum) is 0.80, this value is owned by PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk. Also, the average value (mean) obtained is 0.3593 with a standard deviation value (Std. Deviation) of 0.16172. The analysis results showed that the mean is greater than the standard deviation value, which means homogeneous data where the average value of the proportion of independent commissioners has a low deviation rate. 2. Leverage Based on the descriptive statistical tests obtained the lowest value (minimum) Leverage is 0.417, PT Bukit Asam Tbk owns this value in 2019, meaning the company has a low level of debt and risks borne by the company is low because of the leverage obtained 42.7%. While the highest value is 6.08 owned by PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk, which means the company has a high level of debt, and the risk borne by the company is also high. Also, the average value (mean) obtained is 2.6651, which means that State-Owned Enterprises generally have higher debt than their equity because the ratio is 2.6651 compared to 1.00. While the standard deviation value (Std. Deviation) is 2.27380. 3. Size Based on descriptive statistical tests obtained the lowest value (minimum) size value is 22,721 from the company PT Gas Negara Tbk in 2019. While the highest value (maximum) is 36.50 obtained from the company PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk in 2017. Also, the mean obtained is 30.8888 with a standard deviation of 2.67690. The difference between PT Gas Negara Tbk in 2019 and PT Bank Negara Indonesia in 2017 has a big difference. Based on this, it is known that the size of State-Owned Enterprises is small and some are large. 4. Accounting Conservatism Based on the descriptive statistical tests obtained the lowest accounting conservatism value (minimum) is -0.350, the value is owned by PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, which means that PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk implements the lowest principle of accounting conservatism. While the highest value (maximum) is 0.039 owned by the company PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk in 2017 which means that the company applies the highest principle of accounting conservatism compared to other State-Owned Enterprises. Also, obtained an average value (mean) of -0.1203 with a standard deviation value (Std. Deviation) of 0.10914 this means that the data is heterogeneous because the distribution of data varies so that the average accounting conservatism has a high level of deviation. The Results of Classic Assumption Test 1. Normality Test Based on the table, it can be known the reciprocal probability value > 0.05 which is 0.2835. This suggests that the data used in this study is normal. As for the skewness and kurtosis test values are said to be distributed normally if the value obtained is between -2 and 2. Based on the results of the analysis in the table above, it can be known that the residual skewness value of 0.1868 and kurtosis 0.4209 which means it is still between -2 and 2, it can be said that the data is normally distributed. Jurnal Akuntansi ISSN 2303-0356 Vol. 11, No.3, October 2021 Hal. 259-270 265 Table 3. The Result of Normality Test Variable Obs Pr(Skewness) Pr(Kurtosis) adj chi2(2) Prob>chi2 res 51 0,1868 0,4209 2,52 0,2835 Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 2. Multicollinearity Test Table 4. The Result of Multicollinearity Test Variable Collinearity Statistics Conclusion Tolerance VIF PDKI 0,529 1,89 No Multicollinearity Occurs LEV 0,640 1,56 No Multicollinearity Occurs UP 0,738 1,36 No Multicollinearity Occurs Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 Based on the table above, known tolerance values for the proportion of independent commissioners, leverage, and company size of 0.529, 0.640, and 0.738 are > 0.10 and VIF respectively 1.89, 1.56, and 1.36 < 10, meaning that there is no multicollinearity between independent variables. 3. Heteroskedastisitas Test Table 5. The Result of Heterokedastisitas Test Prob. Chi-Square Conclusion Constant 0,2990 Does not occur heteroskedasticity Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 Based on the results of the heteroskedasticity test in table above, it is known that the significance value of 0.2990 > 0.05, which means that there is no heteroskedasticity and a good regression model. 4. Autocorrelation Test Table 6. The Result of Autocorrelation Test Model Durbin-Watson Conclusion 1 0,1078 No positive autocorrelation Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 Based on table 6 above, the durbin-watson value obtained by 0.1078, a comparison using significance value 5%, sample number 51 (n) and a number of independent variables 3 (k=3), then in the table Durbin-Watson will get dU value of 1.6754 and dL of 1.4273. From these results, it is known that the value of Durbin Watson is below the value of dL or 0 < 0.1078 < 1.4273. Then it can be said that there is no positive autocorrelation. Hypothesis Test 1. Coefesien Determination Test (R2) Based on the coefesien determination test results, the adjusted R-square value is 0.3185 or 31.85%. This shows that 31.85% of variations in accounting conservatism can be explained by variable proportions of independent commissioners, leverage, and company size while the remaining 68.15% is explained by other variables outside the model studied. ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF THE PROPORTION OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONERS, LEVERAGE, AND SIZE ON THE ACCOUNTING CONSERVATISM OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (BUMN) Sri Wahjuni Latifah and Saskiya Sasa Difananda 266 Table 7. The Result of R2 Test R-Squared Adj R-Squared Constant 0,3594 0,3185 Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 2. Simultaneous Test (F) Table 8. The Result of F Test Prob > F Conclusion Constant 0,0001 Model built between each dependent variable against the dependent variable has been good Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 Based on table above the test value F is 0.0001 which is smaller than 0.05, so it can be concluded that independent variables that are the proportion of independent board of commissioners, leverage, and size of the company simultaneously or jointly affect accounting conservatism. Thus, it can be concluded that the model built between each dependent variable against the dependent variable has been good. 3. Partial Test (t) Table 9. The Result of Partial Significance Test (t) Var Coef. Std. Err. t P>|t| [95% Conf. Interval] PDKI 0,029 0,098 0,30 0,768 -0,1689 0,2274 LEV 0,019 0,008 2,58 0,013 0,0043 0,0353 UP 0,010 0,006 1,76 0,085 -0,0014 0,0209 _cons -0,485 0.165 -2,95 0,005 -0,8157 -0,1537 Source: Data Processing Results by Stata15, 2021 The results of the t-test on each independent variable are as follows: a. Proportion of Independent Board of Commissioners The variable significance value of the proportion of independent commissioners is 0.768, which means that sig SKM (X1) > 0.05. Thus it can be concluded that the variable proportion of the independent board of commissioners has no Impact on accounting conservatism or hypothesized 1 (H1) is rejected. b. Leverage The value of leverage significance is 0.013, meaning that sig Lev (X2) < 0.05. Then it can be concluded that leverage variables affect accounting conservatism or hypothesis 2 (H2) accepted. c. Company Size The value of the significance of the company size of 0.085, meaning sig UP (X3) > 0.05. It can then be concluded that the company's variable size has no Impact on accounting conservatism or the 3 (H3) hypothesis is rejected. In addition to the partial test results (statistical test t), the analysis results in table 9 can also be seen for analysis of multiple linear regressions in the coef column. Based on the analysis obtained, the double linear regression equation is as follows: π‘Œ = 𝛼 + 𝑏1𝑋1 + 𝑏2𝑋2 + 𝑏3𝑋3 + 𝑒 ………………………..6) Y = -0,485 + 0,029PDKI + 0,019LEV + 0,010UP + 𝑒 ……..7) Jurnal Akuntansi ISSN 2303-0356 Vol. 11, No.3, October 2021 Hal. 259-270 267 The equation can be described as follows: a. A variable proportion of independent commissioners who have a regression coefesien value of 0.029 means that each quantitative increase in the proportion of independent commissioners by 1 unit assuming other independent variables remain, conservatism will increase by 0.029 units. b. A Leverage variable that has a regression coefesien value of 0.019 means that every quantitative increase in leverage of 1 unit assuming other independent variables remain, conservatism will increase by 0.019 units. c. Variable size of companies that have a regression coefesien value of 0.010 means that each quantitative increase in the size of the company by 1 unit assuming other independent variables remain, conservatism will increase by 0.010 units. Discussion Table 10. The Result of Hypothesis Test Code Hypothesis Results H1 The Proportion of Independent Commissioners has a positive impact on Accounting Conservatism. Rejected H2 Leverage has a Positive Impact on Accounting Conservatism Accepted H3 Size has a positive impact on Accounting Conservatism. Rejected 1. The Impact of the Proportion of Independent Commissioners on Accounting Conservatism Based on the results of the first hypothesis (H1), the proportion of independent commissioners does not affect accounting conservatism. This can be seen from the significant value in the t-test or partial test which is worth 0.768. Based on the test, it is known that 0.768 > 0.05, which means hypothesis 1 (H1) is rejected. This is in line with the research conducted by Febriani et al. (2020) and Purwasih (2020) which indicates that variable proportions of the independent board of commissioners do not affect accounting conservatism. According to Febriani et al. (2020), the proportion of commissioners is considered to have an abnormal level of control, besides that the existence of independent commissioners only meets formal policies. According to Purwasih (2020), the absence of independent commissioner influence accounting conservatism because independent commissioners are parties from outside the company that causes information obtained by independent commissioners is also relatively limited. Therefore, the role of independent commissioners in improving the company's performance is less Impactive. This indicates that the level of supervision and application of conservatism by independent commissioners is not Impactive. According to agency theory, one of the actions taken by the principal to achieve its functions and objectives is to report profits with the aim of maximizing personal or company interests with accounting methods using the principles of Accounting Conservatism. In BUMN, it turns out that the principals represented by the Board of Independent Commissioners does not focus on profit reporting but is more concerned with the public interest or the interests of the state. However, the results of this study are not in line with the results of research conducted by Rajagukguk & Rohman (2020), Pratanda & Kusmuriyanto (2014), and Sonia Fitriani (2013) which gets the result that the proportion of independent commissioners affects accounting conservatism. ANALYSIS THE IMPACT OF THE PROPORTION OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONERS, LEVERAGE, AND SIZE ON THE ACCOUNTING CONSERVATISM OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (BUMN) Sri Wahjuni Latifah and Saskiya Sasa Difananda 268 2. The Impact of the Leverage on Accounting Conservatism Based on the results of the second hypothesis, leverage affects accounting conservatism. This can be seen from the significant value in the t-test of 0.013. Based on the test, it is known that 0.013 < 0.05 which means hypothesis 2 (H2) is accepted. This is in line with research conducted by Jao & Ho (2019), Yuliarti & Yanto (2017), Saputra (2016), and Pratanda & Kusmuriyanto (2014) that leverage positively affects accounting conservatism. According to Jao & Ho (2019), the high level of corporate debt makes creditors have the right to supervise the operation of the company and creditors can also demand the application of the principle of conservatism in financial reporting because creditors are interested in the security of refunds lent. Besides, according to Yuliarti & Yanto (2017), the higher leverage, the greater the company's financial obligations. Based on the results of descriptive statistical analysis, it is known that the average value (mean) leverage in State-Owned Enterprises during the period 2017-2019 is 2.439342, which means that State-Owned Enterprises, in general, have higher debt than their equity because the ratio is 2.6651 compared to 1.00. Due to high debt, creditors tend to encourage companies to apply the principle of conservatism in financial reporting for the security of the funds they lend. This is in accordance with agency theory that companies that have large amounts of debt will take actions of conservatism to maintain the trust of lenders. However, this is not in line with the research conducted by Solichah & Fachrurrozie (2019) and Kusamadewi (2018) leverage negatively affects accounting conservatism. 3. The Impact of the Size on Accounting Conservatism Based on the results of the third hypothesis, the size of the company does not affect accounting conservatism. This can be seen from the significant value in the t-test of 0.085. Based on the test, it is known that 0.085 > 0.05 which means hypothesis 3 (H3) is not accepted or rejected. This is in line with the research conducted by Yuliarti & Yanto (2017) that the size of the company does not affect accounting conservatism. According to Yuliarti & Yanto (2017), company size has no Impact on accounting conservatism, which means the size of the company does not guarantee the company applies the principle. The larger the size of the company is not accompanied by the increase or decrease in the value of conservatism. Besides, according to Tista & Suryanawa (2017), negative relationships are caused by large companies having complex activities so institutions tend to choose a more aggressive and optimistic strategy in the face of uncertainty and end up at a high-profit value. In contrast to small companies that avoid political costs because of the need for funds to grow their businesses. Based on the phenomenon that occurred in the company PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk in 2018 that does not apply the principle of accounting conservatism, this shows that the large size of the company does not affect the Institutional company to apply the principle of conservatism. The application of accounting conservatism in state-owned enterprises is contrary to positive accounting theory especially for the hypothesis of political costs where large companies are more sensitive to political costs so tend to apply the principle of accounting conservatism. In accordance with positive accounting theory, that political costs occur because of the interests between the company and government. The larger the size of the company, the manager will tend to coose a procedur that shifts the reporting of current period earnings to future periods to reduce these political costs. In contrast to small companies, which avoid political costs because of the need for funds to develop their businesses. Jurnal Akuntansi ISSN 2303-0356 Vol. 11, No.3, October 2021 Hal. 259-270 269 The results of this study are also not in line with the research conducted by Purwasih (2020), Solichah & Fachrurrozie (2019), and Kusamadewi (2018), which suggests that the size of the company positively affects accounting conservatism. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTION This study intends to analyze the impact of the proportion of independent commissioners, leverage, and Size of companies on accounting conservatism on State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) for the period 2017-2019. Based on the results, it can be concluded that leverage has a positive Impact on Accounting Conservatism. Meanwhile, the variable Proportion of Independent Board of Commissioners and Company Size does not affect Accounting Conservatism. 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