Abstract:
The objectvers of this research are to survey and to compare auditors' junior auditors' opinion about forms, motivation and guidance to decrease the creative accounting in Thailand, concerning location, firm size, and, type of firm factors (private firm and listed firm). The studey obtained data from 298 complete close-ended questionnaires and used t-test statistics for analysis.The results show that forms of creative accounting and motivation to creative accounting, of private companies are different from those of listed companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand. considering the forms of creative accounting, accelerating revenue recognition is the form of creative accounting mostly used by listed companites while the provisions of 2 cepies of the full set of accounting records, mainly for tax avoidance, is the form of creative accounting mostly used by private companies. Concerning the motivation to creative accounting, to draw institutinal investors' investments is the top ranking motivation for listed firm whereas tax benefit is the top ranking motivation for private firms. However, both private and listed firms lend support tot promoting accountant's ethics as the best solution to decrease creative accounting.The analysis of the relationship between location factor and forms of creative accounting confirms that auditor and junior auditors in Bangkok have different viewpoint from those outside Bangkok about the forms of creative accounting at significant level 0.05. Neither does the relationship between location factor and motivation of auditor and junior auditor in Bangkok and those outside Bangkok nor the relationship between firm size factor and motivation to creative accounting does not differ at significant level 0.05 of auditor and junior auditor form large audit firms and those from small audit firms statistically differ at significant level 0.05. The relationship between type of firms factor and guidance to decrease creative accounting of auditor and junior auditors of private and those of listed companies does not differ at significant level 0.05.