BUDGETARY ACCOUNTING IN PUBLIC SECTOR

BUDGETARY ACCOUNTING IN PUBLIC SECTOR

Abstract

During the last decade the public sector has been affected by the introduction of
significant reforms in the public accounting system in the international context.
During the reform process different countries have put into practice numerous
intermediate variants between the extremes of cash and accrual budgeting and
accounting. The reasons for the different national systems may be due to the culture, the
historical background or the structural elements of these countries. Also the specific
objectives and the principal users of the financial reporting, the financial resource
suppliers and the influence of public accounting regulatory bodies imply different
national accounting systems.
In the Western democracies there are two main broad styles of public management:
Anglo-American and European Continental types.
The paper presents the United Kingdom accrual accounting model adopted in the public
institutions (an Anglo-Saxon country) by comparison with the Romanian one (a
Continental European country). In this paper there will be taken into account some case
studies of two public institutions: one from United Kingdom and the other from Romania.
The paper tries to emphasize the differences and the similarities between the two
countries accounting systems as well as the lessons learned from the United Kingdom
accounting system regarding the implementation of the accrual accounting in public
sector.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page- – – – – – – – – i
Approval page – – – – – – – -ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – -iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – -iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – -v
Table of content – – – – – – – -vi

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION – – – – – – – -1
1.0 Background of the study – – – – -1
1.1 Statement of the problem – – – – -5
1.2 Purpose of the study – – – – – -6
1.3 Significance of the study – – – – -8
1.4 Research questions – – – – – -9
1.5 Scope of the study – – – – – – -10

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW – – – – – – -11

CHAPTER THREE

Research methodology – – – – – – -39
Design of study – – – – – – – -40

CHAPTER FOUR

Presentation, analysis and interpretation of data – -48

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary of findings – – – – – – -60
Conclusion – – – – – – – – -61
Recommendations – – – – – – – -62
Suggestions for further research – – – – -64
References – – – – – – – – -65
Appendix I – – – – — – – – -68
Questionnaire. – – – – – – – -69

BUDGETARY ACCOUNTING IN PUBLIC SECTOR

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