Issues in Accrual Budgeting

There would appear to be a growing consensus among OECD member countries concerning the merits of adopting accrual accounting in the public sector. Nearly one-third of member countries have adopted full accrual accounting and a number of other member countries have adopted accrual accounting for spe...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blöndal, Jón R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2006
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:There would appear to be a growing consensus among OECD member countries concerning the merits of adopting accrual accounting in the public sector. Nearly one-third of member countries have adopted full accrual accounting and a number of other member countries have adopted accrual accounting for specific transactions - most frequently for the recording of interest on the public debt and employee pension costs
Physical Description:19 p