"This paper aims to analyse the principle of accrual. accounting when applied to non-business-oriented companies,. including most general government bodies. The analysis is carried. out by referring to concepts that are well-established and firmly. anchored to the 'history' of accounting and which, today, allow us. to define the principle of accrual accounting for ‘non-business’. activities differently to that applicable to profit-oriented. companies. This also gives rise to a different interpretation of the. economic result. This work subsequently provides a ‘fieldwork’. analysis of how accrual accounting has been introduced in the. Italian public sector through an on-going accounting. harmonization project. Finally, this paper offers a critical. examination of the current accrual basis recognised by the. International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), as. compared to its theoretical definition. The conclusions of this. paper support the theory that the IPSAS can contribute to the. current harmonization of Italian government accounting, but also. reverse."

Grandis, F.G., Mattei, G. (2012). The Harmonization of accounting in the italian public sector: a new accrual basis standard versus IPSAS. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC LAW, 4(2), 376-398.

The Harmonization of accounting in the italian public sector: a new accrual basis standard versus IPSAS

GRANDIS, Fabio Giulio;MATTEI, GIORGIA
2012-01-01

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"This paper aims to analyse the principle of accrual. accounting when applied to non-business-oriented companies,. including most general government bodies. The analysis is carried. out by referring to concepts that are well-established and firmly. anchored to the 'history' of accounting and which, today, allow us. to define the principle of accrual accounting for ‘non-business’. activities differently to that applicable to profit-oriented. companies. This also gives rise to a different interpretation of the. economic result. This work subsequently provides a ‘fieldwork’. analysis of how accrual accounting has been introduced in the. Italian public sector through an on-going accounting. harmonization project. Finally, this paper offers a critical. examination of the current accrual basis recognised by the. International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), as. compared to its theoretical definition. The conclusions of this. paper support the theory that the IPSAS can contribute to the. current harmonization of Italian government accounting, but also. reverse."
2012
Grandis, F.G., Mattei, G. (2012). The Harmonization of accounting in the italian public sector: a new accrual basis standard versus IPSAS. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC LAW, 4(2), 376-398.
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