Public Sector Accounting, 6th edition
Published by Pearson (June 3, 2010) © 2010
- Rowan Jones
- Maurice Pendlebury Cardiff University
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Public Sector Accounting uses an integrated approach to the study of public sector accounting by linking accounting theory and practice for each of the main areas of financial accounting, management accounting and auditing. Examples from a range of Public Sector experiences are woven into the text to illustrate the issues involved.
The introduction of the book reflects managerial developments in the public sector, by giving a brief history of these in the UK and internationally then commenting on the adoption of quality assurance in the public sector.
The management accounting section discusses developments in the use of internal markets and compulsory competition and the more recent emphasis on public-private partnership and performance indicators and also explains the techniques of programme and zero-based budgeting and investment appraisal.
The financial accounting section updates and internationalises the discussion of financial accounting theory and regulation.
The final section of the book is on auditing has been updated with UK and international developments.
- Clear writing style
- Takes an integrated approach to public sector accounting
- Includes examples from a range of public sector experience
- Discussion Topics at the end of each chapter
- Thoroughly updated to include coverage of vest value, resource accounting and budgeting and private finance initiative.
- Heavily revised to incorporate the fundamental changes made to Public Sector Accounting and it current standards
- Extended coverage of differences and similarities between government, nonprofit, and for profit accounting.
- Greater comparative understanding of government accounting on an international level.
Contents
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Preface
1 The nature of the public sector
           The nature of government
           Governance and public management
           Public finance
           Public money
           Accountants and the public sector
           Further reading
2 Performance measurement
           Non-financial performance measurement
           Challenges of performance measurement
           Further reading
3 Fundamentals of accounting
           Elements of accounting
           Bases of accounting
           National accounting and government budgeting
           Further reading
4 Budgetary policies and processes
           The rational control cycle
           Fiscal years
           Budgeting for inputs, outputs and outcomes
           Budgetary processes
           Further reading
5 Form and contents of budgets
           Organizational structures and programmed structures
           Capital budgets
           Line-item, incremental budgets
           Output measurement and outcomes
           Zero-base reviews
           Further reading
6 Budgetary control
           Central financial control
           Devolved forms of financial control
           Budget reporting
           Further reading
7 Costing
           Organizational units, programmes and products
           Pricing and reimbursement
           Incremental changes in output  Â
           Outsourcing
           Further reading
8 Financial reporting
           Form and content of published financial reports
           Accrual accounting special topics
           Policy-making
           Conceptual frameworks
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Rowan Jones is a professor of Public Sector Accounting at the University of Birmingham
Maurice Pendlebury is a professor of Accounting at Cardiff Business School Cardiff University.
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