The Cash Basis IPSAS – An Alternative View

In our next contribution Mike Parry and Andy Wynne provide an alternative view on the approach to be taken when reviewing the Cash Basis IPSAS. They say there are three main issues which should be addressed: the requirement for consolidated accounts to be produced at the government level, the suggestion that the modified cash basis be given official recognition, and the suggestion that the Standard take full account of the IMF Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Manual.
The Cash Basis IPSAS an Alternative View

International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board Review the Cash Basis IPSAS: An Opportunity to Influence Developments

In our second article, Paul Sutcliffe from the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board provides an introduction to the major review of the Cash Basis Standard which is currently underway. Although this Standard is applicable to the vast majority of governments across the world, which adopt the cash (or more strictly the modified cash) basis for their annual financial statements, the actual level of adoption has been disappointingly low. The primary objectives of the review are to identify major technical issues in implementing the Standard and suggest to the Board any amendments which should be made. These will be subject to the IPSASB’s due process and so there will be plenty of opportunities for interested parties to comment at a later stage, probably next year.

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