The harmonization of government accounting in Europe: fire and ice Cover Image

Harmonizacja rachunkowości budżetowej w Europie: ogień i woda
The harmonization of government accounting in Europe: fire and ice

Author(s): Rowan Jones
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Księgowych w Polsce

Summary/Abstract: In Europe, business accounting is now in an important sense standardised, although there is arguably an equally important sense in which it is not in harmony; in government accounting, there is neither standardisation nor harmony. The lack of harmonisation is, at bottom, a function of two different ways of thinking about accounting: using the law or not using it. National 'accounting' is harmonised and standardised, but this is achieved using statistics not accounting.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 159-173
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish