PRIVATE SECTOR VS PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING STANDARD 1. INTRODUCTION The global financial crisis has demonstrated that the public sector as well as the private sector needs the highest quality accounting standards. Around the world‚ accounting in the public sector is practiced in diverse ways and struggles to achieve comparable standard in accountability and transparency. The Securities Act of 1933 gave the commission the authority to prescribe accounting standards to be followed by the companies
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INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING Public Sector Accounting is related to government and different from private sector accounting. Accounting and financial reporting for public sector are based on distinctive concepts‚ standards‚ and procedure designed to accommodate their environment. This also based on the needs of their accounting information users. Derbyshire (1987) defined a public sector as a device for regulating human activities so that men and women can live together in reasonable
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document e. Treasury Circulars - new rules f. Government Accounting Standard (PPK) - standard & basis g. International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS’s) - standard by IFAC for global 2. Non-financial procedure Financial Provisions of the Federal Constitution (Art 96 to 112) 1. Objectives a. Establish general framework for control of public expenditure b. Provide good financial management systems c. Govern methods of public funds to be administered & accounted d. Define borrowings
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the private sector which includes the soletrador and the partnership which includes (unlimited partnership (UP)‚ limited partnership (LP) and limited liability partnership (LLP) ) ‚ and the last privat sector in business is the Company ‚ as for the public sector well it includes business that a government brings into the public sector which provides goods or services to the public ona national basis with a complete or partial monopoly . Now lets talk a little about the differences between the
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The Differences between Public Sector and Private Sector [pic] by Robyn Z. Abdusamad Dr. Deborah LeBlanc PAD 620 – Research Paper August 23‚ 2010 The Differences between Public Sector and Private Sector SUMMARY When we examine public sector versus private sector‚ plenty of differences come to mind. In defining each‚ we learn a private sector in an economy consist of all businesses and firms owned by ordinary members of the general public. It also consists of all the private
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Financial Performance The table below shows that the analysis of financial ratios. Types of Ratio Sub Ratio Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Kedah (PKNK) Syarikat Air Darul Aman (SADA) Liquidity Ratio Current Ratio 2.19 times - Quick Ratio 2.04 times - Cash Ratio 0.343 times - Efficiency Ratio Working Capital RM 189‚278‚871 RM 120‚434‚000 Inventory Turnover 1.3 times - Total Assets Turnover 0.078 times - Profitability Profit Margin 36.8% 7.94% Operating Margin 45
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present age‚ accounting seems to be an indispensable tool for modern business activities. However‚ not only for the profit orientated commercial business‚ it also plays an important role in the non-profit profit organizations‚ such as public sectors. Moreover‚ due to several deficiencies and drawbacks of government accounting and financial-management systems‚ such as unclear accountability‚ poorly maintained assets and hided losses and long-term liabilities‚ reforms in the public sector have been conducted
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------------------------------------------------- The differences between public and private accounting In order to understand the difference between public and private accounting‚ we must first understand what accounting is. Accounting is simply an information system used to identify and communicate financial information to users of that information. Accurate‚ reliable and pertinent information is extremely important in evaluating a company’s financial position in order to attract investments
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Public Sector: The public sector is that part of national economy that is under the supervision of national‚ state or provincial‚ and local governments. They are responsible for the provision of certain goods or services that are not provided by the private sector. Public sector includes national and local governments‚ their agencies‚ and their chartered bodies. The public sector is one of the major sectors of any economy; such as in the US‚ it covers about 20 percent of the entire economy. Difference
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7 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS We often wish that there were more businessmen in government. That would be good for business and good for government. Yet the experience of those who are drafted into ministerial office from the business community is usually frustrating. The latest example is Digby Jones‚ former Director General of the Confederation of British Industry‚ which represents big business in the UK. In June 2007 he was appointed Minister of Trade by the
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