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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464002503321

Autore

Terkper Seth E

Titolo

Accounting challenges for semi-autonomous revenue agencies (SARAs) in developing countries / / Seth E. Terkper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-3259-5

1-4527-1982-9

1-282-84070-3

9786612840708

1-4518-6976-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (28 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/116

Disciplina

657.0218

Soggetti

Accounting - Standards

Financial statements - Standards

Tax administration and procedure

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Institutional and Regulatory Framework; A. Nature of Semi-Autonomy; B. Potential Benefits in Keeping Separate SARA Records; Boxes; 1 South African Revenue Service (SARS) Accounting Requirements; C. Regulatory Framework; D. Basic Tax and Treasury Accounting Systems; Table; 1. Summary of records kept by tax agencies; E. Automated Accounting Systems; III. Nature of Tax Office Accounting; A. Nature of Tax Transactions; B. Meaning of Full Accrual Accounting; C. SARA Accounting Records; IV. Recording and Reporting Rules; 2. HMRC's Resource, Trust and Program Records

A. Revenue TransactionsB. Operating Income Rules; 3. Some SARA Budget Issues; C. Operating Expense Rules; D. Investing and Financing Activities; E. Program Activities; 4. Some Key Fixed Asset (FA) Issues; V. SARA Reporting Obligations; A. Simple Cash Statements; B. Complex



Financial Statements; C. Program Statements; D. Consolidated Financial Statements; VI. Conclusion; References

Sommario/riassunto

The paper discusses the improvements which a semi-autonomous revenue agency (SARA) must make to its records to meet fiscal and financial accounting obligations. SARAs are legal entities, such as a service or a department, which are required to prepare accrual records that may diverge from a treasury's cash accounting records. Their records reflect revenues generated; budget funds for generating the revenues; and material programs administered for other agencies. The accounting records and financial statements (income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement) must conform to generally-a