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Difficulties Related to the Financial Position Reporting into the Public Sector in Romania
Difficulties Related to the Financial Position Reporting into the Public Sector in Romania

Author(s): Aurelia ŞTEFĂNESCU
Subject(s): National Economy, Public Administration, Public Finances, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Fundatia Română pentru Inteligenta Afacerii
Keywords: Public sector; Financial position; Limits; International Public Sector Accounting Standards; Romania;

Summary/Abstract: Within the context of a turbulent economic environment with impact on the vulnerability of the public sector entities, the stakeholders’ needs of information are focused on the assessment of liquidities and their solvency, on the sustainability of service offering, as well as on the capacity of the entities to answer a dynamic environment in terms of cost, quality and continuity. In this respect, the current study has as objective to identify the difficulties of reporting the financial position into the public sector in Romania. In order to reach the proposed objective, an interpretative research methodology was used. The results of this study has pointed out that the prevalence of divergences between the national view versus IPSAS in terms of reporting the financial position into the public sector limits the informational value and its relevance both for the management of the entities and their stakeholders.

  • Issue Year: II/2014
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 611-616
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English