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21 Dec 16
Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
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6 Dec 16
Audit institutions and governments need to make audit reports on public spending more accessible to civil society organisations, the International Budget Partnership has found.
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5 Dec 16
Blended finance could help tackle the funding gap faced by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. But this will require new methods of financial reporting
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28 Nov 16
Diverse systems, narrow focus and a lack of capacity or experience are some of the key challenges in developing financial management and harmonised accounting standards highlighted by speakers at the...
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25 Nov 16
CIPFA has awarded EY’s IPSAS lead Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger honorary membership to celebrate his “outstanding” contribution to raising the standards of global public financial management.
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21 Nov 16
Performance budgeting can be a useful tool if employed well, researchers have found, although doing this is complex, time consuming and may require a change of mindset.
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21 Nov 16
Accountants have and will continue to play a critical role in combating fraud and corruption around the world, the chief of the International Federation of Accountants has told the pope.
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17 Nov 16
Aid donors who allow contributions to be used in public-private finance schemes may not know enough about where the money is going to make an informed investment, a report has found.
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16 Nov 16
Christopher Nyong has been appointed to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, it was announced last week.
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15 Nov 16
The project to introduce European Public Sector Accounting Standards, a set of harmonised standards across the EU, continues with the current focus on technical issues
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9 Nov 16
The European Union’s tax blacklist is to focus on countries that fail to take part in global tax transparency and anti-corporate tax avoidance initiatives, it was decided yesterday.
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8 Nov 16
Governments need to adopt international accounting standards so citizens know what they are getting for their tax payments. And auditors need to be able to tell it like it is and provide a longer-...
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2 Nov 16
Ukrainian MPs have passed on an opportunity to double their wages as an already hostile public still reels from the astonishing scale of wealth declared by public officials as part of a transparency...
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27 Oct 16
The European Commission cannot ensure the Common Agricultural Policy cross-compliance system is effective, the EU Court of Auditors has warned.
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24 Oct 16
Brazil, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Latvia have signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports on tax matters.
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18 Oct 16
Governance at the European Commission is functional but lags behind international best practice and is in need of an update, the European Court of Auditors said today.
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14 Oct 16
Georgia should focus on combating high-level and complex corruption having achieved remarkable progress in eliminating petty corruption in public administration, an Organisation for Economic Co-...
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13 Oct 16
Spending rules for European Union resources have become so complex that they encourage errors and lack transparency, the president of the European Court of Auditors has warned.
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11 Oct 16
Integrated reporting has a key role to play in Malaysia’s economic transformation, the country’s deputy trade minister has said.
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7 Oct 16
United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to eliminate tax secrecy and offshore tax evasion after a fresh tax leak named the directors of several secretive firms in the Bahamas.
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29 Sep 16
Building staff capability and capacity globally will be key if countries are to adopt accruals-based accounts that comply with international standards
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16 Sep 16
Pakistan has become the latest nation to sign up to the OECD’s international cooperation initiative to combat tax avoidance and evasion, the think-tank has announced.
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16 Sep 16
The European Commission has compiled a list of nations that could one day find themselves on the first common European Union blacklist of countries that do not adhere to good tax practices.
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15 Sep 16
Integrated reporting can help deliver improved service outcomes at a time when austerity and tight budgets are weighing on public sector organisations across the world, according to a joint report by...
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13 Sep 16
The US Securities and Exchange Commission should require greater tax disclosure from multinational companies in order to protect investors as well as the public, according to the Financial...
21 Dec 16Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
6 Dec 16Audit institutions and governments need to make audit reports on public spending more accessible to civil society organisations, the International Budget Partnership has found.
5 Dec 16Blended finance could help tackle the funding gap faced by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. But this will require new methods of financial reporting
28 Nov 16Diverse systems, narrow focus and a lack of capacity or experience are some of the key challenges in developing financial management and harmonised accounting standards highlighted by speakers at the...
25 Nov 16CIPFA has awarded EY’s IPSAS lead Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger honorary membership to celebrate his “outstanding” contribution to raising the standards of global public financial management.
21 Nov 16Accountants have and will continue to play a critical role in combating fraud and corruption around the world, the chief of the International Federation of Accountants has told the pope.
15 Nov 16The project to introduce European Public Sector Accounting Standards, a set of harmonised standards across the EU, continues with the current focus on technical issues
9 Nov 16The European Union’s tax blacklist is to focus on countries that fail to take part in global tax transparency and anti-corporate tax avoidance initiatives, it was decided yesterday.
8 Nov 16Governments need to adopt international accounting standards so citizens know what they are getting for their tax payments. And auditors need to be able to tell it like it is and provide a longer-...
2 Nov 16Ukrainian MPs have passed on an opportunity to double their wages as an already hostile public still reels from the astonishing scale of wealth declared by public officials as part of a transparency...
27 Oct 16The European Commission cannot ensure the Common Agricultural Policy cross-compliance system is effective, the EU Court of Auditors has warned.
24 Oct 16Brazil, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Latvia have signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for the automatic exchange of country-by-country reports on tax matters.
18 Oct 16Governance at the European Commission is functional but lags behind international best practice and is in need of an update, the European Court of Auditors said today.
14 Oct 16Georgia should focus on combating high-level and complex corruption having achieved remarkable progress in eliminating petty corruption in public administration, an Organisation for Economic Co-...
11 Oct 16Integrated reporting has a key role to play in Malaysia’s economic transformation, the country’s deputy trade minister has said.
7 Oct 16United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to eliminate tax secrecy and offshore tax evasion after a fresh tax leak named the directors of several secretive firms in the Bahamas.
29 Sep 16Building staff capability and capacity globally will be key if countries are to adopt accruals-based accounts that comply with international standards
16 Sep 16Pakistan has become the latest nation to sign up to the OECD’s international cooperation initiative to combat tax avoidance and evasion, the think-tank has announced.
16 Sep 16The European Commission has compiled a list of nations that could one day find themselves on the first common European Union blacklist of countries that do not adhere to good tax practices.
