The Accounting Reform in the Brussels-capital Region: New Tool for Financial Analysis

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摘要 Inthelast20years,publicadministrationsinBelgiumhavecompletelyreformedtheiraccountingsystems.Thenewsystemconsistsincombiningdouble-entrygeneralaccountingwithbudgetaryaccounting,whichistraditionalinthepublicsector.Theaccountingreformof2003marksaturningpointinthehistoryofaccountingofthefederalStateandfederatedentities(regionsandcommunities).TheBrussels-capitalregionisthefirstfederatedentitytoembarkontheadventureandimplementthenewaccountingsystemin2006.TheaimofthisarticleistointroducethelegislativeframeworkandthedifferentimplementationstepsoftheaccountingreformintheBrussels-capitalregionandtoprovideafinancialanalysisoftheregion.Theobjectiveistoseeiftheregionhasagoodfinancialsituation.Todothis,thispaperanalysesthedatafromthebalancesheetandtheincomestatementsfrom2008to2011.Ononehand,itanalyzestheevolutionoftheregion'sdifferentresults;andontheotherhand,itpresentsdifferentfinancialratios.Italsoanalyzestheevolutionoftheregionaldebt.Thispaperconcludesthat,althoughexpensesandthedebtareincreasing,thesituationoftheregionisnotworrying,becauseofgoodbudgetaryperformances,sophisticatedfinancialmanagement,andlawloansrates.Eveniftheresultsoftheanalysisdon'thavetobeinterpretedasthesamewayasforaprivatecompany,theannualaccountsprovideinterestinginformationthatcanbeusedtoimprovepublicfinance.
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出版日期 2014年08月18日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)