Public Budgeting-2
PUBLIC BUDGETING
PPA 603 Government Budgeting
The goal of this paper is to briefly discuss public finance and its philosophy. Public finance plays a major role in our lives. It is mainly focusing on the establishment of rights and responsibilities with maintaining balance between them for accomplishing practical tasks. Because public finance relates to government activities the paper will also contrast governmental accounting with nongovernmental accounting. The main point for the governments finance reporting is its accountability. After providing the overview of the different accounting methods the paper will explain the relationship between budgeting and financial reporting in government. Before we can discuss public finance we will need to understand what it is. Public Finance is the study of Government activities and how the Government finances those activities (Gaffney, 2008). Public finance controls all revenues and expenditures moved through state budgets, developed from various sources and however spent. Public finance assist with the development of communities to function correctly and strives to meet the citizen’s needs. For this function the strategy of financial planning is applied. Its philosophy is based on raising revenue for the sake of public reasons. Public finance set out to focusing on the establishment of rights and responsibilities while maintaining a balance between the two for succeeding practical tasks. Two terms which relate to public finance are governmental finance and economic development. Governmental accounting and nongovernmental accounting differ in various ways. Governmental accounting is based on the accounting methods of the public sector, and nongovernmental accounting is based on the accounting methods of private sector. According to Lee, R.D. & Johnson, RW., Joyce (2008) “Conventional accounting systems provide much of the information that public organizations use for budgetary decisions”. “All governments
PPA 603 Government Budgeting
The goal of this paper is to briefly discuss public finance and its philosophy. Public finance plays a major role in our lives. It is mainly focusing on the establishment of rights and responsibilities with maintaining balance between them for accomplishing practical tasks. Because public finance relates to government activities the paper will also contrast governmental accounting with nongovernmental accounting. The main point for the governments finance reporting is its accountability. After providing the overview of the different accounting methods the paper will explain the relationship between budgeting and financial reporting in government. Before we can discuss public finance we will need to understand what it is. Public Finance is the study of Government activities and how the Government finances those activities (Gaffney, 2008). Public finance controls all revenues and expenditures moved through state budgets, developed from various sources and however spent. Public finance assist with the development of communities to function correctly and strives to meet the citizen’s needs. For this function the strategy of financial planning is applied. Its philosophy is based on raising revenue for the sake of public reasons. Public finance set out to focusing on the establishment of rights and responsibilities while maintaining a balance between the two for succeeding practical tasks. Two terms which relate to public finance are governmental finance and economic development. Governmental accounting and nongovernmental accounting differ in various ways. Governmental accounting is based on the accounting methods of the public sector, and nongovernmental accounting is based on the accounting methods of private sector. According to Lee, R.D. & Johnson, RW., Joyce (2008) “Conventional accounting systems provide much of the information that public organizations use for budgetary decisions”. “All governments