Financial reporting in central government

This encompasses:

setting accounting standards in the Government Financial Reporting Manual;
ensuring the highest standards of financial reporting for the central government sector;
monitoring the laying and publication of departmental resource accounts before the House of Commons rises for the summer recess;
preparing Whole of Government Accounts, from 2006-07 - a consolidation of the whole of the UK public sector, based on UK generally accepted accounting practice;
running the Combined Online Information System (COINS), a web based multi-dimensional database used by HM Treasury to collect financial information.

Internal links

Standing guidance for departments on completion, printing, laying and publication of Resource Accounts

External links

Whole of Government Accounts (WGA website)
Financial Reporting Manual (FReM website)
ONS Public Sector Accounts website (ONS website)

Media links

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