Prelims Flashcards
Encompasses the processes of analyzing, recording, classifying, summarizing, and communicating all transactions involving the receipt and disposition of government funds and properties, and interpreting the results thereof.
Government Accounting
What offices are charged with government accounting responsibilities?
- Commission on Audit
- Department of Budget and Management
- Bureau of Treasury
- Government Agencies
COA responsibilities
- Promulgate accounting and auditing rules
- Keep general accounts
- Submit financial reports
Responsibility of DBM
Implement the national budget
Responsibility of BTr
Cash custody and control of cash disbursements
Responsibility of Government Agencies
Maintain accounting books and budget registries
Fund clusters
01 - Regular Agency Fund
02 - Foreign Assisted Project Funds
03 - Domestic Grant Funds
04 - Foreign Grants Funds
05 - Internally Generated Funds
06 - Business Related Funds
07 - Trust Receipts
Qualitative Characteristics
- Understandability
- Materiality
- Reliability
- Comparability
- Neutrality
- Relevance
- Prudence
- Completeness
- Timeliness
- Faithful representation
- Substance over form
Components of General Purpose Financial Statements
- Statement of Financial Position
- Statement of Financial Performance
- Statement of Change in Net Assets / Equity
- Statement of Cash Flows
- Statement of Comparison of Budget and Actual Amounts
- Notes on financial statements
What does IPSAS stand for?
International Public Sector Accounting Standards
What does PPSAS mean?
Philippine Public Sector Accounting Standards
When was NGA used?
2002-2015
When did GAM took effect?
January 01, 2016
Contents of Volume 1 (GAM)
- Accounting Policies
- Accounting Guidelines
- Accounting Procedures
- Illustrative Accounting Entries
Content of Volume 2 (GAM)
- Accounting Books
- Acctng. Registries
- Acctng. Records
- Acctng. Forms
- Acctng. Reports