Comparative Issues in Local Government Accounting
Contributors: Eugenio Caperchione (Editor); Riccardo Mussari (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780792384991
Subjects: Public finance accounting; Local finance; Business/Economics; Financial Accounting; Local Government Finance; Public Finance; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; General; Finance, Public; Accounting - Governmental; Management - General; Business & Economics / Accounting / General; Business & Economics / Accounting / Governmental; Business & Economics-Management - General; Social Science-General; Accounting - Financial; Accounting
First sentence: Jones and Pendlebury (1992) have emphasised that "accounting is a purposive activity", i.e. it is "directed towards a specified end" and "must above all be useful".