ACCOUNTING AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION OF COSTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERMMENT UNIT

Abstract

Gradual changes in the management of local government units increase the need for information generated by the accounting. It should clearly define the criteria for the identification, measurement, classification and grouping the resources that are controlled and consumed by local government units. The purposes of this are: to enable effective management of public sector and to fulfill the obligations arising from the application of accrual accounting principle. According to this principle the basis for the assessment of the effectiveness of financial management is the presentation of costs associated with the implementation of the tasks of the budget in the periods in which they are actually incurred, and not during the transfer of funds to spend.