Index

Contemporary Issues in Public Sector Accounting and Auditing

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ISSN: 1569-3759

Publication date: 18 January 2021

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(2021), "Index", Grima, S. and Boztepe, E. (Ed.) Contemporary Issues in Public Sector Accounting and Auditing (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, Vol. 105), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 257-268. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-375920200000105017

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate endnotes.

Accountability
, 59–60, 62, 76, 184, 198

Accounting
, (see also Public accounting; Tax), 2, 158, 174

auditing
, 74–75, 80

information
, 74

standards
, 34

systems
, 163–164, 182

Accounts Commission
, 36

“Accrual basis”
, 174

Accrual-based accounting
, 13, 58, 60, 177

Accrual-based public accounting
, 165–166

Adjusted accrual-based public accounting
, 164–165

Adjusted cash-based public accounting
, 164

Albanian national accounting standards, harmonization of
, 19–20

Anglo-Saxon public financial management model
, 92

Anglo-Saxon public fiscal model
, 100

management and context
, 98–100

Annexed budget administrations
, 180

Annual reports
, 59–69

Anti-fraud agents
, 44–45

Anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations (MLR)
, 40

Application section
, 77

Artificial Intelligence
, 125–126, 132, 138

Assets
, 174

management
, 224

misappropriation
, 41

public
, 114

tangible
, 11

Ateşman Readability Formula
, 92–93, 95–96, 97

Audit
, (see also Internal Audit (IA)), 34, 132

audit engagement-based competencies
, 121

dimensions
, 35

expectation
, 46–52

of financial statements
, 34

and management approach
, 197

mission
, 114

quality
, 114–116, 123

in reducing fraud risk
, 44–46

regulators
, 52

and reporting process
, 208

Auditing
, 34, 38, 77, 114

in public administration
, 81

of public sector
, 114–116

Auditor General
, 36

Auditors
, (see also Public auditors), 32, 45, 77, 115–116, 123

competencies
, 115–116, 120–121

skills comparison
, 126

Australia

FRES results of Charter of Budget Honesty Act of
, 104–105

official language of
, 93

Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI)
, 37

Bank of International Payments (BIS)
, 198–199

Banking Law (2001)
, 197

Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA)
, 197, 199

“Banking Sector Restructuring Program, The”
, 197

Bankruptcies
, 197, 208

Bannerman paragraph
, 51

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
, 198–199

Budget
, (see also Tax), 5–6

accounting
, 5, 13, 188

accounts
, 162, 181

existence of budget-based state accounting system
, 11

Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act
, 93, 102

Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
, 93

in Canada
, 105

by FRE readability formula
, 107

Bureaucracy
, 124, 136

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS Committee)
, 47

Business management
, 132

Businessmen
, 28–29

Canada

FRES results of Budget Transparency and Accountability Act in
, 105

official language of
, 93

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA)
, 232

Capability criteria
, 232–233

“Cash basis”
, 174

Cash-based accounting system
, 8–9, 158, 177, 181–182

Cash-based government accounting
, 188

Cash-based public accounting system
, 9–10, 164

existence of
, 10–11

Centralized economy
, 18–19

Centralized model
, 198

Charter of Budget Honesty Act of Australia
, 93, 104–105

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
, 234

Citizen-NPM
, 99

Civil Servants Law No. 657 (CSL No. 657)
, 144

Classical financial auditing
, 78

Collection Procedure of Public Receivables Law No.6183 (CPPRL No.6183)
, 145

Commercial market structure
, 75

Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of Treadway Commission (COSO)
, 229

COSO ERM framework
, 229–230

Communication skills
, 125

Companies Act (2006)
, 49, 51–52

Company-controlled self-assessment techniques
, 210

Comparative Fit Index (CFI)
, 239

Compatibility auditing
, 74

Competent staff
, 114

Competitive market demands organisations
, 115

Compliance
, 230

audit
, 116, 121

internal control
, 231

internal control frameworks
, 231–233

Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques (CAAT s)
, 125

Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)
, 239

Conflict of interest
, 47

Constante accounting system
, 163

Consultative Advisory Group (CAG)
, 176

Content analysis
, 83

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
, 122

Continuity principle
, 10

Continuous auditing techniques
, 125

Control
, 132

Controller of Audit
, 36

Corporate governance
, 226–227, 233

Corporate management
, 210

Corruption
, 208

Council of State
, 146

Court of Accounts
, 78, 81, 83

Criminal offence
, 49

Criminalisation
, 38–40

Criteria of Control (COCO)
, 231–233

Critical thinking
, 126

Cronbach’s alpha coefficients
, 238, 241

Cross-cutting competencies
, 121

Customer

care
, 224

demanding
, 125

fraud
, 37

Cyber-attacks
, 37

Dale-Chall Formula
, 92–93, 95

Data and business processes
, 208

Decentralized model
, 198

Delivery gaps
, 46–52

Director General (DG)
, 224

Disclosure index methodology
, 62

Dishonesty
, 39

Draft texts
, 185

e-government
, 125

Economic

developments
, 2

union structures
, 5

unit
, 174

Economist
, 23–27

Effective, effective, and economic government institutions (3E government institutions)
, 191

Effective auditing
, 136

Effective Compliance and Control (ECC)
, 240

Effective parties in tax audit
, 135–136

Effective tax audit
, 135

Efficiency in tax audit
, 132, 135–136

Employing bureaucratic processes
, 221

English language
, 102–109

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
, 225, 229

assessment tool
, 230

European Court of Auditors (ECA)
, 116

European Governance
, 227

European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSASs)
, 168

European System of Accounting (ESA95)
, 166–168

European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA95)
, 182

European Union (EU)
, 46, 116, 185

negotiation process
, 199

public auditing standards in
, 120–121

public auditor skills
, 116–119

Expectation gap
, 47

Explanatory factor analysis (EFA)
, 238–239, 240

External auditing
, (see also Internal Audit (IA)), 74–76, 78

in public organizations
, 80–82

in Turkish Public Health Sector
, 79–80

in Turkish Public Sector
, 76–79

External auditors
, 34, 41, 47

Financial audit/auditing
, 74–76, 78–79, 116, 121

in health sector
, 82

Financial information
, 59–60, 63–67, 216

of corporations
, 74

establishments
, 82–83

Financial liability laws
, 92

Financial management
, 74

Financial markets
, 18

Financial planning systems
, 35

Financial reporting

fraud
, 41

ineligibility for
, 11

Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
, 40

Financial statements
, 27

Financial system
, 194

Financial tables
, 74–75

Fiscal laws
, 25, 28

Fiscal management
, 58

Fiscal responsibility
, 99

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Ac
, 93, 104

in India
, 102–104

in Pakistan
, 105–108

Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act
, 93

Flesch Ease Readability Score (FRES)
, 102

results of budget responsibility and national audit in UK
, 102

results of Budget Transparency and Accountability Act in Canada
, 105

results of Charter of Budget Honesty Act of Australia
, 104–105

results of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act in India
, 102–104

results of Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act in Pakistan
, 105–108

Flesch Reading Ease formula
, 92–93

Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES)
, 94

Flesch-Kincaid Formula
, 92–93

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (F-KGL)
, 92–93, 95

Fraud
, 37–38

audit in reducing
, 44–46

criminals
, 37

markers
, 139

risk
, 41–42

Fraud Act (2006)
, 38–39

Fraud detection

audit expectation, quality and delivery gaps
, 46–52

need for audit in reducing fraud risk
, 44–46

overview of fraud
, 37–38

public auditors role in
, 37

public auditors’ legal liability in relation to fraud
, 38–44

Friedman test
, 242–243

Fry Test, the Cloze Test Method, and the SMOG Readability Test

GASB Reporting Model
, 60

General accounting
, 18–19

General Accounting Laws
, 6, 8, 13, 179–180, 181

General Accounting Regulation
, 179

“General Budget Accounting Regulation”
, 183

General budget departments
, 180

“General Management Accounting Regulation”
, 183

General purpose financial reporting (GPFR)
, 175

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
, 181

Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)
, 121–123

Good public governance
, 46

Goodness of Fit Index (GFI)
, 239

Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC)
, 221, 224

aim and objectives
, 221

capability model and principled performance
, 225

compliance
, 230–233

data analysis
, 238–239

discussion
, 244

EFA
, 240

Friedman test
, 242–243

governance
, 225–227

IA
, 235

international benchmarking on public sector GRC
, 233–234

Kruskal–Wallis test
, 244

limitations of methodology
, 239

lines of defence model
, 234–235

Malta Public Administration
, 222–224

methodology
, 235

questionnaire circulated to public employees
, 252–255

research instrument
, 235–237

research questions
, 222

results and discussion, interpretation of findings
, 240

risk
, 227–230

sample characteristics
, 237–238

sampling procedure
, 237

scale reliability test
, 241

Shapiro–Wilk Normality test
, 241–242

structured equation modeling
, 242

study and Malta as case
, 222

Governance (G)
, 225, 240, 244

corporate governance
, 226–227

good governance
, 227

Government
, 2

accounting system
, 174

assets
, 10

debts
, 12

inability to monitor
, 11

Government accounting approach
, 174

Government Accounting Regulation
, 180

Government Accounting Standards (DMS)
, 184, 187–188

Government Accounting Standards Board (DMSK)
, 187

Government accounting system in Turkey
, 179

future of
, 188–190

past of
, 179–181

present of
, 181–188

Government Finance Statistics (GFS)
, 166, 168, 182

Government Transactions Regulation
, 179

GRC Maturity Evaluation model (GRCME model)
, 238, 241

Gunning-Fog Index
, 92–93, 95, 109

Harmonization

of accounting standards
, 18, 27

of Albanian accounting standards
, 19

businessmen
, 28–29

concepts and interested actors
, 21–22

data collection and research path
, 21

economist
, 23–27

harmonization of Albanian national accounting standards
, 19–20

implications, recommendations
, 29–30

interview with group of interest
, 32

primary data collection
, 22–23

process
, 19

tax inspectors
, 27–28

High audit-external audit
, 200

Human resources (HRs)
, 224

IASB.
, See International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)

ICMA model
, 60

Impartial auditing of financial tables
, 75–76

In-demand soft skills
, 125

Independent auditing
, 74–75

Independent external auditing
, 76

India

FRES results of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act in
, 102–104

official language of
, 93

Industry 4.0
, 115, 124–126

Ineffective tax system
, 134

Inspection
, 132

Institute of Chartered Accountant of Scotland (ICAS)
, 125

Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
, 114, 116, 209, 226

Insurance transactions
, 194

Inteligibility concepts
, 93–94

Inter-quartile range (IQR)
, 238

Interest calculation
, 155

Internal Audit (IA)
, (see also External auditing), 200, 209, 235, 240

activities
, 201

corruption and bankruptcies
, 208

criteria evaluation in public sector
, 213–215

functions and effectiveness of
, 209

and IIAS
, 195–196

in public banks
, 197–199

result and recommendations
, 215–217

studies on factors ensuring effectiveness
, 209–212

SWARA method
, 212–213

system
, 194

Internal Audit and Investigations Department (IAID)
, 245–246

Internal Audit Coordination Board
, 198–199

Internal auditor (IA)
, 231

Internal control

frameworks
, 231–233

process
, 231

system
, 3, 74

Internal Control Integrated Framework
, 231–232

Internal control on financial reporting (ICFR)
, 211

International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB)
, 191n1

International Accounting Standards
, 18, 174–175

International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)
, 41, 115, 191n1

International benchmarking on public sector GRC
, 233–234

International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA)
, 191n1

International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
, 175

International Federation of Accountants–Public Accounting Standards (IFAC-PS Standards)
, 166, 168–169

International financial institutions
, 166

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
, 183

International Institute of Internal Auditing (IIA)
, 194–195

International internal audit standards (IIAS)
, 194

conceptual framework
, 194

internal auditing and
, 195–196

internal auditing in public banks
, 197–199

literature review
, 199–200

method of research
, 200

public banking and structure in Turkey
, 196–197

purpose and scope of research
, 200

research findings
, 201–203

International Organisation for Standardization (ISO)
, 227–228

International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)
, 74, 116, 231–233

International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS)
, 167, 168–169, 175, 181, 183

International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)
, 175–179

International regulations on public accounting system
, 166–169

International Standard on Auditing (ISA)
, 41–42

International Standards for Internal Auditing
, 196, 200

International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISAI)
, 74, 120

International Standards on Auditing (ISAs)
, 36, 125

Inventories
, 21

ISO 31000
, 229–230

Jurisdictional Responsibilities
, 121

Kaiser normalization
, 238

Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin statistic (KMO statistic)
, 238

Kameral accounting system
, 161

Kameral system
, 2

Kruskal–Wallis test
, 244

Legal tax audit
, 134

Lexile Formula
, 92

Liability
, 22

LinkedIn
, 125

Local administrations online
, 61

Local audit
, 36

Logismography accounting system
, 163

Long-term assets materials (LTA materials)
, 21–22

Malta Public Administration
, 222–224

Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)
, 61

Management motives
, 52–53

Material
, 34

Materiality
, 34

Mean (M)
, 238

Median (Md)
, 238

Metropolitan municipalities
, 63

Ministry for Finance (MFIN)
, 237–238

Modern approach
, 4, 162–163

Modern public financial management approach
, 6

Monetary auditing
, 74–75

Money transfer
, 194

Monitoring section
, 77

MRS
, 25

Multi-criterion decision-making methods
, 215

Multiple regression analysis
, 211

Multiplicity of laws
, 145

Municipalities in Turkey
, 59

annual reports
, 59–60

findings of study
, 63–69

literature review
, 60–62

methodology
, 62–63

Public Financial Management and Control Law
, 58

NAS
, 24–25

National Audit Office (NAO)
, 36, 49, 119, 220

National Fraud Authority
, 37

National Health Service (NHS)
, 35

National standards of accounting
, 18–19

New Public Administration (NPM)
, 58, 99

1924 Constitution
, 6

Non-normed Fit Index (NNFI)
, 239

Normed Fit Index (NFI)
, 239

Office of Prime Minister (OPM)
, 237–238

Official languages in selected countries
, 93, 102–109

Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG)
, 224–225, 230

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
, 5, 226

Organised crimes
, 37

Organization for Economic Cooperation in Europe.
, See Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Overpayment
, 146–147

accounting process for
, 148–155

collection and accounting process
, 150–155

collection of
, 147–148

Pakistan

FRES results of Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act in
, 105–108

official language of
, 93

Pari delicto (‘in equal fault’) principle
, 51

Parliamentary questions (PQs)
, 224

Patrimony accounts
, 162

Performance audit
, 76–77, 116, 121

Performance auditing
, 74, 81

Performance information
, 62–64, 67–68

Performance-based budgeting
, 58, 62

Permanent Secretaries (PSs)
, 223

Personal attitudes of auditor
, 115

Personal competency of auditor
, 115

Personal qualities
, 121

Planning section
, 77

Policy decision making process
, 227

Ponzi scheme
, 53n1

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
, 224–225

Principal component analysis (PCA)
, 238

Principal Permanent Secretary (PPS)
, 223

Private audit
, 34–35

Private auditors
, 39, See also Public auditors

Proceeds of Crime Act (2002)
, 40

Professional qualities
, 121

Professional scepticism
, 123, 126

Public accounting
, 2–3, 13, 158–159

approaches to public accounting and public accounting systems
, 160

cash-based public accounting
, 9–10

classical approach
, 160–162

European System of Accounting
, 166–168

existence of adequate detail and classified accounts
, 11

existence of budget-based state accounting system
, 11

existence of cash-based accounting system
, 10–11

framework and development of
, 3–6

Government Financial Statistics
, 168

IFAC-PS Standards and IPSAS
, 168–169

inability to monitor government’s assets
, 11

inability to obtain data for final account draft law
, 12–13

ineligibility for financial reporting
, 11

international regulations on public accounting system
, 166

issues related to public accounting in Turkey
, 8–9

lack of accounting unity
, 10

lack of continuity in public accounting system
, 10

modern approach
, 162–163

narrow scope of public accounting
, 10

objective and characteristics of
, 159–160

problems related to registration and monitoring of government debts
, 12

record-keeping methods used in
, 163–166

reform quests in Turkey and some evaluations
, 9

regulations made by Law No. 5018
, 6–8

result
, 13

system
, 3

System of National Accounts 1993
, 166–167

Public administration
, 59

Public Administration Act (PAA)
, 222–223

Public assets
, 114

Public audit
, 34–35, 46, 114, 199–200

future of
, 124

in UK
, 35–37

Public auditing standards

in EU
, 120–121

in Turkey
, 123

in UK
, 122

in USA
, 121–122

Public auditors
, 35, 41, 76

comparison of SAIs
, 117–118

competencies
, 120–123

difference between private audit and public audit
, 34–35

European Union
, 116–119

legal liability in relation to fraud
, 38–44

public audit in UK
, 35–37

required competencies for today’s public auditor
, 123–124

role in detecting fraud
, 37–52

skills
, 116

standards issued for
, 120

Turkey
, 120

United Kingdom
, 119

United States
, 119

Public banks

internal auditing in
, 197–199

and structure in Turkey
, 196–197

Public finance
, 7

in Anglo-Saxon tradition
, 98

Public financial and administrative reform works
, 182

Public Financial Management
, 7, 13, 181

Public Financial Management and Control Law No.5018 (PFMCL No.5018)
, 58–59, 62–63, 93, 182–183, 144–145

and readability
, 100–101

Public Financial Management Project
, 175

Public fiscal management, readability analysis of laws related to
, 102–109

Public Governance
, 226, 220

Public health sector

external auditing
, 75–76

external auditing in Turkish Public Health Sector
, 79–80

external auditing in Turkish Public Sector
, 76–79

literature review
, 80

methodology of research
, 82

purpose and scope of research
, 82–83

research findings
, 83–88

research method
, 83

State Audit Court
, 74–75

studies addressing external auditing in public organizations
, 80–82

studies addressing financial auditing in health sector
, 82

Public institutions
, 3, 7, 116

Public internal financial control
, 198–199

Public loss
, 144–146

Public Oversight Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority
, 76

Public Private Partnership (PPP)
, 187

Public revenues
, 8

Public Risk Management Organisation (PRIMO)
, 221, 228

Public sector
, 208, 220–221, 237

audit
, 76, 115

businesses
, 209

GRC
, 233–234

IA criteria evaluation in
, 213–215

institutions
, 61

practices
, 58

RM in
, 228–229

Public sector accounting in Turkey

government accounting system in Turkey
, 179–190

IPSASB
, 175–179

results and recommendation
, 190–191

Public Sector Committee (PSC)
, 168, 175

Public Sector Management agenda
, 233–234

Public Service
, 223, 237

Public Service Management Code (PSMC)
, 222–223

Public Value Management
, 220

Qualitative analysis
, 115

Quality
, 46–52

audit
, 48, 115

of auditor
, 48

of public finance
, 169

standards
, 195

Readability

index
, 92

tests
, 93–94

Readability analysis of laws

Anglo-saxon public fiscal management and context
, 98–100

Ateşman Readability Formula
, 95–96

Dale-Chall Formula
, 95

F-KGL
, 95

financial liability laws
, 92–93

FRES
, 94

Gunning-Fog Index
, 95

other readability analyses in Turkish literature
, 96–97

Public Financial Management and Control Law No.5018 and readability
, 100–101

readability and inteligibility concepts and readability tests
, 93–94

readability test analysis examples of various laws
, 97–98

related to public fiscal management and state budget
, 102–109

research analysis and findings
, 100

theoretical scope of various readability analyses
, 94

Real auditing
, 74

Record-keeping methods used in public accounting
, 163–166

Red flags
, 139

Registry services
, 224

Regularity audit
, 76–79

Regulation on Government Expenditure Documents
, 180

Regulators
, 53

Reporting section
, 77

Reporting skills
, 126

Responsibilisation strategy
, 44

Revenue and expense management
, 174

Revision
, 132

Risk
, 227

COSO ERM framework and ISO 31000
, 229–230

ERM
, 229

risk-based approach
, 221

RM
, 228

RM in Public Sector
, 228–229

Risk Analysis System
, 137

Risk Assessment
, 232

Risk management (RM)
, 210, 220, 228, 240

in Public Sector
, 228–229

Risk Management Society (RIMS)
, 229

Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA)
, 239

Scale reliability test
, 241

Schneider accounting system
, 161–162

Sector-specific obligations
, 40

Securities purchase and sale
, 194

Sense-making
, 124

Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
, 38

Shapiro–Wilk Normality test
, 238, 241–242

Soft skills
, 125

Stakeholders
, 221

Standard deviation (SD)
, 238

State accounting
, 2

State Audit Court
, 74–76

State budget, readability analysis of laws related to
, 102–109

Step-Wise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA method)
, 208, 212–213, 215

Strategic plan
, 58, 62

Structural equation models (SEM)
, 239, 242

Supreme Audit Institution (SAI)
, 74–75, 79, 81, 83, 116, 125

Surveillance
, 132

Suspected instances of fraud
, 40

System of National Accounts 1993 (SNA 93)
, 166–167

Tangible assets
, 11

Tax
, (see also Accounting; Budgets)

administration
, 136

auditing
, 132

inspectors
, 27–28, 135

legislation
, 22

Tax audit
, 132, 138–139

advantages
, 136

advantages in line with technological facilities
, 137–138

conceptual framework for
, 132–133

effective parties in
, 136

reasons for need for
, 133–135

requirements for tax audit efficiency
, 133

Taxation
, 132–133

Taxpayers
, 132–133, 135, 137

taxation of
, 133–134

unlawful behavior of
, 134

voluntary compliance of
, 138

Technical knowledge
, 123, 125

Technique
, 83

Technological facilities, tax audit advantages in line with
, 137–138

Technological knowledge
, 125

10-Point Test Model
, 60

Terrorism Act (2000)
, 40

Theft Acts
, 38

Traditional audits
, (see Regularity audits)

Transparency
, 76, 198

Tucker Lewis Index (TLI)
, 239

Turkey

government accounting system in
, 179–190

issues related to public accounting in
, 8–9

public accounting reform quests in
, 9–13

public auditing standards in
, 123

public auditor skills in
, 120

public banking and structure in
, 196–197

Turkish Banking sector
, 197

Turkish Court of Accounts (TCA)
, 120

Turkish government accounting system
, 175, 179–180

Turkish grammar rules
, 92

Turkish Public Health Sector, external auditing in
, 79–80

Turkish Public Sector, external auditing in
, 76–79

Türkiye Kamu Hastaneleri Kurumu (TKHK)
, 75

UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
, 125

UK Fiscal Responsibility Act
, 102

UK National Audit Office (NAO)
, 53n3

Undue payment

accounting process
, 150–155

accounting process for
, 148

calculation of interest for
, 149–150

collection
, 147–148, 150–155

emergence of
, 148–149

operations
, 146–147

United Kingdom (UK)
, 116, 234

public audit in
, 35–37

public auditing standards in
, 122

public auditor skills
, 119

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific standards (UNESCAP standards)
, 227

United States (US)
, 116

public auditing standards in
, 121–122

public auditor skills
, 119

US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
, 119, 121

Value for money
, 35–37, 114, 220

VAT
, 25

Verification
, 44, 132

Voluntary financial reporting
, 61

Westminster system
, 36, 98

Work ethic of auditor
, 115, 121