Public Sector Accounting and Auditing in Europe: The Challenge of Harmonization

I. Brusca · E. Caperchione · S. Cohen · F Manes Rossi

Feb 2016 · Springer

About this ebook

The book provides an overview of the governmental accounting status quo in Europe by analysing the public sector accounting, budgeting and auditing systems in fourteen European countries. IT sheds light on the challenges faced by European countries as they move towards adoption of the European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS).

About the author

Andreas Bergmann, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law, Switzerland Tjerk Budding, VU University, The Netherlands Josette Caruana, University of Malta, Malta Johan Christiaens, Ghent University, Belgium Sandro Fuchs, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Giuseppe Grossi, Kristianstad University, Sweden Jens Heiling, Professional Practice Group of Ernst and Young GmbH, Germany Rowan Jones, University of Birmingham, UK Susana Margarida Faustino Jorge, University of Coimbra, Portugal Vicente Montesinos, University of Valencia, Spain Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger, Ernst and Young Center of Competence for Governmental Accounting, Germany Simon Neyt, UGent-EY, Belgium Lasse Oulasvirta, University of Tampere, School of Management, Finland Caroline Pontoppidan, Department of Accounting and Auditing, Denmark Marine Portal, Poitiers University, France Iris Rauskala, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Anna Schmitt, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Iris Saliterer, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Torbjörn Tagesson, Linköping University, Swedish Council for Municipal Accounting José Manuel Vela, University of Valencia, Spain Frans van Schaik, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands