Accrual Budgeting and Fiscal Policy / Marc Robinson.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Marc.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/084

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accrual basis accounting.

Fiscal policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (35 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can an accrual budgeting system-a system in which budgetary spending authorizations to line ministries are formulated in accrual terms-serve the needs of good fiscal policy? If so, how must such a system be designed? What are the practical challenges which may arise in implementing sound fiscal policy under a budgeting system which is significantly more complex than traditional cash budgeting? These are the primary questions addressed in this paper. Because any budgeting system must support the control of key fiscal policy aggregates, the paper also considers the case for reformulating fiscal policy in terms of accrual rather than cash aggregates. The primary focus is on the potential fiscal policy role of net lending and net financial debt. However, the paper also considers whether net worth is an aggregate with major fiscal policy relevance.

Contents:

Contents; I. Introduction and Objectives; II. What is Accrual Budgeting?; III. Fiscal Sustainability and Capital Expenditure Controls; Boxes; 1. Capital Expenditure Appropriation in Australia and Denmark; IV. The Accounting Basis of Key Fiscal Policy Aggregates; 2. Net Financial Debt; 3. Major Divergences Between Net Lending and the Cash Balance: Some Examples; 4. Netting off General Government Asset Sales Receipts?; V. Net Worth, the Operating Balance, and Fiscal Sustainability; 5. Net Worth as a Fiscal Sustainability Measure?; VI. Accrual Aggregate Expenditure

6. Accrual Aggregate Expenditure VII. Fiscal Policy for Macroeconomic Stabilization; 7. Accrual vs. Cash Measures of the Cost of Discretionary Fiscal Measures; VIII. Designing an Accrual Budgeting System to Support Accrual Fiscal Targets; 8. Net Capital Appropriations; IX. Targeting Cash Fiscal Aggregates under Accrual Budgeting; X. Controlling Budget Execution under Accrual Budgeting; 9. Net Lending vs. the Cash Balance; XI. Conclusion; References

Notes:

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ISBN:

9786612843044

9781462361830

1462361838

9781452756127

1452756120

9781451872316

1451872313

9781282843042

1282843044

OCLC:

503173030