Financial management in the voluntary sector : new challenges / Paul Palmer and Adrian Randall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Paul, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Randall, Adrian, 1944-

Series:

Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations.

Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Accounting.

Nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit organizations--Finance.

Nonprofit organizations--Accounting--Case studies.

Nonprofit organizations--Finance--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The voluntary sector contains over 50,000 organizations, 320,000 paid staff, and 3 million volunteers. The accounting and financial management of organizations in this sector poses as many difficulties as that of major for-profit organizations, if not more so, given the absence of the profit motive upon which much traditional accounting, finance practice and theory has been developed.This book explores the unique environmental, managerial and philosophical aspects of voluntary organizations as well as the technical specialist characteristics of financial accounting, auditing and taxa

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Voluntary sector environment - definitions, history; 2 Management issues; 3 Charity accounts - the background; 4 Published accounting standards; 5 Issues in charity accounting; 6 Regulatory framework and audit requirements; 7 Management accounting; 8 Performance evaluation for voluntary organizations; 9 Banking and investment; 10 Charity tax; 11 Future directions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-134-59776-2

0-429-24228-X

1-134-59777-0

1-280-13913-7

0-203-99657-7

9780429242281

OCLC:

264451343