scholarly journals IT Control Objectives for Implementing the Public Finance Management Act in South Africa

10.28945/3187 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Luyinda ◽  
M.E. Herselman ◽  
G.H.K Botha
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
The Republic

This paper presents the proposed IT Control objectives for implementing the Public Finance Management Act of 1999 (PFMA) for the Republic of South Africa. The aspects covered in this paper show the main concerns of accounting officers in implementing the PFMA. The ability of IT Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) to enable the participation of IT in the design and implementation of internal control over financial reporting for the PFMA is a major finding presented in this paper. However, this area of research is new and further studies to inform the responsibility of IT in facilitating the implementation of the PFMA need to be undertaken. This paper is a maiden effort in that direction.

scholarly journals Selection Internal Control over Financial Reporting Framework in the Republic of Indonesia using Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dedhi Suharto ◽  
M. Syamsul Maarif ◽  
DS Priyarsono, Kirbrandoko
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Reporting Framework ◽  
State Finance ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Effectiveness Assessment ◽  
Hierarchy Process

System of the internal control over financial reporting (ICOFR) on state finance management in the Republic of Indonesia had been designed using soft system methodology. ICOFR framework in the Republic of Indonesia was needed. Based on questionnaire, we found risk focus, applicability, harmony with PP No. 60/2018, can be applied in entity and transactional level, and can be applied IT environment as criteria. We found understandability, clarity of control components, and effectiveness assessment as sub criterion of criterion applicability and we found general control and application control as sub criterion of criterion ‘can be applied in IT environment’. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology are  used to choose best alternative. Calculations of the results by Expert Choice software indicated COSO ranked 1st, COBIT ranked 2rd, and CoCo ranked 3th. 

scholarly journals SPECIFICS OF FINANCING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA IN THE CONTEXT OF OPTIMIZING PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Andrei MULIC ◽  
Galina ULIAN
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
The Public ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Financing Mechanism ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Procurement System

Public procurement is investigated in terms of results and maximum efficiency of allocation of financial resources of the national public budget. In the context of economic development, optimization of the management of public financial resources is based on improving the legislation on public procurement and the financing mechanism. Based on this, public procurement is a complex, multi-level, interdependent system, the functioning at the all public levels. The aim of the research is to conduct a comprehensive study of the main problems and features of public procurement financing in order to optimize public finance management at the national level and to develop recommendations for improving the public procurement system in the Republic of Moldova. The methodology is based on the structural research method. The article is based on a study of the public procurement system in the Republic of Moldova, analyzing its constituent elements. The analytical method was used to study the concept of public procurement. The study established the relationship between the ethical behavior of officials, the effectiveness of control and the implementation of information systems to optimize the system of financing public procurement in the Republic of Moldova. Proposals are presented to improve the efficiency of the public financing mechanism in the context of electronic public procurement procedures within the automated information system “State Register of Public Procurements” MTender.

scholarly journals Fostering public accountability in South Africa: A reflection on challenges and successes

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pandelani H. Munzhedzi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Public Accountability ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Public Service Provision ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

Accountability and oversight are constitutional requirements in all the spheres of government in the Republic of South Africa and their foundation is in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996. All spheres of government are charged with the constitutional mandate of providing public services. The level of responsibility and public services provision also goes with the level of capacity of a particular sphere. However, most of the direct and visible services that the public receives are at the local sphere of government. As such, enormous resources are channelled towards this sphere of government so that the said public services could be provided. It is imperative that the three spheres of government account for the huge expenditures during the public service provision processes. The parliaments of national and provincial governments exercise oversight and accountability over their executives and administrations through the Public Accounts Committees, while the local sphere of government relies on the Municipal Public Accounts Committees. This article is theoretical in nature, and it seeks to explore the current state of public accountability in South Africa and to evaluate possible measures so as to enhance public accountability. The article argues that the current public accountability mechanisms are not efficient and effective. It is recommended that these mechanisms ought to be enhanced by inter alia capacitating the legislative bodies at national, provincial and local spheres of the government.

PRIORITY MEASURES OF LEGAL REGULATION OF THE SYSTEM OF S TATE AND MUNICIPAL PROCUREMENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
I.Yu. Fedorova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Management System ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Last Stage

The paper considers innovations in the field of legal regulation of public procurement at the last stage of the reform carried out in the public finance management system. The main attention is paid to filling the gaps in the legislative framework of the contract system in the field of procurement through the introduction of more effective instruments in 2018–2019, measures are considered that can increase the efficiency of the procurement process, and the conclusion is drawn about the effect of procurement on the development of individual sectors of the economy.

scholarly journals Challenges with the financial reporting of biological assets by public entities in South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deon Scott ◽  
Christa Wingard ◽  
Marilene Van Biljon
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
The Public ◽  
Growth Initiative

Fair value accounting of biological assets in the public sector was introduced with the adoption of the public-sector-specific accounting standard: Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) 101. The public sector currently reports on various bases of accounting. Public entities and municipalities report in terms of accrual accounting, and government departments report on the modified cash basis. The lack of a uniform basis of accounting impedes the comparability of financial information. The implementation of GRAP 101 in the public sector is important in facilitating comparability of financial information regarding biological assets. This paper is based on a content analysis of the annual reports of 10 relevant public entities in South Africa and specifically details the challenges that public entities encounter with the application of GRAP 101. These challenges, and how they were addressed by a public entity that adopted and applied GRAP 101, namely the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative South Africa – Eastern Cape (AsgiSA-EC), are documented in this research.

scholarly journals OPENNESS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GOOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1607-1612
Author(s):  
Snežana Mitić ◽  
Dejan Andrejevic
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Republic

The subject of the research is the local self-government, with a good reason, as it has much more contact with the daily life of citizens than the central government and it is mainly directly responsible for the state of healthcare, building maintenance, education, cleanliness and the environment, as well as for ensuring the functioning of basic systems, such as water and sewage. The third chapter is devoted to good public finance management. It is extremely important to recall the fact that the budget must integrate with other areas of financial operations, even if that business is carried out by a state body, regardless of the Treasury or the Ministry of Finance. The public sector debt has become a "deceptive factor" that achieves budget stability. Internal control measures should be introduced into each organization and incorporated into its procedures. The new concept of the budget system in public finances of the Republic of Serbia determines the efficiency of public expenditure management with the introduction of a multi-level control system. In addition to establishing a budget inspection and audit, one of the multi-level controls is the system of introducing internal control.

scholarly journals Fraus Legis in Constitutional Law: The Case of Expropriation "Without" or for "Nil" Compensation

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Martin Van Staden
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Application Of Law ◽  
Eighteenth Amendment ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Legal Affair

Fraus legis – defrauding or evading the application of law – is a phenomenon well-known to students of private law, but its application in public law, including constitutional law, remains largely unconsidered. To consider whether a transaction, or, it is submitted, an enactment, is an instance of fraus legis, an interpreter must have regard to the substance and not merely the form of an enactment. In 2018 Parliament resolved to amend section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution) to allow government to expropriate property without being required to pay compensation. While the public and legal debate has since before that time been concerned with "expropriation without compensation", the draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill, 2019 provides instead for expropriation where "the amount of compensation is nil". By the admission of Parliament's legal services unit, this is a distinction without a difference. But compensation and expropriation are legally and conceptually married, and as a result, it would be impermissible to expropriate without compensation – instead, nil compensation will be "paid". How does this current legal affair comport with the substance over form principle, and is fraus legis at play? This article considers the application of the fraus legis phenomenon to public law, utilising the contemporary case study of the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill.

scholarly journals Accounting of Funds of Higher Education Institutions from the form of Payment-Contract in the Treasury System

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (08) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sholdarov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Finance ◽  
Information System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Contract Form ◽  
Practical Recommendations

The article examines the need for a treasury information system in public finance management in the digital economy and the importance of using software packages in the execution of the treasury budget. The analysis of off-budget funds on the accounts of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan and funds received from the contract form of education is carried out. The treasury system provides scientific proposals and practical recommendations for improving the accounting of funds received from payment contracts in higher education institutions.

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