IPSAS – Financial Reporting

Course Outline

Overview

This training workshop explains the difference that IPSAS has made to financial reporting.

Agenda

• The objectives of financial reporting
• What has to be included in financial statements
• Understanding the treatment of income and costs
• Understanding the treatment of assets and liabilities

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for:

• Financial staff in national, state, provincial and local governments, government agencies, boards and departments involved in the preparation of financial statements and budgets
• Financial staff in national, state, provincial and local governments, government agencies, boards and departments involved in the adoption of IPSAS.
• Finance staff moving from private to public sector employment.
• Analysts and non-financial staff who need to understand IPSAS but are not necessarily practitioners.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will understand:

• How better accounting leads to better reporting and decision-making.
• The information included in financial statements.
• The treatment of the content of financial statements.