Public Finance and Accountancy 1992 - Abstracts

Public Finance and Accountancy 1992
TitleSubjectAuthors
1992 and all that: beware the red tape of the Eurocrats. (directives on computer systems and management) (Sound Bytes)BusinessHarry Pearman
Accounting for pension costs. (Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 24)BusinessDavid (American novelist) Smith
Accounting for reserves and provisions.BusinessJohn Hopwood
A new structure for managing investments.BusinessMel Harrison
APB announces new types of audit advice. (Auditing Practices Board; Statements of Auditing Standards and Practice Notes)Business 
Asset strip may break an accounting principle. (transfer of UK colleges from local education authorities to county councils)Business 
Avon CC: bridging the information gap for community care. (Avon County Council, England undertakes groupware networking) (Computing)BusinessSamantha Woods
A votre sante: health resource management in the French NHS. (French Ministry of Health and Integration) (Cover Story)BusinessGeoffrey Hulme
Bankruptcy fears over medical negligence. (National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts is concerned over escalating medical negligence payments)Business 
Blowing the whistle at work: good practice or bad idea? (Cover Story)BusinessGerald Vinten
Budget relief threat to council cash flow. (local councils)Business 
...But the ICAEW wants retention of the rule for local authorities. (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; ultra vires doctrine)Business 
Call for self-restraint in Welsh budget round. (to review Welsh local authority budgets)Business 
Call to use housing receipts to kick start the economy. (Institute of Housing recommends the release of council receipts for home sales)Business 
Can departmental reports improve accountability? (United Kingdom)BusinessAlison Taylor
Capital accounting interim report. (Capital Accounting Working Group's progress report) (Capital Accounting: The Story So Far)Business 
Capital cash boon for first NHS trusts. (self-governing UK National Health Services self trusts)Business 
Capitation funding system needed to protect 'expensive' patients. (UK National Health Service treatment of high-risk patients)Business 
Charity offensive may threaten NHS market. (United Kingdom National Health Service)Business 
Checking up on the CIPFA colleges. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)BusinessSarah Holloway, Brian Kerslake
CIPFA backs demise of ultra vires.... (Chartered Institute of Public Financeand Accountancy; ultra vires doctrine)Business 
CIPFA recommends new approach to depreciation. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)Business 
CIPFA South East: merging for strength. (the South East Region and the South East Regional Students Society of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy merge)BusinessJohn Watley
CIPFA survey of personal computing. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)Business 
CIPFA's views on compulsory professional competitive tendering. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)Business 
Commission needed to resolve local finance conundrum. (United Kingdom)Business 
Commission warns of care reform chaos. (Audit Commission; community care)Business 
Community charge and spending survey 1992/93. (Tabular data only) (Illustration)Business 
Competence project enters second phase. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's qualification criteria for new members)Business 
Competitive tendering success for authorities. (UK local government's compulsory competitive tendering of public contracts)Business 
Concern over lump sums for loan grant payments. (United Kingdom's local government financing)Business 
Continental Europe's balancing act. (analysis of stock markets and investments in Europe) (Day in the City)BusinessBen Elwes
Coping with costing in the internal market: the SAPPS approach. (Specialty Procedure and Pricing System)BusinessRobert Moors
Councils 'could lose tax powers.' (call for tax reforms)Business 
Councils get stop-gap aid as MPs urge flexible help. (local councils that invested in the Bank of Credit and Commerce Ltd.; UK Members of the Parliament)Business 
Councils give computer security low priority. (county councils)Business 
Council's IT gaps exposed. (Foundation for Information Technology in Local Government and the Society of Information Technology Managers' study of information technology management in local government)Business 
Councils urged to challenge High Court poll tax cases. (Local Government Finance Policy Head Paul Britton writes to poll tax collecting authorities)Business 
Data market may shake up census. (UK national census)Business 
Data protection: don't get caught out.BusinessDavid (American novelist) Smith
Doctors call for adequate community care funding. (British Medical Association and Association of Directors of Social Services)Business 
Doubts over EC funding accord. (agreement with European Community to identify European grants separately in local expenditure programs)Business 
Ealing rent rise illegal appeal court declares. (Ealing, England)Business 
Education accounting and the enabling authority.BusinessJohn Dunn
Effect of council tax 'concealed.' (Scotland)Business 
Employers claim 300m pounds sterling shortfall in teachers' pay awards funding.Business 
Facing the problems of homelessness. (Cover Story)BusinessJohn Kettlewell
Fluctuations in rates dominate dying year. (European and Japanese stock markets' interest rate movements)BusinessAnita Hibbert
Formula funding: three years on. (for school budgets in the United Kingdom)BusinessPeter Edwards
Formulating the right response. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's reaction to the government's consultation paper on compulsory competitive tendering) (Taking a Professional Approach to Tendering)BusinessJeff Pipe
Future tense or future perfect? (economic forecast)Business 
Galileo convinces the Pope. (reluctance in changing the Consolidated Loans Fund with a centralised debt charge system)BusinessJohn Hopwood
Getting fit for competition. (information technology)BusinessJohn Serle
Getting it right: planning for a quality future. (business planning) (Cover Story)BusinessMalcolm Gray
Government provides extra cash for health pay awards. (UK National Health Service approves salary hikes)Business 
Government watchdog qualifies four accounts. (UK National Audit Office)Business 
Hackney's rent debt scheme scuppered by government. (Department of Social Security intervenes in rent increases by the Hackney, London, England City Council)Business 
Hands off council reserves, treasurer warns members. (Lancashire County Council's planned reserve cuts; Country Treasurer Douglas Morgan)Business 
Harrow considers opting out of national pay bargaining. (Harrow LBC decides instead to implement a local wage scheme)Business 
Health chiefs appeal for local government links. (Great Britain's National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts)Business 
How accountable are the regulators of privatised industry?BusinessPeter Vass
Hunt sets up capping hit squad. (UK Secretary of State David Hunt)Business 
ICAEW to make continuing education a requirement. (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)Business 
ICL. (ICL PLC council tax system) (Suppliers at Large) (Company Profile)BusinessRichard Masters
INFOlink: a prizewinning system.BusinessRoland Waterhouse, John Whiteoak
Institute statement: tax management. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's tax guidelines for public sector bodies)Business 
Isle of Wight sets up contracting company.Business 
Just the job: a new approach for accounting technicians. (new education, training, qualification and assessment standards; includes related articles)BusinessConal O'Boyle
Keeping track of the council tax. (includes related article on Local Government Finance Bill progress)BusinessChris Stewart
Keep your software on the right side of the law. (dangers of illegal software use) (Computing)BusinessTony Allen
Labour presses ahead with 'fair rates' plans.Business 
Lacklustre recovery dogs United States. (World Markets Commentary)BusinessDerek Condon
Lambeth and Basildon candidates for capping. (United Kingdom's councils and local budget policies)Business 
Learning from the mistakes of the community charge.BusinessKen Rutt
Limbering up for CCT and the council tax. (compulsory competitive tendering) (Computing)BusinessHarry Pearman
Lock up your data: computer security.BusinessMartin Adfield
'Long term savings' from new Welsh structure.Business 
Looking for solutions to homelessness. (part 2) (Cover Story)BusinessJohn Kettlewell
Making the most of a precious resource. (cash management for local governments)BusinessDavid Williams
Manifestos at a glance: what the parties plan for public services. (UK political parties)Business 
Meeting the treasury training needs of CIPFA members. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy adds two courses on treasury management training)BusinessMalcolm Gray
Municipal accounting in Sweden.BusinessIngemar Alserud
New audit rules for schools 'threaten CIPFA's status.' (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountacy)Business 
New fears over council tax information powers.Business 
New IT dimensions to reorganisation. (information technology; local government restructuring)Business 
Nine face capping as budget plans emerge. (limits on local authority budgets)Business 
No EC single market for auditing services. (study conducted by National Economic Research Associates Inc.)Business 
Opt-out schools funding rules hold back budget delegation. (United Kingdom)Business 
Oracle UK. (software supplier develops council tax software)BusinessSteve Austen
Overhaul of pension cost standard urged.Business 
Overseas investment and currency risk.BusinessRupert Carnegie
Partnership pays for Cheshire's IT department. (Cheshire County Council, England; information technology) (Computing)BusinessRoland Waterhouse
'Passport survey' plan ahead for council tax.Business 
Paving the way for community care IT. (information technology)BusinessTony Hunter, Michael O'Higgins
Political bias row over audit body membership. (commissioner appointments by British Department of the Environment raises controversy)Business 
Political uncertainty saps confidence. (market performance in Europe and the Far East) (World Markets Commentary)BusinessAnita Hibbert
Poll tax average exceeds target. (United Kingdom)Business 
Poll tax evidence row refuses to die down.Business 
Poll tax rebilling chaos hits Scots.Business 
Preparing for the council tax: lessons from community charge.BusinessDamon Milnes
Pressures, opportunities, consequences. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy President Mike Collier answers issues raised by its members) (CIPFA Strategy)Business 
Private backing for Dartforce buy-out.Business 
Professional assault on enforced tendering. (local authority association responses to the UK government's proposal for competition in providing local services)BusinessSue Lucas
Project management for the council tax.BusinessPeter van't Wout
Promoting internal audit's image.BusinessRoger Pullen
Record housing transfer row breaks at Bromley. (local authority housing; Bromley Borough)Business 
Regions predict leap in poll tax. (Scottish regions)Business 
Rejig for profit and loss account. (UK Accounting Standards Board draft of revised rules)Business 
Revenues chief slams 'contemptuous' Tories. (Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation Pres. Howard Longden)Business 
Row breaks out over two-tier NHS service. (National Health Service)Business 
Ruling on severance dismays authorities. (United Kingdom)Business 
Service delivery changes forecast. (decentralization of services)Business 
Services before pay rises, council employers warn.Business 
Sharing in the profits.(Strathkelvin District Council's Community Maintenance Services practices profit sharing scheme with its staff and the community) (Payment By Results Performance Related Pay)BusinessArchie Drummond
Sharpening up the skills of the CIPFA managers. (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy; Henley-Management College)BusinessHelen Johnson
Shelve relocation plans audit watchdog is told. (Public Accounts Commission recommends that the National Audit Office postpone its relocation to Leeds and Bristol)Business 
Software copying could damage your purse.BusinessBob Hay
Suppliers at large. (IBM United Kingdom Ltd. outline development of their council tax systems)BusinessOmar J. Saleh
Suppliers fight back on Open Systems. (computer operating system)BusinessAlan Huff
Termination payments and local authorities. (separation pay in the UK)BusinessBill Smith
The future for internal audit. (inevitable effect of the government's proposed expansion of the compulsory competitive tendering to include internal auditors) (Taking a Professional Approach to Tendering)BusinessAlex Tombs
The inevitability of the internal trading market. (Norfolk, England's CountyCouncil policy for professional services)BusinessSue Lucas
The lottery of competition. (public contracting by Berkshire, England)BusinessPaul Mitchell
The Post Office: aiming high to deliver the goods. (business planning strategies)BusinessRoger Tabor
The search for performance improvement. (use of performance related pay replaces the old practice of seniority and annual increases in public sector employment) (Payment By Results Performance Related Pay)BusinessHelen Murlis
The Solihull study. (Solihull MDC's capital accounting study)(includes related article) (Capital Accounting: The Story So Far)BusinessMartin Evans, Clive Whereat
The ten commandments for facing PAYE audits. (techniques for PAYE auditing)BusinessAndy Morris
Time to review your insurance strategy: the cost of risk. (impact of Municipal Mutual Insurance's plan not to insure claims of local authorities of less than 100,000 pounds sterling) (Cover Story)BusinessBill Taylor
Twenty bust cap limit as Major names day. (twenty councils exceed budget limits; John Major; election day)BusinessAndrew Evans
US taxes: the case for more cuts.BusinessDerek Condon
VAT concern over election expenses. (value-added tax)Business 
Warning to councils on Euro competition rules. (district councils; EC Directives on competition)Business 
Warwickshire breaks cap limit a second time. (Warwickshire County Council's budget cap limit)Business 
Wessex region gets audit rap on finance. (Wessex Regional Health Authority)Business 
Western Isles ready to bite the poll tax bullet. (increased poll taxes)Business 
West Oxfordshire: making the move to Open Systems. (West Oxfordshire, England) (Computing)Business 
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