Accounting Challenges for Semi-Autonomous Revenue Agencies in Developing Countries /

The paper discusses the improvements which a semi-autonomous revenue agency (SARA) must make to its records to meet fiscal and financial accounting obligations. SARAs are legal entities, such as a service or a department, which are required to prepare accrual records that may diverge from a treasury...

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Main Author: Terkper, Seth
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/116
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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