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The New Zealand government has initiated reforms in the management of its public sector accounting. The process began in 1984, when the government realized that its poor economic growth rate could be addressed by applying free enterprise principles to the private and public sectors. Reforms in public sector accounting are in four main areas. These are the accountability between ministers and executives, the differentiation between expected government services and broader goals, management of resources and the differentiation between the government's purchase interest and ownership in interests.
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New Zealand is considering measures which will upgrade the requisites of public sector accounting. Some of the laws on public sector acccounting which will be amended are Public Finance Act 1989, Local Government Amendment Act 1989 and Education Act 1989. Innovations to these laws include increased external reporting, modification of reporting regulations and obligatory statements of Contingent Liabilities and Unappropriated Expenditure.
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Accounting principles that were used solely for private corporations are now being applied to the public sector. The reason for this development is that heads of government agencies are being encouraged to be more business oriented since they compete with other private and public entities in offering services. The issues of 'full cost' accounting, 'user to pay' policies and accounting for social costs are discussed.
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