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BUDGET AUDITING IN GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS FINANCED BY TAXATION
Author(s) -
Pendlebury Maurice,
Jones Rowan
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of business finance and accounting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.282
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1468-5957
pISSN - 0306-686X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5957.1983.tb00454.x
Subject(s) - audit , parliament , accounting , business , empirical research , financial audit , a priori and a posteriori , finance , political science , politics , philosophy , epistemology , law
There is some a priori support in the literature for using budgets as external financial reports, both before the financial year and afterwards. There is also some support for having these budgets audited. A questionnaire was sent to six hypothesised user groups in two local authority areas to determine whether there was empirical support for the a priori positions. The responses revealed wide support for making budget figures publicly available, both before and after the fmancial year. Support for auditing these budgets came only from external user groups (excluding members of parliament).