... activities.Similarly, the ministryofnance(under the administrativesegment)mayhave the budgetandtreasurydepartmentsat the secondlevelandsoon.COA is the basis of the general ledger (GL).COArepresents the structureof the GL. The GLisan accounting bookwhichuses the COAstructuretorecord,report,andreconcilenancialdata. The codingstructureofanysubsidiaryledgersinuse,suchas the Accounts ... Committee, 2003, The Modernization of Government Accounting in France: The Current Situation, the Issues, the Outlook (January).Public Sector Accounting Standards Board of the Australian Accounting ... l’Etat,CGE)isadocumentissuedeachyearalongwith the BudgetReviewAct(LoideRègle-ment). The BudgetReviewAct,preparedfrombudgetaryaccounts,records the executionof the precedingyear’sbudgetwhereas the CGEisareportwhichdescribes the budgettransactionsfor the year,cashtransactions,and the resultsof the accounting entries,presentedin the formofabalancesheetandastatementofrevenueandexpenditure.Accrual accounting makesitpos-sibletopresentnancialinformationin the CGEforamorereliableassessmentof the govern-ment’sassetsandnancialposition.Inparticular,itenables the reportingofxedassetssuchasproperty,plantandequipmentandreceivablesandpayables(postedto the nancialyearfor the purposeoftrueandfairaccounts). The linkage between the budgetary accounting system and the general purpose ac-counting system is an important objective. The principleadoptedisthatthesetwodifferentTechnical...