EPSAS—Worrying the Wrong End of the Stick?

Rowan H. Jones and Josette Caruana

International Journal of Public Administration, 2015, vol. 38, issue 4, 240-252

Abstract: The ultimate objective of the European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS) project is for the European Union (EU) to improve budgetary surveillance of its member states through more reliable statistics. The objective of this article is to analyze the EPSAS decision and discuss the efficacy of the proposed solution. Harmonization is already present through national accounting rules; will more standardization do the trick? Is the problem really being dealt with, or is it just an attempt by the EU to appear to be doing the right thing while the real issue is ignored? This article suggests that targeting governmental accounting systems for this purpose may prove futile.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.999577

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