Key differences between governments to produce Fund &
Government wide financial statements are as follows:
- Governments are with too many responsibilities and Duties such
as:
- Economic development
- Protection of human rights
- Maintenance of external relations
- To provide employment opportunities
- Maintenance of law and order
- Protection of lives and properties
- Promote democracy and social justice
- Provision of social welfare services etc...
To comply with above mentioned
responsibilities, governments required to produce fund.
whereas Government wide financial statements are
produced to report all financial transactions for the government
for the year.
- Sole purpose of this investment (produce fund) by government is
not to make profit. rether its for comply with it's
responsibilities and duties. whereas Government wide financial
statements are produced for showing the revenue collected and the
amounts that the government spent.
- Types of government funding may be Capital Project funding,
Funding for research programe, Startup Funding, Funding for
Defence, Healthcare, Education, Agricultural etc. whereas
Government wide financial statements shows the complete picture of
inflow and outflow of fund.
- Funding by government is an continious process whereas
Government wide financial statements are put before assembaly at
perticular interval of time.