Dictionary definition: accountability

Article: Councils must open financial books to public Annual ...
Belfast Telegraph;  April 5, 2007 ;     559 words ... ... requiring councils to publish their annual accounts will take effect this year ... time, to district councils' annual accounts for 2006/2007," he said ... rest of the UK in terms of accountability and audit arrangements. In ...

Article: Charities named and shamed over accounts More than 20 charities ...
Aberdeen Evening Express;  October 30, 2007 ;     590 words ... ... charities in the North-east have failed to return their annual accounts. They include community centres, a group attached to the ... can be satisfied that charities are demonstrating public accountability." Those failing to make returns in the North-east included ...

Article: ING Group Publishes Annual Accounts 2002.
PR Newswire;  March 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Today, the Annual Accounts 2002 will be published on the ... March 2003 (signing date of the annual accounts). Hedging transactions on approximately ... Goodwill Impairment The ING Group Annual Accounts 2002 also contain a reconciliation ...

Dictionary definition: accountability
A Dictionary of Accounting;      287 words ...accountability An obligation to give an account. For limited companies ... directors providing an annual report and accounts (see annual accounts ). In an accountability relationship there will be at least one principal and at ...

Article: COMPANY LAW : COMMISSION TO RELIEVE MICRO FIRMS OF ANNUAL ...
European Report;  February 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... requirements of Directive 78/660/EEC on annual accounts, the European Commission proposed ... Background Directive 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies (and ... certain types of partnerships. The annual accounts include a balance sheet, a profit ...

Article: INCREASE OF SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY BY BUSINESS, ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... responsibility by business, linked to the principle of corporate accountability, represents an essential element of the European Social ... reminds the Commission to bring forward a proposal on the annual accounts of types of companies which includes requirements for social ...

Article: SMES : ANNUAL ACCOUNTS EXEMPTION BAD IDEA, SAYS ...
European Report;  February 27, 2009 ;     572 words ... ... from the obligation of drawing up annual accounts (see above). Reacting to the adoption ... companies concerned will continue to file annual accounts "for national administrations, banks ... questionable," continues UEAPME, because annual accounts are a fundamental tool for small ...