Issue - meetings

Approval of Accounting Policies to be included in the Statement of Accounts 2017/18

 

 

Meeting: 18/04/2018 - Governance Committee (Item 59)

59 2017/18 Closure of Accounts - Approval of Accounting Policies to be included in the Statement of Accounts 2017/18 pdf icon PDF 100 KB

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Resources & Transformation).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Further to Minute No.45, 31 January 2018, the Committee considered a report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Transformation and Resources) on the Statement of Accounting Policies to be included in the Statement of Accounts 2017/18.

 

These were minor changes listed in Section 4.5 of the report and identified as track changes in the policies document at Appendix A attached to the report.  The Committee was also advised of future changes in the 2018/19 Accounting Code of Practice and subsequent years.

 

The Committee was pleased to see that external auditor’s comments had been taken on board in the policies.  It was confirmed that the policy changes and those forthcoming were not onerous on the Council.

 

RESOLVED (Unanimously):

 

That the Statement of Accounting Policies to be included in the Statement of Accounts 2017/18 be approved.