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Understandability and Transparency
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CHAPTER 2: REGULATORY & CONCEPTUAL
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6.6 Summary .......................
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Appendix One - Statement of Financi
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Abbreviations AASB Australian Accou
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Related Research Outputs The follow
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Acknowledgements My journey through
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Abstract Access to charities‟ fin
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introdu
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More importantly the study will loo
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adopted here is clarified, as the l
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March 1999. Further, a study by the
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those by: Vatter (1947); Anthony (1
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(k) The erection, laying out, maint
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Before looking at the legal structu
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2.3.4 Problems As with charity nome
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per annum (Charities Commission, 20
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certain cases there will be concept
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The focus of the Charities Commissi
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2.4.4.4 Future conceptual framework
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problems with New Zealand‟s regul
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This research seeks to identify if
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charities” (Charity Commission, 2
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statements in different documents t
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In the international arena transpar
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elevance is compromised. The link b
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3.2 Complexities in Charities’ Fi
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3.2.1 Accounting basis The „Accou
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application of the appropriate GAAP
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length transaction”. This definit
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Financial Accounting Standards Boar
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al., 2008; Newberry, 1992; Rees & D
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However, the notion of control is a
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Kilcullen et al., 2007b). Charities
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the amount of money spent on admini
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This research seeks to identify wha
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As a result of the literature revie
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the elements of the world, or rathe
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come about through the mutually sim
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legislation and monitoring. Of part
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CHAPTER 8: PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILI
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In New Zealand both the Controller
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what proportion of their charitable
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Charities Commission publication
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achieve an appropriate level of per
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more effectively in order to increa
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eneficiaries‟ needs are met is an
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As well as setting aside reserves,
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The important aspect of the propose
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Mostly they [the funders] are worki
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8.4.4 Prescribed performance report
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impact they have on their beneficia
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statements, but also other mechanis
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compare different charitable organi
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shock when their accounts are eithe
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9.4 Academic Contribution This rese
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Outcomes (Effectiveness) Figure 9-1
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Charities Register, of which thirty
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success in their activities. For as
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Ahrens, T., & Chapman, C. S. (2006)
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Australian Accounting Standards Boa
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Charities Commission. (2009f). A sn
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commission.gov.uk/Our_regulatory_ac
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Cordery, C. J., & Baskerville, R. (
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Eisenberg, P. (Ed.). (2005). Challe
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Fremont-Smith, M. R. (2004). Pillag
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Hui, D. (2006). Financial Reporting
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http://www.ifac.org/Members/DownLoa
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Maxwell, J. A. (1992). Understandin
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O'Sullivan, N., & O'Dwyer, B. (2009
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