CIPFA has relaunched the Better Reporting Group (BRG) with a focus on enhancing user experiences with accounts, rather than solely easing the burden on preparers or auditors.
Vision
Local authority accounts provide users with the information they require in a timely manner.
Mission
Recommend practical measures that improve the value of local authority accounts to users.
Topics for investigation
- Asset valuation
- Pensions reporting
- Aligning government returns & accounts
- Materiality
- Summary accounts & outturn reports
- Financial Instruments
- Infrastructure assets
- Group accounts
- Guide to local authority accounts
- Narrative & performance reporting
- Statutory overrides
- Model/example accounts
- Move to IPSAS
- Publication dates, inspection periods and objections
- Sustainability reporting
If you have any questions or suggestions for the group please email them to Policy.Technical@cipfa.org.
Interested in joining?
The core group comprises nine members, but additional participants will be invited for specific projects, such as statutory overrides. The BRG plans to convene at least five times annually (January, March, July, September, November), with members conducting supplementary research between meetings.
If you're interested in contributing to the BRG, either as a permanent member or for a specific project, please complete this new member form expressing your preferred involvement, and a brief professional background.
Governance arrangements
The Better Reporting Group sits as a permanent working group under CIPFA LASAAC.