The Authority’s Responsibilities

Both the Council and the Director of Finance and Corporate Services (Chief Financial Officer) have certain responsibilities in respect of the Statement of Accounts.

The Authority’s Responsibilities

The Authority is required:

to make arrangements for the proper administration of its financial affairs and to secure that one of its officers has the responsibility for the administration of those affairs; and
to manage its affairs to secure economic, efficient and effective use of resources and safeguard its assets.
to approve the Statement of Accounts

In this Authority, the Responsible Officer is the Director of Finance and Corporate Services (Chief Financial Officer).

Director of Finance and Corporate Services (Chief Financial Officer) Responsibilities

The Director of Finance and Corporate Services (Chief Financial Officer) is responsible for the preparation of the Authority’s Statement of Accounts in accordance with proper practices as set out in terms of the CIPFA/LASAAC Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in United Kingdom (“the Code of Practice”). She is required to present fairly the financial position of the Authority at the accounting date and of its income and expenditure for the year.

In preparing this statement of accounts, the Director of Finance and Corporate Services (Chief Financial Officer) has:

selected suitable accounting policies and then applied them consistently;
made judgements and estimates that were reasonable and prudent;
complied with the Code of Practice;
kept proper accounting records which were up to date;
taken reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities; and
gained appropriate assurance over the accuracy of the statement of accounts prior to approval.

These Statement of Accounts replace the unaudited Statement authorised at the meeting of the Governance and Audit Committee on 25 June 2009.

The Statement of Accounts presents fairly the financial position of Thanet District Council as at 31 March 2009 and of its income and expenditure for the year ended on that date.

Sue McGonigal CPFA

Director of Finance and Corporate Services (Chief Financial Officer)

Date:29th September 2009

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