The article is devoted to the harmonization of financial and non-financial reporting of the organization and the development of a strategy in the field of climate risks. In the first part of the article the main attention is paid to the analysis of the impact of these risks on the indicators of financial statements, the requirements for the disclosure of information, the relevance of reflecting the impact of climate change on the business, financial performance and the strategy. The second part formulates the recommendations for developing a strategy of harmonizing financial and non-financial reporting in the field of climate risks and for preparing disclosures regarding the interdependence of climate change impact and the company’s activities. The study is intended for government agencies of the Russian Federation, professional international organizations involved in the development of financial and non-financial reporting standards, interested users, as well as economic entities that develop internal accounting and reporting standards.

The modern management system has a complex, sometimes multi-level organizational management structure and puts forward more and more demands on the quality of the financial information provided. The paper describes an integrated reporting that meets the increasing stakeholders demands. The research methodology is classical by itself and based on the use of situational and dialectical approaches to the object having the method of abstraction, formalization and generalization. A deductive analysis of general scientific, geopolitical factors, economic psychology, economic theory and accounting theories, projected onto the Russian specifics of doing business which leads to the formation of nontrivial conclusions. The latter are interesting in the symbiosis of criticism and constructivism because against the lack of objective reasons for the introduction of integrated reporting in Russia, there are questions raised about the need to generate a unified theory that underlies the functioning of accounting systems as well as the economic consciousness development of our society and implementation of business ethics. The scientific and practical significance of the study is to identify the application features of integrating financial reporting practice at the national level.

The globalization of the modern economy imposes special requirements on national accounting systems with the focus on standardization of information summarizing methods in order to form unified accounting statements. Public companies seeking to become players on the global trade platform are forced to adopt the rules of the international accounting and reporting. This has certain implications for national accounting in different countries. The article offers a study of the alternative influence of the phenomenon of economic globalization on the development of modern accounting. Positive and negative factors of such influence which have already forever changed the quality of the accounting, (Russia included), are highlighted, meaning not only improvement of the methods of accounting information generalization but also changes in the very attitude to the accounting profession. It is concluded that the consequences of economic globalization for the countries participating in the world trade platform have led to a positive change in the quality of the accounting system as a whole. However, to maintain this trend, the participation of educational institutions and professional communities along with the state in the improvement of an accounting process is required.

Housing and utilities sector (HUS) is a vast nonproduction industry, the purpose of which is to provide the country’s population with a comfortable living environment. Each residential building should be provided with public utilities, and thus should be controlled by certain managing companies. The article deals with the features of the management accounting system in the managing companies of HUS. The methodological basis of the research is the theoretical aspects of management accounting and state regulations. The study was conducted in the managing organizations of the HUS. As a result of the study, a statement for management accounting is proposed which includes certain cost items special for HUS. An algorithm for determining the reimbursements for the house and the surrounding area maintenance is developed. In order to improve the efficiency of management organizations, the author singles out responsibility centers and substantiates the key indicators for them.

The research of the operational accounting problem is particularly relevant in the light of the large-scale tasks implementation for the digitalization of the economy, since its maintenance provides highlighting of production chains and economic operations. So far, this accounting does not have a solid theoretical and methodological basis, which complicates the development of specific recommendations for its formulation. The methodological framework of the study includes the theory and concept of operational accounting. There was carried out a retrospective analysis of theoretical and methodological provisions was carried out on that basis. The managerial essence of operational accounting and its specific character in Russian conditions — the planned beginning have been proved. The paper shows the necessity of refinement of the concept, adapted to the requirements of counter-planning and monitoring. The theoretical and practical significance of the research lies in the development of theoretical and methodological provisions of operational accounting. All this improves the organizational level of internal and external control over typical business processes of domestic production by establishing their relationship. This work can be of interest to government agencies when forming and implementing a national strategy for economic development.

The article is devoted to the problem of balancing the budget from the point of view of the form of implementation of the principle of building the budgetary system of the Russian Federation and the state of the federal budget, provided that all its expenses are covered by its revenues. If income is insufficient, a budget deficit occurs. The research methodology provides for a comparative analysis of the concepts and content of budget balance, tools for its provision, the main directions of budget policy and solutions to strategic problems. The result of the study is the proposals for assessing the balance of the budget to cover the deficit and the need for sources of financing the budget deficit. The formulated recommendations are focused on the optimisation of income, expenditures, the formation and use of budgetary reserves, public debt management, as well as effective regulation of intergovernmental fiscal relations. The federal budget deficit is subject to regulation in the direction of its reduction, for which the instruments for balancing it and priority directions for the activities of the financial bodies of the Government of the Russian Federation have been determined.

The paper describes the main directions of public non-financial reporting development of economic entities. The main reason of disclosure non-financial indicators of an economic entity is to make the content more informative of the most significant of them for business. The research methodology, based on the methods of logical analysis, comparison and comparison, provides for the use of non-financial drivers of an economic entity, formed through an information system for a comprehensive assessment of its effectiveness. The result of the study is a proposal for a multi-factor approach to solving issues of sustainable development of economic entities. A comprehensive assessment of the economic entities performance should be based on the analysis of financial and non-financial reports that contributes the improvement of the information reliability about the activities of economic entities both in relation to their indicators in the medium and long term. Also, this concerns other fields of activity, taking into account the relationship and mutual influence of economic indicators. There have been formulated some recommendations regarding the information area of sustainable development of economic entities, which provides key stakeholders with timely and reliable information for developing ways of interaction. The research may be of interest to economic entities in the real economy sector in various fields of activity.

The article is devoted to the practical implementation of auditing tasks in relation to non-financial information in Russia. The increased need to develop this area of auditing services is related to both the increased interest of users in the nonfinancial information in itself, and the need to improve its reliability. The methodological base of the research includes a set of scientific techniques and research methods such as theoretical analysis of the literature on the research problem, analysis of regulatory sources, a method of comparison, as well as the use of practical experience in providing auditing services in relation to non-financial information. The study of current trends in the publication and certification of nonfinancial statements in Russia and abroad, considers the main approaches to the definition of “non-financial audit” and the most widespread methodological approaches to its implementation, as well as reviews the practice of performing tasks to confirm non-financial information and identifies the main problems of their implementation. The theoretical and practical significance of the research is to justify the need to develop tools for providing auditing services in relation to non-financial information, as well as the proposed solutions to the identified problems of practical implementation of tasks.

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