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In April 2012, the Accounting Standards Board approved the adoption of Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) Standards to replace the Modified Cash Basis of Accounting (MCB) in the public sector. For over a decade, despite South African Revenue Service (SARS) noting its intention ‘to expedite the migration of SARS’ revenue accounting practices to [GRAP] to ensure legislative compliance’, there still has been no implementation. Or has there been?

Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament, Ghaleb Cachalia, who also serves as the party’s spokesman on public enterprises and serves on the Ethics Committee in Parliament, introduced the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill to the National Assembly.