Within the economic reform in our country, the managerial act presupposes, as a very important attribute, the permanent and systematic control over the economic activities of the enterprise - regardless of the organizational structures and the form of ownership in which they are realized, as well as over the activity of the administrative units. territorial or public institutions that manage goods, both in the public and private domain.
Control is a function of the management that ensures the knowledge and improvement of the management of assets and debts and of orientation, organization and development of the activity of production, distribution, marketing, promotion, etc. The knowledge by the interested parties of the way of carrying out the economic activities in conditions of legality and free initiative is a requirement of the modern management of the enterprise.
Knowledge is an imperative objective necessary for the management of economic entities (enterprises) in any field of activity in order to coordinate actions aimed at maximizing efficiency and effectiveness. Also, the knowledge of the economic-financial situation of the enterprises serves in making decisions regarding the commercial relations.
In the conditions of the market economy, control as a form of knowledge takes into account: the interests of entities, oriented towards profit maximization, the interests of third parties (respectively business partners, financial institutions, public or public interest institutions, other interested entities, etc.) and state interests.
Through control, management ensures its dynamic, real and accurate information, which determines valuable conclusions and quality decisions. Control penetrates the essence of the phenomena and effectively contributes to a scientific and efficient management, notices the negative aspects when they manifest themselves as a trend and intervenes operatively to prevent and eliminate the causes that generate them.
The control is not limited to ascertaining and identifying possible vulnerabilities or risks in the activity, but also contributes to their forecasting, to taking the necessary measures to mitigate the effects in order to improve the activity, as well as to eliminate the possibilities of deficiencies and anomalies.
In order to maximize the profit, besides evaluating the results in relation to the established objectives, the control also contributes to the identification and prevention of the tendencies and phenomena that require correction decisions.
The public control in Romania is performed by the Court of Accounts, the Ministry of Public Finance through the National Agency for Fiscal Administration - General Directorate of Fiscal Inspection, General Directorate of Fiscal Antifraud, General Directorate of Customs. These bodies perform an external control in various forms regarding the obligations of different public entities, companies, as taxpayers, etc., as well as an internal control of their own activity.
At the same time, the entities organize their own financial control necessary for the good management of assets and debts, but also in public institutions is regulated the activity of managerial / internal control and internal public audit regarding the use of public funds and administration of public patrimony.
The social economic development of the country in the period of transition and consolidation of the market economy presupposes the thorough knowledge by the state of the universally valid laws, of the economic laws of the market economy, as well as their fair application to the concrete conditions in our country. Ensuring the essential requirements of economic laws involves the continuous improvement of economic and social activities, forms and methods of governing the entire economy. The realization of this desideratum requires from the state not only the elaboration of normative acts but also the organization and exercise of a firm and rigorous control over the entire economy.
This demonstrates the need for control activity determined by objective causes and first of all by the forms of ownership, the production of goods and the action of economic laws specific to the market economy.
All the aspects mentioned above are just as many ideas that outline the fact that among the administrative methods of management, a special, priority place is occupied by the control, under its multiple forms of manifestation, to which this work is dedicated.
In this context, the paper deals with the study of the methodology, as well as of the organization and exercise of the control activity in general, financial-accounting and fiscal control, especially, both from a practical and applicative point of view. His methodical-didactic approach aims to offer those interested the most efficient ways to understand and deepen all aspects related to financial-accounting control, to form a logical, independent thinking in the practice of this profession, as well as the necessary skills.
In this sense, the paper is addressed, first of all, to those who in the faculties (license and master) or other forms of professional training study the financial-accounting control.
It is intended, secondly, for practitioners in the field of financial-accounting control, tax inspectors, accounting experts, financial analysts and other specialists who want to deepen the informational values ​​of this field.
When writing the paper, they used a rich legislation and foreign literature, but especially local. We thank the Romanian normalizers (Ministry of Public Finance, Court of Accounts, etc.) for their efforts to create and improve a financial control system.
We also appreciate the interest and professional competence of specialists in higher education, research and practice in the field of financial-accounting control for books, studies and our own points of view that have seen the light of day and that have been of real use to us in writing. works.
We enjoyed the qualified support of the publishing house, the printing house, the editor and the word processors, who took care of the operative preparation and the appearance in the best conditions of the work, for which we thank them.
We thank, a priori, our readers, students (bachelor and master), teachers, specialists who will have the patience and interest to read and use this book.
We are aware that the work can be improved, that it can be the subject of critical reflections, suggestions and proposals that we are waiting for with due attention and that we will receive with pleasure and distinguished consideration and we will consider them in a possible edition. .
Bucharest, October 2020
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