Some countries base national public sector accounting standards on IPSASs, keeping their own national sovereignty, others prepare IPSASs compliant financial statements, while some intend to change to accruals and consult IPSASs. This paper contributes to the literature on IPSASs implementation and adoption by highlighting changes in progress in Croatia, where neither national public sector accounting standards are developed, nor IPSASs appliance mandatory required, whilst IPSASs are recommended by regulations. This study aims to broaden international discussions about public sector accounting reforms, reflect on Croatian public sector accounting developments, examine the implementation level of accounting solutions defined by IPSASs in Croatian public sector, and specify eligible tendencies towards more comprehensive IPSASs appliance. We discuss the requirements of and compliance with IPSAS 6, 22 and 24. The study shows that although IPSASs are not obligatory enacted in Croatia, certain Croatian public sector financial reporting procedures comply with those recommended by IPSASs.

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Public Sector Asset Management is a crucial process for the progress of a society, while Supreme Audit Institutions are designated as one of the main stakeholders related to that process. Although PSAM has been the subject of research in recent years, especially by western countries that have established the concept of New Public Management for a long time, there is still a lack of evidence on the meaning and role of public sector auditing for improving that process. The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the role of the Supreme Audit Institution in the Republic of North Macedonia for better PSAM, through quantitative research using the survey method, i.e structured questionnaire that was delivered to all public sector auditors who are employed by the Supreme Audit Institution of the Republic of North Macedonia. The obtained results show that the state auditors audit the public sector assets with regularity audits more than with performance audits. State auditors are familiar with INTOSAI's GUID 5260 and according to them SAI alone is not a sufficient PSAM control mechanism. The limitation of the study is the measurement of the variables from the survey that is based only on the perception of the state auditors.