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Changes in the way in which expenses are included in a task budget necessiate a change in the budget accounting system. A task oriented approach to managing the public sector have started a process of introducing accounting models of greater informative potential, based on a full or modified accrual basis. The aim of the article is to indicate changes which should be made in the approach and presentation of expenses in territorial government units, for the purposes of task oriented budgeting. The evidence of expenses should be organized in a way which allows the actual costs of completing various public tasks to be assessed.