Citation:Gunaruwan, T. Lalithasiri and Mohandiramge, Shalini (2016) Appraising Economic Performance of Government Departments: A Case for Preparing Accrual Based Accounts, In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Sri Lanka Forum of University Economists, 22-23 December 2016, Department of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 94-99 pp.