The municipality only records vacation and sick leave costs when workers are paid for unused leave. Under proper accrual accounting, the cost of leave owed to employees at the end of the year should be recorded as an expense and a liability in the same year, even if it is not paid yet.

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"Unused entitlements that have accumulated at the reporting date are not recognized as expense."

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