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Korea carried out reform of accounting standards so that the central and the local governments started adopting accrual-based accounting standards. In Korean system, the central and the local government prepare each accounting standard. Except for some countries, the business accounting standards and the government accounting standard setters are overall identical. There is also a nation whose accounting standards of the government and the business are the same(New Zealand). A country shares an accounting standard among government sectors(Australia). The U.S. and the U.K. whose decentralization levels are high operate dual accounting standard setting organizations while an advisory organization sets the accounting standard(AICPA for the U.S.; FRAB for the U.K.). France also has dual accounting setters of the central and the local governments while an advisory organization sets the accounting standard(CNOCP). This study explores alternatives to set proper government accounting standards. The exploration especially focused on French case having dual government accounting standard setters but operating an independent advisory organization. CNOCP of France involves Central Government and Government-Controlled Organizations Committee, Local Authorities and Local Public Establishments Committee, and Social Security and Similar Organizations Committee and their working groups set diverse alternatives. Thus, Korea needs to consider practically supporting the current social security committee while maintaining the central and local accounting standards committee. Establishing government accounting standards committee in the form of independent advisory organization could enhance independence, expertise, transparency and governance, which would lead to the increased consistency in the government accounting standards.