Meanwhile, most federal states, including Rhineland-Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, Saxony, and Saarland, have enacted regulations regarding the new budget and accounting system, thereby mandating the replacement of the administrative cash accounting in municipalities. Numerous cities, districts, and communities have already made the transition, while others are in the implementation phase. Contrary to widespread claims, the new municipal budget and accounting system is not commercial bookkeeping but rather a completely new public accounting system, which is referred to as New Municipal Financial Management (NKF), New Municipal Accounting (NKR), or administrative double-entry bookkeeping. Politics and administration have no choice but to promptly engage with the new planning, booking, and accounting processes.