Hon. Norman Moore asks whether the upcoming state budget will maintain the same presentation format as the previous year. Hon. Kate Doust confirms it will, except for the capital user charge, which has been removed due to the Financial Management Act 2006, with reconciliations provided for comparison.

AnsweredQoN 254Legislative Council
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8 May 2007
Portfolio
parliamentary secretary representing the Treasurer

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STATE BUDGET - PRESENTATION
(1) Will this year’s state budget include 2006-07 estimates on the same basis as that published last year, including the presentation of agency budgets in the same format as that published in the previous budget? (2) If not, what changes will there be from last year’s budget and how will they affect direct comparisons between last year’s estimates and this year’s estimates? Hon KATE DOUST

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, with the exception of the capital user charge. (2) Following the enactment of the Financial Management Act 2006, agencies are no longer required to pay the capital user charge. In order to make the appropriation tables in the budget papers meaningful for comparative purposes, the impact of the capital user charge has been removed from the 2005-06 actuals and both the 2006-07 budget and estimated actual. Although agency financial statements in the budget papers for 2005-06 and 2006-07 still include a capital user charge expense, a reconciliation identifying the impact of its removal has been inserted after the statements for each agency.
(2) If not, what changes will there be from last year’s budget and how will they affect direct comparisons between last year’s estimates and this year’s estimates? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, with the exception of the capital user charge. (2) Following the enactment of the Financial Management Act 2006, agencies are no longer required to pay the capital user charge. In order to make the appropriation tables in the budget papers meaningful for comparative purposes, the impact of the capital user charge has been removed from the 2005-06 actuals and both the 2006-07 budget and estimated actual. Although agency financial statements in the budget papers for 2005-06 and 2006-07 still include a capital user charge expense, a reconciliation identifying the impact of its removal has been inserted after the statements for each agency.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, with the exception of the capital user charge. (2) Following the enactment of the Financial Management Act 2006, agencies are no longer required to pay the capital user charge. In order to make the appropriation tables in the budget papers meaningful for comparative purposes, the impact of the capital user charge has been removed from the 2005-06 actuals and both the 2006-07 budget and estimated actual. Although agency financial statements in the budget papers for 2005-06 and 2006-07 still include a capital user charge expense, a reconciliation identifying the impact of its removal has been inserted after the statements for each agency.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes, with the exception of the capital user charge. (2) Following the enactment of the Financial Management Act 2006, agencies are no longer required to pay the capital user charge. In order to make the appropriation tables in the budget papers meaningful for comparative purposes, the impact of the capital user charge has been removed from the 2005-06 actuals and both the 2006-07 budget and estimated actual. Although agency financial statements in the budget papers for 2005-06 and 2006-07 still include a capital user charge expense, a reconciliation identifying the impact of its removal has been inserted after the statements for each agency.
(1) Yes, with the exception of the capital user charge. (2) Following the enactment of the Financial Management Act 2006, agencies are no longer required to pay the capital user charge. In order to make the appropriation tables in the budget papers meaningful for comparative purposes, the impact of the capital user charge has been removed from the 2005-06 actuals and both the 2006-07 budget and estimated actual. Although agency financial statements in the budget papers for 2005-06 and 2006-07 still include a capital user charge expense, a reconciliation identifying the impact of its removal has been inserted after the statements for each agency.
(2) Following the enactment of the Financial Management Act 2006, agencies are no longer required to pay the capital user charge. In order to make the appropriation tables in the budget papers meaningful for comparative purposes, the impact of the capital user charge has been removed from the 2005-06 actuals and both the 2006-07 budget and estimated actual. Although agency financial statements in the budget papers for 2005-06 and 2006-07 still include a capital user charge expense, a reconciliation identifying the impact of its removal has been inserted after the statements for each agency.

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