Budgets of municipalities and joint municipal boards
Producer: Statistics Finland
Homepage: http://www.stat.fi/til/ktal/index_en.html
Main topic: Government Finance
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS): No
Description
These statistics contain data on the profit and loss account, investment, and financing parts of the budgets of municipalities and joint municipal boards.
Data content
Information about the budgets of Finnish municipalities and joint municipal boards. The basic data for the statistics on the budgets of municipalities and joint municipal boards are collected in accordance with the budget recommendation of the Association of Finnish Local Authorities on the profit and loss account, investment and financing parts of the budget. The data are public.
Classifications used
The statistics are made by regional divisions based on municipalities, such as the whole country, mainland Finland, region and municipality and, in respect of joint municipal boards, by type of joint municipal board.
Data collection methods and data sources
The data are collected from all municipalities with a web questionnaire and from joint municipalities with either a web of paper questionnaire. Data concerning the municipalities of the Åland Islands are collected by Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå.
Data collections
Updating frequency
Annually.
Time of completion or release
Publications concerning the budgets of municipalities and joint municipal boards come out in February-March.
Time series
Due to various changes in e.g. book-keeping or state grant systems or statistical methodology, there is no consistent time series. Annual data from the statistics on the budgets of municipalities are available in electronic format from the years 1995 to 1996 and from 1997 onwards. Data on joint municipal boards are available starting from 1977.
Keywords
budget, expenditure, financial statement, income, investments, joint municipal authorities, joint municipal boards, municipal finances, municipalities, public sector, tax revenue
Contact information
http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/ktal/yht_en.html
Last updated 10.10.2011