Local government financial statement estimates
Producer: Statistics Finland
Homepage: http://www.stat.fi/til/kttp/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 key entries in the financial statements of municipalities and joint municipal boards for the concluded fiscal year based on estimates of the financial managements of municipalities and joint municipal boards.
Data content
Data based on the estimates of financial managements of municipalities and joint municipal boards describing the profit and loss accounts, investments, cash reserves, loans and lending of municipalities and joint municipal boards. The collected data form the basis from which the advisory board on municipal finances and administration makes evaluations of municipal finances for negotiations between the Association of Finnish Local Authorities and the central government on the framework for the national budget. The data are also needed in the compilation of national accounts and for producing calculations concerning municipal finances for the European Union. Unit-specific data are not published, but verified, unit-specific data are made available to the Association of Finnish Local Authorities and the central government authorities concerned.
Classifications used
The statistics contain summed up data on municipalities and joint municipal boards for the whole country. The data are not classified by type of area, group of municipalities or joint municipal board. Due to the nature of the data, financial statement estimates are not published by individual municipality/joint municipal board.
Data collection methods and data sources
The data are collected from municipalities and joint municipal boards with a web questionnaire in early January of the year following the statistical reference year. Municipalities and joint municipal boards of the regions of Åland Islands are not included in the statistics.
Data collections
Updating frequency
Annually.
Time of completion or release
The estimates of financial statements are ready and published at the beginning of February.
Time series
No time series.
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/kttp/yht_en.html
Last updated 20.11.2013