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GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS IN THE REPUBLIC
OF SERBIA Vesna Simonovic Statistical Office of
the Republic of Serbia
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METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

• System of National Accounts 1993 ? SNA 2008
• European System of Accounts 1995 ? ESA 2010
• Government Finance Statistics Manual

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INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

• Official Statistics Law
• Memorandum of Cooperation in the Area of
  Macroeconomic and Financial Statistics
• Institutions responsible for general
• government statistics
• Ministry of Finance
• Statistical Office

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DATA COMPILATION

• The Ministry of Finance introduced the GFS in
  2003
• The accounting system for government (budgetary)
  units based on the GFS recommendations
• Transactions recorded on cash basis
• The Ministry of Finance disseminates data monthly
  in Public Finance Bulletin

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DATA COMPILATION, cont.

• Statistical Office compiles general government
  accounts
• Data source budget execution report
• Consolidated data
• On the cash basis
• General government level only

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CURRENT SITUATION

• At the moment, none of the ESA tables regarding
  general government statistics is submitted to
  Eurostat
• On-going IPA2011 focused on developing tables 2
  and 9

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TABLE 2 MAIN AGGREGATES OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT

• Delineation of general government units by
  sub-sectors
• Bridge tables connecting GFS with ESA categories
• Backcasting data series to 1995

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TABLE 9 DETAILED TAX AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION
RECEIPTS

• Data source Gross Payment, Return and
  Distribution of the Public Revenues Report
• Backcasting data series to 1995
• Data transmission planned for 2014, including
  National Tax List

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WAY FORWARD

• SORS is committed to achieve EU recommendations
• Goal ESA transmission programme by 2018

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Thank you for your attention!
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