Canada also shares some of these features. Key Stages of Expenditure Control Framework, Seven key stages of the expenditure cycle, III. Accurate costing of policies and programs, and a comprehensive expenditure authorization framework that captures all expenditure measures. Most budget execution control operations are delegated to the line ministries. Insufficient allocation for expenditure authorized through standing/permanent legislations. This type of spending includes funding for entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security and other payments to people, businesses, and state and local governments. In the other countries, the central banks usually handle both debt management and TSA administration on an agency basis. For example in Austria, as highlighted by external audit a few years ago, there were instances of either delayed or no recording of commitments until their respective payments materialized. Thus, the changes will affect the economy. However, the design and implementation of such a differentiated control arrangement would depend on several factors, including the effectiveness of the internal control and assurance system to identify and alert management to control risks.45, Devolution of Expenditure Control in France, Morocco, and Thailand. Approximately two-thirds of spending consists of mandatory expenditures on programs such as Social Security and Medicare. The reforms should focus on streamlining the procurement process to reduce the time of withholding the reserved funds before they are committed, and ensuring that these reserved funds are in the TSA. Delivery date is captured and time lag between delivery and verification monitored. Fiscal measures are frequently used in tandem with monetary policy to achieve certain goals. When looking to strengthen expenditure control, it is therefore important to review the whole expenditure cycle/process instead of focusing on a few stages.36 However, based on experience in different groups of countries, it is possible to identify a set of problems that characterize different expenditure control traditions: British Commonwealth. Both the central agency/finance ministry and line agencies are involved in various tasks during the expenditure cycle. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2001, Managing Public Expenditure: A Reference Book for Transition Countries. Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments (Washington: World Bank) (www.pefa.org). Table 3 provides a summary of the roles played by central and line agencies at different stages of the expenditure cycle as well as the key strengths and challenges in different traditions. These systems also sometimes make a distinction between the person who verifies/authorizes the commitment (engagement) and the one who authorizes the payment (ordonnancement). Identifying gaps and weaknesses in expenditure control in a particular country requires a systematic review of the integrity of the expenditure cycle, looking at: Definition/specification of key stages of the expenditure cycle, including the control criteria. For a further discussion on expenditure arrears, see S. Flynn and M. Pessoa (2014). It forms aggregate demand in addition to household consumption, business investment, and net exports. Show question Question Finance ministry does not carry out any form of detailed commitment or payment control. Commitment. Government Spending: Giveth Some, Taketh Some. As part of the comprehensive reform of its budget framework in 2001, France introduced multiannual commitment authorizations as a means of controlling expenditure obligations and associated payments for programs or projects that span more than one year (e.g., investment projects). The author is also grateful to K. Douglass for her assistance with data analysis. France, following the introduction of a new organic budget law in 2001, overhauled the budget execution system by decentralizing it somewhat toward line ministries. Budget Preparation. Controls at the commitment, verification and payment order stages remained the responsibility of the line ministries/agencies, with variations, however, in the effectiveness with which such controls are exercised. Any part of that cost unpaid at the end of the period is a liability. When the government uses fiscal policy to increase the amount of money available to the populace, this is called expansionary fiscal policy. For example, prior to the 1990s, financial control was under the Presidency (Cte dIvoire), the Prime Ministers Office (Senegal), or was the responsibility of a separate ministry. ), the verification requires confirmation that the obligation has actually fallen due. 5. To be able to exercise upfront control over the future resource requirements related to pensions, countries implementing accrual budgeting (e.g., the UK, Australia and New Zealand) include the accruing cost and any unfunded liabilities of pension schemes17 within budgetary limits for each government department.18. As shown in Figures 13, Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments covering 85 low and middle income countries revealed that: more than two-thirds of these countries have relatively weak systems of expenditure control as indicated by a score of C or D on the PEFA expenditure control indicator PI-20 (Figure 1); weak expenditure controls are associated with higher levels of expenditure arrears as measured by PEFA indicator PI-4 (Figure 2); 2 and. Stage of the Expenditure Cycle, Controls, and Actors. By contrast, British Commonwealth countries do not formally track controls at every stage and typically track only the first and last two stages of the expenditure chain: authorization, payment order, and payment (see also Section IV). Before issuing a payment order, the issuing authority will typically check that sufficient funds are available to make the payment. While providing examples of expenditure control practices from more than 32 countries, the paper points out that more than two-thirds of the 85 low and middle income countries covered by the publicly available Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments have weak systems of expenditure control that are also associated with higher levels of expenditure arrears and a lack of budget credibility. A full understanding of the budget planning and preparation system is essential, not just to derive expenditure projections but to be able to advise policymakers on the feasibility and desirability of specific budget proposals, from a macroeconomic or microeconomic perspective. In some countries, one single department may be responsible for both treasury management and accounting functions (which may be discharged by different divisions/units within the same department). Environmental Conservation and Protection, Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, Selected Legal and Institutional Papers Series, Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions, The Evolving Functions and Organization of Finance Ministries. The issuance of payment orders and checks may be decentralizedwith spending ministries carrying out these tasks and reporting back to the centeror centralized in a treasury department, typically called the accountant general's department within the ministry of finance, which acts both as paymaster and prepares the final accounts of the government. Flynn, S., and M. Pessoa, 2014, Prevention and Management of Government Expenditure Arrears, Technical Notes and Manuals, (Washington: International Monetary Fund). In countries of the British Commonwealth tradition, officials in spending agencies are charged with initiating and authorizing expenditure transactions, from commitment to payment, based on apportionments/allotments/warrants issued by the ministry of finance. For further background information and discussion on specific features of commitment control, see D. Radev and P. Khemani (2009). the responsibilities of the relevant actors in enforcing these controls. Elementary and secondary education, utilities, public safety, health, roads, street lamps, signs, and traffic lights are the main areas of expenditure of the local governments. For example, most countries with a Francophone tradition of budgeting enforce two types of expenditure limits: (i) the crdit limitatif, which enforces a strict limit; and the crdit valuatif, which is an indicative limit for certain categories of expenditure, e.g., debt service. Payment order is issued within the payment due date to discharge the recognized liability. By managing its portfolio of debt, it can affect interest rates, and by deciding on the amount of new money injected into the economy . The usual goals of both fiscal and monetary policy are to achieve or maintain full employment, to achieve or maintain a high rate of . Similarly, the procedure of using an imprest (dpenses par rgies davance), which does not follow all the control stages and should be used only for urgent minor expenditures, is sometimes used to speed up the expenditure process. This includes countries where the ministry of finance assigns a financial controller or a budget offcer to each line ministry in order to control expenditure commitments. As such, the AEs are consumed at the commitment stage of the expenditure or the legal act of signing a contract of the State with a third party.1 In the case of a commitment running over several years, its associated CP is spread over several budget years up to the cumulative maximum amount of the initial multiannual AE. Reforms could usefully be implemented in phases as follows: In the first phase, the focus should be on establishing basic control functions such as centralized control of apportionments and simplified/streamlined but effective controls42 at other stages of the expenditure cycle, particularly commitment control backed by cash planning43 linked to timely release of funds to spending agencies. For other expenditure items, the devolution is based on the assessed effectiveness (through formal capacity audits) of the internal control system of the line agency and its risk management capacity. British Commonwealth, Scandinavian, and German-Austrian, Francophone, Lusophone, and Latin American. Thailand introduced a hurdle approach in the late 1990s to devolve budget execution control, moving this function from the finance ministrys Bureau of the Budget to line agencies. Current spending They are for the short term and include expenditure on wages and raw materials. Doe, L., S. Pattanayak, 2008, Financial Control in African Countries, Public Financial Management Technical Guidance Note, (Washington: International Monetary Fund). Certain sums may be spent under permanent rather than annual legislation. Bouley, D., and others, 2003, How Do Treasury Systems Operate in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa? OECD Journal on Budgeting, OECD, Vol. Expenditure Control: Key Features, Stages, and Actors. Payment. . Seven Key Stages of the Expenditure Chain. In case of relatively simple requirements, a spreadsheet-based application may suffice. Line ministries and agencies initiate the commitment, verify the delivery of goods and services, and issue the payment order (. To help PFM practitioners evaluate a countrys budget execution system and identify priorities for strengthening expenditure controls, this TNM: explains the key stages of the government expenditure chain (Section II); describes the (i) types of controls applied at each stage of the chain, their objectives, and key features; (ii) nature of expenditure limits in cash-based, commitment-based and accrual-based budgeting environments; (iii) centralized vs. decentralized approach to the exercise of those controls; and (iv) authority and responsibility of various institutional actors throughout the expenditure cycle (Section III); examines the influence of different administrative traditions on types of expenditure controls exercised and the allocation of responsibility for their application (Section IV); identifies the typical weaknesses and problems associated with different expenditure control traditions (Section V); and. These valuations measure the full costs of paying pension benefits. Nonetheless, recent theoretical and empirical evidence supports a mixed relationship between these variables. While this was a common practice in most of the Latin American countries several years ago, many countriese.g., Bolivia, Columbia, Paraguay, and Uruguayhave in recent years separated the accounting and audit functions. Each request for apportionment or reapportionment should be accompanied by a financial or cash plan from the relevant ministry or spending agency supporting the request for ensuring that apportionment and cash management functions are well integrated.10. Broadly speaking, it exists not only in the United Kingdom, but also in Australia, New Zealand, Indian sub-continent, and many countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean that were former British colonies. Expenditure committed but respective reservation/ encumbrance not annulled. The purpose of apportionment is to prevent spending agencies from incurring obligations at a rate which would require the authorization of additional funds for the fiscal year in progress.8 Once expenditure authorization is in place, it is apportioned for specific periods and/or specific spending units. If accounting is on cash-basis, there is regular reporting and monitoring of overdue payables. Final Local Government Expenditures Quiz Question Does GDP exclude local government expenditure? The key players are financial controllers (contrleurs financiers) who are generally under the Budget Department of the ministry of finance and exercise a priori control (in the form of issuance of a visa) at the commitment stage, commitment officers (ordonnateurs) who approve the issuance of payment orders to the Treasury, and public accountants or cashiers (comptables publics) who belong to the public accounting directorate and are responsible for ensuring that the verified bills are paid. Lack of adequate control over government expenditure remains a problem in many countries. In particular, it is important to ensure effective coordination between issuance of warrants/allotments by the budget department and cash planning and management by the treasury so that adequate cash is available for payment when the line ministries/agencies expenditure commitments materialize.23 Similarly, transaction level bank reconciliation by the accounting department and/or line agencies should be coordinated with the treasury departments monitoring of cash balances in various bank accounts. In fact, with the functionalities available from a modern IT-based FMIS, information on budget execution can be made quickly available, and it becomes straightforward for the ministry of finance/treasury to track expenditure transactions as they pass through the various stages of the expenditure cycle, even when transactions are fully administered within line agencies. However, this may not be true when only a commitment has been incurred but the government does yet have a liability because, for example, the goods and services have not yet been supplied. At the same time, they have the disadvantage of: (i) potential disparate application of controls by various agencies particularly when the control criteria are not well defined; (ii) increasing the risks of non-compliance and/or collusion (as both the authority to spend and the responsibility to ensure the regularity of transactions is assigned to the same agency) in the absence of strong internal and external audit functions; and (iii) prolonging the preparation of financial reports (as expenditure data has to be collected and complied from multiple sources) required by central agencies for budget execution monitoring. var _paq = window._paq || []; Any perceived risks and/or uncertainties should also be adequately addressed. In such cases, agencies execute their accrual budgets by incurring expenses and liabilitieseven if they had not been settled in cash during the fiscal yearwhich are reflected in their budget execution reports or financial accounts.21 Therefore, the control of accrual appropriations relies primarily upon the monitoring of spending agencies accounts, whereas ex ante control over cash transactions is the primary instrument under cash budgeting. Budgets are not the only mechanisms that provide the legal authorization to incur expenditure. This control is a key element of the overall cash management system. PEFA PI-27; and value of check float (or float of electronic transfer instructions) as a percentage of total value of checks (or electronic transfer instructions) issued. Overdue liabilities/payables as a percentage of the value of total payment orders issued; PEFA PI-21.2; and PI-25.3. The word budget is derived from the Old French bougette ("little bag"). For example, in France, autorisation dengagement authorizes commitment for an investment operation that may entail payments over a multi-year period, while crdit de paiement limits the actual payments during the budget year subject to the overall limit under the respective autorisation dengagement (see Box 3). Authorized purpose of the expenditure. When the float of unpaid checks is significant, payments should also be reported on the basis of checks encashed/paid. describes the (i) types of controls applied at each stage of the chain, their objectives, and key features; (ii) nature of expenditure limits in cash-based, commitment-based and accrual-based budgeting environments; (iii) centralized vs. decentralized approach to the exercise of those controls; and (iv) authority and responsibility of various while others are purely internal to the government. The reform strategy and action plan should provide for monitoring the progress. While the answer to this question will depend on specific country context and weaknesses, in general caution should be exercised in the devolution of controls in countries that are at the initial stage of development of PFM systems (e.g., fragile states), or with weak capacity at line agencies to implement the required controls, and/or without strong institutions of ex post oversight (internal and external audit). Arrears are the expenditures at the verification stage that have not been paid by the due date of payment specified either in specific contracts or procurement legislation or assumed under general commercial terms.12. Following confirmation that sufficient liquidity is available, a designated official approves the payment and issues a payment order. The main heads of Central Government's revenue expenditure are: (i) Defence Services, (ii) Development Services, ADVERTISEMENTS: (iii) Administrative Services, (iv) Debt Services, and (v) Assistance to States. They can be more easily circumvented, presenting the potential for error or fraud. While expenditure control frameworks differ greatly from country to country, it is nonetheless possible to define, in a generic sense: the key stages of the budget execution cycle; the specific control objectives at each of these stages; and. International Monetary Fund Copyright 2010-2021. 7/2009 sets a maximum one month complementary period. There is scope for disparate application of controls by line agencies, particularly when the control criteria are not well defined. As a result, progress stalled and the reform was not pursued further. Centralized systems, particularly with centralized commitment and accounting controls,24 have the advantage of: (i) reducing the scope for variable interpretation and application of control criteria by multiple agencies; (ii) facilitating integration between aggregate cash control and commitment control at the transaction level;25 and (iii) allowing the ministry of finance direct access to a centralized repository of expenditure data for budget execution monitoring/reporting. The amount of interest depends on the total federal debt and interest rates. New commitments are authorized after ascertaining uncommitted balance within the authorized expenditure limit. No apportionment (or in-year release of spending authority) mechanism. Different expenditure control systems bring with them their own advantages, but also their own potential weaknesses. Special procedures are also sometimes a symptom of the inefficiency of the normal procedures to respond adequately to priority needs. The key reforms include clarifying responsibilities for verification of delivery of goods and/or services, ensuring documentary proof of delivery, and eliminating any undue delay between verification and issuance of payment orders. For example, the Social Security Act requires the government to provide payments to beneficiaries based on the amount of money they've earned and other factors. In broad terms, Commonwealth systems28 are characterized by the devolution of the responsibility for financial control and the issue of payment orders to line ministries. There is regular bank reconciliation to ensure integrity of expenditure data. A long check float time is not a good practice as it not only complicates cash management but can also be misused to write and issue checks despite not having enough liquidity in the bank account to cover the value of the check. A distinction can be made between the treatment of high value and risk-prone transactions vis--vis low value transactions. Apportionment, reservation, commitment and payment order stages and virements during budget execution. Defence Services: They account for nearly 20% of the total revenue expenditure of the Central Government in India. The authority for expenditure is given for a specific pre-defined purpose. This paper defines and explains key stages of the government expenditure chain and describes the controls applied at each stage, including their objectives and key features as well as centralized vs. decentralized approaches in application of those controls. When sequestering appropriations, ongoing commitments should be taken into account. However, overall responsibility for budget execution is assigned to the respective line minister (or the head of an independent State body) who allocates budgeted resources to the various departments/agencies under his/her authority and delegates responsibility for budget execution up to the stage of the preparation of payment orders. _paq.push(['trackPageView']); The valuations also usefully inform the employer and employee contribution rates to make the pension scheme sustainable. Cash Management: How Do Countries Perform Sound Practices? How Do Treasury Systems Operate in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa? To centralize cash management, all government cash transactions should go through a TSA system (with a set of accounts linked to a top account). A unit of government, typically a line ministry, department or agency, is assigned the responsibility to ensure that the appropriated resources are spent as intended within the authorized limits. Officials of the finance ministry and the public accounting directorate play an important role during the apportionment, commitment and payment stages. Evaluating the strength of expenditure controls and addressing any weaknesses requires a clear understanding of the key features of an effective expenditure control system as well as the different approaches to putting them into practice. In addition, the approach did not stipulate any time frame for agencies to upgrade their PFM standards, and there was an underestimation of their capacity-building needs. 4. Warrants/allotments are not used as a cash rationing tool. In some countries, the ministry of finance uses sequestering to prevent such risks. In the second phase, the focus should be on progressive devolution of controls to spending agencies in parallel with a reinforcement of procedures for auditing and reporting. The lack of systematic tracking and control of commitments leads to over commitment and arrears in several countries of commonwealth tradition, particularly in Africa. Capital spending They are for the long term and do not need to be renewed each year. The paper also examines the influence of different administrative traditions on types of expenditure controls, including the authority and responsibility of various institutional actors. Excessive number of redundant controls leads to payment delays,37 arrears, and proliferation of exceptional procedures that bypass the normal expenditure control framework. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he met with the secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday and discussed a "fair tax system for Ukrainians." Effective expenditure control is the sine qua non of good public financial management (PFM). Khan, A., and M. Pessoa, 2013, Accrual Budgeting; Opportunities and Challenges, Chapter 11, PFM and its Emerging Architecture (Washington: International Monetary Fund). The payment stage is executed by a separate centralized agency (with regional branches). The cash plans should be prepared in conformity with budget authorization and systematically take account of ongoing commitments. This devolution/decentralization of financial and expenditure control should be gradual and based on predefined competency criteria for line ministries/agencies who should demonstrate that they can operate with higher levels of delegated authority. The process of issuing checks should be managed to monitor and minimize check float14 and ensure that sufficient cash is available when they are presented for encashment. In particular, the new law: (i) divests the financial controllers of the responsibility for regularity control (contrle de rgularit) of budget managers (administrateurs de credit), which was transferred/decentralized to the line ministries; (ii) requires the financial controllers to assess the fiscal sustainability of decisions taken by budget managers to reinforce macro-fiscal discipline; and (iii) also requires the controllers of central agencies, such as the General Inspectorate of Finances (Inspection gnrale des finances), to apply a risk-based approach to control. Same as Francophone, but the official approving commitments and payments is usually the same (unlike separation of responsibility in Francophone countries). Types of Control, Their Key Features and Objectives. The annual budget authority is regulated by the ministry of finance which releases warrants (notifications de crdit) specifying a commitment ceiling for each month or quarter. These procedures also lead to significant differences between fiscal accounts and financing data (i.e., between above- and below-the-line data).38, Austrian. Administrative unit accountable for expenditure. For example, the British budgeting system sets appropriations for both the expenses incurred (the net resource requirement) and the cash payments to be made (the net cash requirement) by each ministry. In the absence of this coordination, spending ministries/agencies can potentially frontload their commitments even if adequate cash is not likely to be available for payment when the commitments materialize, or the treasury may not raise the necessary finance to meet cash requirements. In the British Commonwealth system, there is no complementary period, and at the beginning of a new fiscal year, in principle, no cash transactions pertaining to the previous years budget should take place. Table 4 lists suggested indicators that could be used to assess progress at different stages of the expenditure cycle. PEFA PI-22; and average time lag between delivery and verification. The link was not copied. For example, the commitment stage of the expenditure cycle has received a lot of attention of late, but addressing issues just at the commitment stage may not result in a robust expenditure control framework (and prevention of expenditure arrears) as evidenced in several countries. It is, therefore, necessary to distinguish between such final payments by spending units and the apportionment of spending authorization to them, including the associated transfer of funds. Lienert, I., and F. Sarraf, 2001, Systemic Weaknesses of Budget Management in Anglophone Africa, Working Paper WP/01/211, (Washington: International Monetary Fund). At this stage, there is no commitment, but it is known that the expense will be incurred during the budget year and, therefore, the reserved funds should not be used for other activities. This convergence is in the direction of: an increased focus on ex ante controls over expenditure commitments rather than ex post controls only at the payment stage of the expenditure cycle; a shift from controlling only cash expenditures towards controlling the accumulation of accrued liabilities as well; greater devolution of responsibility for routine expenditure controls towards ministries and agencies and a more risk-based approach to the exercise of centralized controls; a stronger reliance on internal and external audit to ensure the integrity of financial control systems in ministries and agencies; and. 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