GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS National Accounts Department Annual Accounts Group

Regional Seminar on Developing a Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and

Supporting Statistics

Ahmet SARİ

11-13 September 2013 Ankara - Turkey

GOVERNMENT FINANCE STATISTICS

National Accounts DepartmentAnnual Accounts Group

Regional Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the

2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics11-13 September 2013 / Ankara – Turkey

Content– Historical Background– Data Sources and Compilation – Future Prospects and Projects



- Historical BackgroundTurkey has been producing Government Finance Statistics in compliance with ESA95 and Excessice Deficit Procedure (EDP).EDP Tables since 2001 and moving on a good path for better ESA Tables (General Government Sector Accounts) and EDP Tables.



The systematic production of

ESA Table 9- Tax and Social Contributions) and ESA Table 2- Non-Financial Government Sector Accounts

started in 2009 by TurkStat’s taking the coordination responsibility of EDP (before that was the responsibility of Treasury) and now Turkey has series of ESA Tables (Table 2 and Table 9) for the 2006-2011 period.



Within the framework of 5018 Law, the scope of general government has recently been updated in terms of ESA 95 classification criteria. Several meetings have been held to discuss all issues about classifications. Then, new GFS series for 2008-2011 period has recently been re-produced.



On the other hand, further work is needed particularly in the completing the past series of General Government for the 2000-2005 period. The main reason for missing series in that period is the lacking data in terms of National Accounts.



- Data Sources and CompilationOur GFS system can be summarized as

follows:1.Classification of general government sector is determined by GG Working Group, which includes members of MoF, Treasury, Turkstat, Central Bank of Turkey. Methodological issues are also discussed within this group. Every two years meetings are held to discuss the classification of general government sector.



2. Collection of micro data (4 digit analytical budget codes) which shows the transactions of general government and sub-sectors.

3. Micro data of general government and IMF GFS Tables are produced by Ministry of Finance. This data is accrual based and is used for ESA-GFS Tables also.



4. ESA 95 codes for each transaction are assigned by Turkstat and MoF. ESA Tables are produced by National Accounts.



5. Financial part of GFS is checked by Central Bank. This leads to a production of consistent tables.

6. GFS tables are analyzed and reviewed by National Accounts and finalized by MoF.

7. ESA and EDP tables are finally produced and sent by National Accounts since 2008.



- Future Prospects and Projects• Technical assistance via some projects

(IPA and USST) is continued to receive for producing and improving tables.

• to discuss and improve the suitable methodology for estimation of COFOG Level 1st and 2nd statistics.



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