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Fiscal Summary for the year ended 30 June 2008

Fiscal Summary for the year ended 30 June 2008
Forecast Fiscal Strategy Fiscal Indicators/Financial Statements Actual

Original
Budget
$ billion

Estimated
Actuals
$ billion

30 June
2008
$ billion

30 June
2007
$ billion

31.6% 31.5% Taxes… Taxation as % of GDP 31.5% 31.7%
54.7 56.7   Core Crown taxation 56.7 53.5
5.8 4.5 … combined with other revenue… Other Core Crown operating items 4.2 7.0
(56.1) (57.4) … fund core Crown expenses… Core Crown expenses (57.0) (54.0)
2.0 (1.2) … and with the results of entities
outside the budget process…
Net surpluses/(deficits) of
SOEs and Crown entities
(1.5) 1.5
6.4 2.6 … results in a surplus or deficit…

Operating balance

2.4 8.0
(1.4) 2.6 …part of which is gains or losses set
aside for fiscal strategy purposes…
Other (gains)/losses 3.2 (2.1)
5.0 5.2 … and so we have developed an operating
indicator excluding these items.

OBEGAL

5.6 5.9
(0.1) Some of this is income retained
that is not available for fiscal purposes
Net return on NZS Fund (excl. revaluations) (0.1) 0.4
(1.7) (0.6)   Net retained surpluses of
SOEs and Crown entities
(0.8) (1.7)
1.8 2.4 ... and some is income and expenses
not impacting cash
Non-cash items and working
capital movements
2.6 4.0
5.0 7.0 The operating cash flow that results, needs
to provide sufficient funds for

Core Crown Cash flow from Operations

7.3 8.6
(2.1) (2.1) ... building up assets in NZ Superannuation Contribution to NZS Fund (2.1) (2.0)
(1.8) (1.5) ... meeting the capital expenditure budget, and Purchase of physical assets (1.4) (1.8)
(2.1) (2.5) ... making advances (eg, to students and DHBs) Advances and capital injections (1.7) (2.0)
(1.0) 0.9 with a residual impact on debt
consistent with fiscal strategy

Residual Cash

2.1 2.8
-0.6% 0.5%

… and as a percentage of GDP

1.1% 1.7%
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