Glossary of Guidance Terms
- Supplementary Estimates
- Supplementary Estimates are prepared for the current year to seek parliamentary approval for: changes to any appropriation type; any further capital investment; changes in output prices; new outputs to be produced; changes relating to other expenses and benefits
- System of National Accounts (SNA)
- SNA is a comprehensive, consistent and flexible set of macroeconomic accounts to meet the needs of government and private sector analysts, policy-makers, and decision-takers. See www.imf.org for further information.
- Vote
- A grouping of one or more appropriations that are the responsibility of a Minister of the Crown and are administered by a department. Votes generally take the name of the portfolio of the Vote Minister.
- Year ended
- Graphs and tables use different expressions of the timeframe. For example, 2004/05 or 2005 will generally mean year ended 30 June unless otherwise stated.
