Further information
This document is part of a suite of guidance on accountability documents. Other documents that should be considered when thinking about reporting on performance (financial and non-financial) are:
- Statement of Intent
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/guidance/strategy/soicontent-production - Estimates, Supplementary Estimates and their Supporting Information: Technical Guide for Departments
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/guidance/planning/estimates/tech-est - - Annually updated:
- Treasury Instructions - generally specify what chief executives of the departments of the Crown must do http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/guidance/instructions (the link is to the front page not the instructions themselves as the Treasury Instructions are updated annually)
- Treasury Circulars provide guidance and instructional information to departments, Crown entities and State-owned enterprises and request financial information from those agencies. The Treasury Crown Reporting year end circular including guidance on updated accounting standards may be a useful resource when preparing your annual report: http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/guidance/circulars
Other useful information can be found:
- Presentation of papers to the House (19 June 2013), on the Parliamentary website.
This provides the requirements for tabling the Annual Report: http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Presented/Papers/e/1/c/00HOOOCPBPresentedPapersPapers1-Presentation-of-papers-to-the-House.htm. - NZ IFRS compliant model financial statements prepared by Audit New Zealand. These are available at: http://www.auditnz.govt.nz/publications-resources/public-sector-auditing/model-financial-statements/government-departments
- Performance Measurement: Advice and examples on how to develop effective frameworks http://www.ssc.govt.nz/performance-measurement
- This guidance is available electronically from the Treasury website at:
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/guidance/reporting/annualreports.
