Turkish Ministry of Finance General Directorate of Public Accounts

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Turkish Ministry of FinanceGeneral Directorate
of Public Accounts

• Government Finance Statistics of Turkey
• Haydar KULAKSIZ
• Head of Statistics Department
• hkulaksiz_at_muhasebat.gov.tr

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Content

• EU Negotiation and National Statistics in Turkey
• Responsible Institutions for General Government
  Statistics
• Coverage of the General Government
• Basis of Recoding
• Data Compilation For GG and Stakeholders
• Twinning Project Related to GFS
• Current Situation Related to ESA Tables and EDP
  Tables of General Government

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EU Negotiation and National Statistics in Turkiye

• Accession Partnership Document
• National Program
• Screening Process (19 June 18 July 2006)
• Chapter Openned (2007)
• Target for Full Alignment 2011

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Responsible Institutions For General Government
Statistics in Official Statistics Program

• Official Statistics Program
• Turkish Statistics Office
• Ministry of Finance
• Treasury
• Turkish Central Bank

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The Coverage of the General Government Sector in
PFMCL-1-

• Central Government
• General Budget Institutions
• - Legislative Body
• - Executive Body
• - Judicial Body
• Special Budget Institutions (118)
• - Universities (85)
• - Others (33)
• Regulatory and Supervisory Institutions (8)
• Social Security Institutions
• Social Security Institution
• Turkish Labour Institution
• Local Governments
• Municipalities (3225)
• Provincial Special Institutions (81)
• Associations Established by Local Governments
  (1610)

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The Coverage of the General Government Sector -2-

• Public Financial Management and Control Law
• Turkish Statistics Law
• Redefining the Scope of General Government
• Workshop Boundaries of Turkish General
  Government Sector and ESA95 Methodology

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Basis of Recoding

• The Ministry of Finance Introduced a Unique
  Accounting System to the GG Defined by PFMCL in
  2006
• Accounting System Requires Institutions To Use
  Both Cash and Accrual Base
• Most of the Institutions Achieved To Apply Cash
  and Accrual Base
• Cash Base Data More Reliable At The Moment,
  Accrual Data is Being Tested

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Data Compilation for General Government and
Stakeholders -1-

• Responsible Institution MOF
• Stakeholders
• Treasury,
• Social Security Instituion
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Central Bank

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Data Compilation for GG and Stakeholders -2-

• By using say2000i system, the MoF is capable of
  compiling data for the general and special budget
  institutions instantly.
• Regulatory and supervisory institutions send
  their accounting data monthly.
• Local Governments enter their data into say2000i
  system quarterly.
• Social Security Institutions are obliged to send
  their data quarterly to the MoF. Because of
  restructuring there is no data yet.

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Current Situation Related GFS in National
Classification

• The Ministry of Finance Disseminates Cash and
  Accrual Based
• Central Government Data Montly
• Local Government Data Quarterly
• Social Security Fund Couldnt Provide Neither
  Cash Nor Accrual Data
• MOF Compiles and Disseminates Accrual Data for
  Some Institutions Such As Revolving Funds,
  Extrabudgetary Funds and Unemployment Insurance
  Fund Which are out of The Scope of GG defined by
  PFMCL.

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Twinning Project Related to GFS

• The Ministry of Finance is Conducting a Twinnig
  Project to Build and to Improve the Capacity of
  Data Compilation
• In the Context of The Project
• IT System has been Improved,
• Recommendations to redefining the Scope of GG was
  Built up.
• A Bridge Table has been Created to Convert
  National Chart of Accounts to ESA Codes,
• Works Started to Fill in ESA Tables 2, 6, 7, 9
  and 11
• Training Activities to Improve Personel Skills of
  Statisticians and Accountants were Planned

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Current Situation Related to ESA Tables and EDP
Tables of GG

• Treasury Started to Submit EDP Tables Produced by
  Using Mainly Cash Data of Central Government to
  Eurostat
• There isnt any ESA Tables Submitted to Eurostat
  Yet
• The Minstry of Finance and Turkstat Have Been
  Working Together to Produce ESA Tables 2, 9 and
  11
• MOF, Central Bank, and Treasury will Cooperate on
  ESA Tables 6 and 7

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