Notes to the Financial Statements
1 Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Consolidated Fund
This Statement is a summary of receipts and payments of the Consolidated Fund Accounts.
1.1 The Consolidated Fund - Opening
The Consolidated Fund Accounts are comprised of: Jamaican Dollar Consolidated Fund Bank Account $60.365 billion; United States Dollar Consolidated Fund Bank Account (US$149.512 million @ J$ 154.1286) $23.044 billion, aggregate of $83.409 billion as of April 1, 2022.
1.2 The Consolidated Fund - Closing
The Consolidated Fund Accounts are comprised of: Jamaican Dollar Consolidated Fund Bank Account $33.074 billion; US$ Consolidated Fund Bank Account (US$115.418 million @ J$151.5654) $17.493 billion, aggregate of $50.567 billion as of March 31, 2023.
1.3 Refunds from the Consolidated Fund Account
Refunds recovered in the amount of $1.868 million which were erroneously transferred to the Consolidated Fund Account. Upon the requisite approvals, the amounts were subsequently refunded.
1.4 Refunds from the Central Payment Account
Negative Warrant in the amount of $40.235 million, was subsequently refunded to the Consolidated Fund Account.
2 Statement of Financing
This Statement shows receipts and payments from the Consolidated Fund for the year ended March 31, 2023 and how the surplus was used or how the deficit was financed.
2.1 Net Surplus/ (Deficit)
There was a deficit of $32.449 billion for the year in comparison to a surplus of $6.726 billion for 2022.
3 Statement of Receipts of the Consolidated Fund Compared with Estimates
This Statement includes Revenue Estimates and Actual Receipts, as well as, comparative data from the previous year.
3.1 Tax Revenue Recurrent
These are receipts generated from taxes. Included in this statement are the amounts that were transferred to the Consolidated Fund by the Principal Receivers of Revenue (PRRs). All revenues generated by the PRRs are required to be transferred to the Consolidated Fund.
3.2 Non-Tax Revenue Recurrent
Total receipts recorded for the year in the Consolidated Fund for this revenue category is $67.253 billion. The main revenue components are Miscellaneous Revenue, De-earmarked Receipts, Financial Distributions and Loan Interest. Dividends and Other Miscellaneous Revenue from public bodies are also included.
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