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TO:
All Senior Financial Officers and
Senior Full-Time Financial Officers
Subject:
2004-2005 Departmental Financial
Statements
Thank
you for your efforts last year in preparing the 2003-2004 financial statements.
As in the previous year, there was a great improvement in timeliness,
form and content.
The
submission date for the 2004-05 departmental financial statements is June 30,
2005. The statements must be the
final version signed off by the Deputy Head and Senior Financial Officer.
This submission date does not apply to departmental corporations and
revolving funds: these organizations must continue to respect the Receiver
General cut-off dates for the Public Accounts.
As
announced by the President of the Treasury Board, the government has made the
commitment to have all departmental financial statements audited by March 2009.
We are currently working on the guidance and support needed to implement
this objective, including a revised Treasury Board Accounting Standard –
Departmental and Agency Financial Statements (TBAS 1.2.
For the 2004-2005 financial statements, departments should prepare their
financial statements following the version of TBAS 1.2 used last year.
Please
note that, departments subject to the December 12, 2003 reorganization should
restate the 2003-2004 comparatives in the statements, where possible.
The
statements, as well as any questions, should be directed to:
Ken
Wheat
Office of the Comptroller General
L'Esplanade Laurier, 8th Floor, West Tower
300 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0R5
Fax:
(613) 941-8487
Phone: (613) 957-9676
e-mail:
Wheat.Kenneth@tbs-sct.gc.ca
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