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9 Uniform Presentation Framework
9.1 Context
This chapter contains detailed financial statements for the Queensland Public Sector prepared under the Uniform Presentation Framework (UPF) first agreed to at the Premier’s Conference in 1991. The UPF has been reviewed a number of times, most significantly following the release in October 2007 of the Australian Accounting Standards Board’s (AASB) accounting standard, AASB 1049 Whole of Government and General Government Sector Financial Reporting. The standard aims to harmonise Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) with the objective of improving the clarity and transparency of government financial statements. Most recently, the UPF was reviewed in February 2019 following the 2015 update to the Australian GFS Framework. The changes formalised the revised reporting that had already been adopted by Queensland in the 2018-19 budget. In addition, the chapter provides:
- a reconciliation of the General Government Sector net operating balance to the accounting
- perating result
- a time series for the General Government Sector using the revised UPF
- details of General Government Sector grant revenue and expenses
- details of General Government Sector dividend and income tax equivalent income
- data on General Government Sector expenses and purchases of non-financial assets by
function
- details of taxation revenue collected by the General Government Sector
- details of contingent liabilities
- background information on the revised UPF and disclosure differences arising from it,
including the conceptual basis, sector definitions and a list of reporting entities.
9.2 Uniform Presentation Framework financial information
The tables on the following pages present operating statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements prepared on a harmonised basis for the General Government, Public Non-financial Corporations (PNFC) and Non-financial Public Sectors. Under the UPF requirements, budgeted financial information for the Public Financial Corporations sector is not included.