Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation Programme19Table 3.12: Value added components in data sources and national accountsadjustments for government, 2006Value added components____________________________________________________________________1. Salary Bonuses and Other Staff Expenditures (article 600)2. Social Insurance and health contributions (article 601)Total value added (1 + 2)As well as in estimation of value added of government the calculated value of valueadded of Compulsory social and health securities (wages, salaries and socialinsurance) is added.3.3.3.2 Intermediate consumptionIntermediate consumption in the Government is the material amount and servicesmade to accomplish their duties. The intermediate consumption is made of the entireelements used to produce output, which are expenses to maintain the normal work.Intermediate consumption is the article 602 – “Goods and other services”. In themore detailed level of the article we can define the object of the purchase. All thesegoods and services represent the intermediate costs taken by the general governmentto produce the final output of the government. This entire group is treated asintermediate consumption.Although these data are available some improvement can be made. The code accounthas a good detailed level of the expenditure but it is needed to define our approach tothis data in a better way. It is pointed out that some articles in the account treated intothe intermediate consumption should be treated as value added. For example thedetailed level of the article 6029005 (Expenses for Honorarium) should beconsidered as value added and not as intermediate consumption. The main thing is todetermine which element of the account should be considered for intermediateconsumption and which for value added and this will be part of future improvements.46/236