Question NW2521 to the Minister of Public Works
01 October 2018 - NW2521
Figg, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Public Works
What was the total (a) cost for administering his department’s receipts in the (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18 financial years and (b) amount received in receipts in each case?
Reply:
a) The costs for the administration of receipts/revenue are limited to the salary of the cashier, and below are the costs per financial year:
- 2016/17 - R325 869.00
- 2017/18 - R335 916.00
In addition to receipt/revenue management for the Department, the cashier is responsible for the following functions:
- management of the petty cash - Giving out the petty cash, reconciliation, replenishment and safe-keeping thereof;
- receiving and safekeeping cash, issuing of receipts, reconciliation and safe-keeping of the cash;
- deposit cash received into the Department’s bank account;
- capturing of sundry payments;
- updating of the Reapatela system (30 days payment monitoring system).
b) The following amounts were received per financial year:
2016/17 = R14.608 million, calculated as follows:
|
R’000 |
|
|
Sales of goods and services other than capital assets |
1 261 |
|
Interest |
12 361 |
|
Sales of capital assets |
70 |
|
Transactions in financial assets and liabilities |
916 |
|
Departmental revenue collected |
14 608 |
2017/18 = R10.358 million, calculated as follows:
|
R’000 |
|
|
Sales of goods and services other than capital assets |
295 |
|
Interest |
8 498 |
|
Transactions in financial assets and liabilities |
1 565 |
|
Departmental revenue collected |
10 358 |