Budget transfer (2017, 2018 & 2019) from Central Contingencies to Treasury and Resources for Taxes Office

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A decision made 4 November 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2016-0093
Decision Summary Title:	Contingency Funding Request – Taxes Office Capacity and Capability to meet the Island’s International Obligations		Date of Decision Summary:	31st October 2016
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Director, Corporate Group		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Budget Transfer from Central Contingencies to the Taxes Office, Treasury and Resources Department for the Capacity and Capability to meet the Island’s International Obligations		Date of Written Report:	31st October 2016
Written Report Author:	Finance Director, Corporate Group		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt Article 34
Subject: One off budget transfers of £352,300 in 2017, £252,300 in 2018 and £252,300 in 2019 from Central Contingencies to Treasury and Resources for the Taxes Office to create capacity and capability needed to meet the Island’s international obligations.
Decision(s): The Treasury and Resources Minister approved one off budget transfers of £352,300 in 2017, £252,300 in 2018 and £252,300 in 2019 from Central Contingencies to the Treasury and Resources revenue head of expenditure for the Taxes Office to create capacity and capability needed to meet the Island’s international obligations. The Minister also approved four additional FTE posts within the Taxes Office.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure or the insurance fund of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. To comply with P67/1999 which charges the Minister for Treasury and Resources to regulate the number of persons that may be employed by the States. The Council of Ministers approved this request for funding from Contingencies at its meeting of 20th October 2016. The Contingency Allocation Policy published by the Minister for Treasury and Resources (R.10/2012) states that all requests for Allocation from Contingency will be considered by the Council of Ministers.
Resource Implications: The Treasury and Resources revenue head of expenditure to increase by £352,300 in 2017 and £252,300 in 2018 and 2019. Central Contingencies to decrease by the same amounts in 2017, 2018 and 2019. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States in the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016 to 2019. The Council of Ministers noted that the increase in headcount and payroll would be included in the baseline figures of the Taxes Office from the start of the next MTFP period in 2020.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to advise the Finance Director of the Corporate Group that this decision is approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean Minister for Treasury & Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed)