| NOTE: | Spending is forecast for the fiscal year 2005-06 under seven Standard Accounts at the item level. The descriptions of the contents of the Standard Accounts given below are intended to serve as brief outlines only and should not be considered all inclusive. |
Salaries and Wages
Includes salaries and wages, overtime and other remuneration paid to regular, probationary, unclassified and other
staff; temporary help costs; indemnities and allowances paid to Members of the Legislative Assembly; and special
allowances paid to employees.
Employee Benefits
Includes the government's contribution as an employer to the Canada Pension Plan; the Ontario Public Service
Employees' Union Pension Plan; the Public Service Pension Plan; Employment Insurance; the Workplace Safety
and Insurance Board; and other employee benefit plans.
Transportation and Communication
Includes traveling expenses of employees on government business and recipients of government services, such as
wards of the province; relocation expenses of employees who transferred or recruited; expenses of moving office
furniture and equipment; costs of transportation of goods other than for initial delivery; mailing costs, such as
postage and registration; and communication costs, such as telephone and data communications.
Services
Includes information services, such as, advertising and communication services provided by professional agencies
and advertising placed directly with the media; rental and purchased repair and maintenance of machinery,
equipment, buildings, land and engineering structures; data processing services; insurance premiums; and other
professional and special services.
Supplies and Equipment
Includes provision for the purchase of all machinery and equipment including motor vehicles and computers, both
new and used; and the purchase of all materials, supplies and utilities.
Transfer Payments
Includes grants, subsidies, assistance to persons; the business sector; non-commercial institutions; and other
government bodies.
Other Transactions
Includes special transactions, such as interest incentives and subsidies; guarantees honoured; losses on loans; and
repayable grants.
Note on Statutory Appropriations
Statutory Appropriations are not Standard Accounts. Amounts required for Statutory Appropriations are shown,
where applicable, as separate entries under the Standard Accounts Classification details relating to each item.
Note on Cost-Recovery Items
In cases where the anticipated recovery of costs of an item is equal to or greater than the expenditures, the balance
of the item is shown at the nominal value of $1,000.
