Municipal finances from 1900

Changed on: 22/03/2024 02:00

Municipal finances from 1900
Periods	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Revenues Total revenues (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Revenues Revenues current accounts Total revenues current accounts (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Revenues Revenues current accounts Levies (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Revenues Revenues current accounts Other revenues (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Revenues Revenues capital accounts (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Expenditure Total expenditure (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Expenditure Expenditure current accounts (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Expenditure Expenditure capital accounts (million euros)	Revenues and expenditure municipalities Balance of revenues and expenditure (million euros)	Debt at year-end Total debt at year-end (million euros)	Debt at year-end Long-term debt (million euros)	Debt at year-end Short-term debt (million euros)
1900	158	43	12	31	115	161	52	108	-3	160	118	42
1910	234	85	18	67	149	211	94	117	23	260	191	68
1920	405	187	104	83	218	390	211	179	15	605	446	158
1930	435	297	116	181	138	477	369	108	-42	1,503	1,072	432
1940	580	472	79	393	108	575	492	83	5	1,789	1,252	537
1950	1,114	690	139	551	424	1,428	863	565	-313	2,935	1,904	1,031
1960	2,596	2,085	98	1,987	511	2,894	1,958	935	-298	9,004	6,479	2,525
1970	7,862	6,577	253	6,324	1,284	8,974	6,560	2,414	-1,113	26,805	18,038	8,767
1980	29,709	26,210	1,293	24,917	3,499	31,860	26,233	5,627	-2,151	57,881	40,069	17,812
1990	39,205	33,486	2,400	31,086	5,719	38,946	32,702	6,244	259	74,626	54,169	20,457
2000	41,074	35,345	5,508	29,837	5,729	40,866	32,896	7,970	208	38,700	28,600	10,100
2010	52,090	43,907	7,869	36,038	8,183	57,003	46,382	10,621	-4,913	48,521	33,161	15,360
2020	71,295	63,977	10,687	53,290	7,318	68,068	60,073	7,995	3,227	52,457	39,692	12,765
2021	69,035	61,693	11,375	50,318	7,343	68,682	60,475	8,207	353	53,231	39,253	13,978
2022*	75,447	67,736	11,847	55,889	7,711	72,916	64,119	8,798	2,531	53,079	39,174	13,905
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table contains figures on revenues, expenditures and debts of municipalities as of the year 1900, in millions of euros. The figures have been collected from previously published tables on municipal finances and have been based on annual realisation figures. The data presented were taken from the annual accounts and the balance sheets of the respective municipalities, and match as closely as possible the definitions and classifications used by the municipalities themselves in their administration.

Important events:
1986 - A different method of financing the homes for the elderly resulted in a visible spike of 2 billion euros in income on the capital account.
1995 - In this year, municipalities received approximately 15.5 billion euros as a lump-sum payment from Central Government to buy off loans provided under the Housing Act. Through these lump sum payments the loans are repaid, causing the loans to decrease by an equal amount in 1995.
2008 - As of January 2008 deferred payments received from European and Dutch governments for a specific purpose (such as the construction of new infrastructure) to cover expenses in previous years, are recorded in the balance sheet differently. From this date onwards they are recorded under deferred liabilities. Previously the amounts were recorded under the provisions. The change in recording has led to a break in the time series concerning the balance between 2007 and 2008.
2009 - The sale of shares in Nuon and Essent resulted in a visible spike of 5.2 billion euros. Since the received book profit and super dividends are considered part of the current account, the increase is visible there.
2015 - Due to the transfer of tasks in the area of social support from General Government to municipalities, the revenues and expenses have increased by approximately 7 billion euros. The figures in this table are provisional at the time of first publication. Upon the second publication one year later, the figures will become definitive.
2020 - The sale of shares in Eneco resulted in additional revenues (book profit) of 4.1 billion euros.

Status of the figures:
The figures for 1900-2021 are definite, the figures for 2022 are provisional.

Changes as of 22 March 2024:
The provisional figures for 2022 have been added.
The figures for 2021 have been adjusted from provisional to definite.
For the year 2020, a 6 million euro correction was not included in the figure for short-term debt and, as a result, also not for total debt. In this version, this correction is included.

When will new figures be published?
The new figures from the municipal accounts are published no later than 15 months after the reporting period.
The figures can be adjusted on the basis of the availability of new or updated source material. In general, the adjustments are small. The adjustments are made the moment a new annual figure is added to the series.

Description topics

Revenues and expenditure municipalities

Revenues

Revenues related to the relevant period.

The revenues are recorded excluding internal settlements.

Total revenues: Revenues related to the relevant period.

The revenues are recorded excluding internal settlements.

Revenues current accounts

Total revenues current accounts.
The part of the revenues that is recorded on the current account.

On the current account, revenues are recorded onto the working balance of the current year. This includes interest income, sales of goods and services and received transfers. Super dividends and book profits are also included in the current account.

The bulk of the muncipal income consists of the general payments General Municipal Fund, other central government target payments and the muncipal levies received.

Total revenues current accounts: The part of the revenues that is recorded on the current account.

On the current account, revenues are recorded onto the working balance of the current year. This includes interest income, sales of goods and services and received transfers. Super dividends and book profits are also included in the current account.

The bulk of the muncipal income consists of the general payments General Municipal Fund, other central government target payments and the muncipal levies received.

Levies: Payments imposed by muncipalities. Levies include taxes and fees.

Tax:
Mandatory and unrequited payments imposed by government, without a direct counterpart. The revenue is part of the general resources of governments.

The taxes of municipalities mainly consist of the property tax and sewerage charges.

Fee:
Payment levied by government according to general principles for a concrete service it provides. The revenue has to be spent on a prescribed purpose.

The fees of municipalities mainly consist of waste collection charge and parking fees.

Other revenues: Revenues from rentals, leases, sales and received transfers from other governments or central government. Interest income and dividend received also belong to this category.

The majority of the other revenues consists of the general payments General Municipal Fund.

Revenues capital accounts: The part of the revenues which is registered in the capital accounts.

The revenues from the capital account includes the revenues from the sale of (in) tangible fixed assets, the consumption of fixed capital (depreciation) and the revenues from land sales. In addition, the investment grants received from third parties are also included in the revenues from the capital account.

Expenditure

Expenditure related to the relevant period.

The expenditures are recorded including the consumption of fixed capital and excluding internal settlements.

Total expenditure: Expenditure related to the relevant period.

The expenditures are recorded including the consumption of fixed capital and excluding internal settlements.

Expenditure current accounts: The part of the expenditure that is recorded on the current accounts.

On the current account, expenditures are recorded related to the working balance of the current year. This includes compensation of employees, interest charges, purchase of non-durable goods and services (including energy costs and costs of hiring staff) and paid current transfers, as well as consumption of fixed capital.

Expenditure capital accounts: The part of the expenditure that is registered in the capital accounts.

The expenditure from the capital accounts includes capital formation in fixed assets and changes in inventories including valuables, paid investment grants to governments and third parties and purchases of land.

Balance of revenues and expenditure: Balance of revenue and expenditure. A positive figure indicates a surplus, a negative figure indicates a deficit.

Debt at year-end

The balance position of the debt of the muncipalities at the end of the year.

Total debt at year-end: The balance position of the debt of the municipalities at the end of the year.

Long-term debt: Long-term debts are all credits, which do not have the characteristics of deposits and which do not mature within one year.

The long-term debt or liabilities include the fixed liabilities (bond loans, private loans, funds invested by third parties and guarantee deposits).
The liability is valued at nominal value.

Short-term debt: Short-term debts or liabilities are all credits, which do not have the characteristics of deposits and which mature by contract within one year.

The short-term liabilities includes the current liabilities and the deferred liabilities.
The liability is valued at nominal value.

As of 2008, received transfers in advance from European and Dutch governments with a specific spending purpose (i.e. the construction of new infrastructure) to cover expenses in future years are included in the balance sheet differently. From this year, these received transfers are included under deferred liabilities. The received transfers were previously booked under the provisions.