ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 71
Guyana Revenue Authority Notes on the Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2014 Note 1. Significant Accounting Policies A. The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention whereas Fixed Assets are valued at their Acquisition Cost and no depreciation is reported.
B. The Revenue Authority operates on a Cash Basis of Accounting and as such there are no accruals of expenses. The allocations are provided by Parliament in the Estimates of Expenditure. In addition, the surplus of revenue (releases) over expenditure is remitted to the Consolidated Fund.
C. Inventories are valued using the Weighted Average Method. Inventories are procured with funds allocated for Current
Expenditure and consequently, the stock at hand as at December st partially constitutes the accumulated fund.
Note 2. Fixed Assets Fixed Assets held by the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise Departments as at January 27,
2000, were independently valued by the Chief Valuation Officer at M. The asset holding of the Authority is displayed on
the chart Land and Buildings823,406,908
Motor Vehicle/Craft
314,245,846
Computer
Equipment1,113,063,365
Office Equipment
315,615,831
Containers/Scanner
212,134,217
Office Furniture 2,905,336,574 28%
11%
38%
11%
7%
5%
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