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GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT [6 records]

Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
OBS

general fund expenditure account : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
OBS

compte général de dépenses : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

When there is an overage in a petty cash fund, a study should be carried out to find the cause of the overage. When the money cannot be returned to its rightful owner, it should be deposited to the credit of the Receiver General in accordance with the Receipt and Deposit of Public Money Regulations, recorded as an overage and credited to a departmental miscellaneous non-tax revenue account.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Comptabilité générale
CONT

Lorsqu'il y a un excédent dans un fonds de petite caisse, il faut mener une enquête afin d'en découvrir la cause. Lorsque la somme ne peut pas être remise à son propriétaire légitime, il faut la déposer au crédit du receveur général, conformément au Règlement sur la réception et le dépôt des deniers publics, l'inscrire comme un excédent et la porter au crédit d'un compte de recettes non fiscales diverses du ministère.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
CONT

[The economic indicators] which the International Monetary Fund has been refining since 1986, include real growth of GNP or GDP, growth of real domestic demand, gross private investment, GDP deflators, general government financial balances, external current account balances, and primary commodity prices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
CONT

(...) ensemble d'indicateurs [économiques]: croissance du PNB ou du PIB réel, expansion de la demande intérieure réelle, investissement privé brut, déflateurs du PIB, soldes financiers des administrations publiques, soldes des balances courantes et prix des produits primaires).

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

A member has a reserve tranche position in the IMF [International Monetary Fund] to the extend that its quota exceeds the IMF's holdings of its currency in the General Resources Account...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

Un État membre dispose d'une tranche de réserve au FMI [Fonds monétaire international] dans la mesure où les avoirs du FMI dans la monnaie détenus au Compte des ressources générales [...] sont inférieurs à sa quote-part.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

A country's quota in the General Account determines its voting power in the [International Monetary] Fund and the scale of its access to the Fund's resources. Canada's quota was initially set at the equivalent of SDR [Special Drawing Rights] 300 million in February 1947; subsequently, increases in members’ quotas have brought Canada's quota up to SDR 2, 941. 0 million or 3. 3 per cent of total subscriptions to the Fund.

Key term(s)
  • General Account quota

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 6 1979-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
OBS

The Petty Cash account in the general ledger remains at its original balance(...) It does not change unless the amount of the [petty cash] fund itself is either increased or decreased.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
OBS

Le compte Petite caisse est débité au moment où l'on établit le fonds [de petite caisse] mais on ne doit porter aucun autre montant au débit ou au crédit de ce compte à moins que le montant du fonds ne soit modifié.

Spanish

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