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Budget Development and Forecasting Records

Function

Finances

PIB

No

RRSDA Number

2023-004

Department

All University Departments

Description, purpose and use of records

The series consists of records created through planning, creation, forecasting and revision of budgets and applies to university-wide budgets (i.e., capital and operating budgets) and departmental budgets.

Records include, but are not limited to: expenditure projections, budget models, quarterly and annual reports, correspondence, approved revisions, statistics, working papers, and other supporting documentation related to budget development and forecasting.

Retention periods

Records Active Retention
Semi-Active Retention   Total retention Final disposition
Development & Forecasting Records CFY + 1 year 5 years CFY + 6 years Destruction
         
         
         

Active = Active Retention Period, Keep in Office; Semi-Active = Semi-Active Retention period, transfer to University Records Centre; CY = Current calendar year; CFY = Current fiscal year; CS = Current semester; S/O = Superseded or obsolete; OPR = Office of Primary Responsibility; Non-OPR = All other departments

Authorities

These records are created, used, retained and managed in accordance with the following authorities:

  • Income Tax Act

 

Retention rationale

In alignment with the Income Tax Act, records and books of account must be kept for verification purposes until the end of the sixth year after the taxation year to which the records relate. Budget development and forecasting records are only required in the short-term to support creation of, and publication of, financial reporting records (e.g., annual reports and statements).

Therefore a total retention period of "FY + 6 years" followed by destruction is sufficient to meet the university's administrative and audit needs for these records. Please note that annual capital, operating and departmental budget records (including annual reports, financial statements, and final approved budgets) are scheduled under RRSDA 2023-005 for permanent retention.

 

related RRSDAs

Status

RRSDA is in force

Approval Date

11 Dec 2024

Last Revised Date

11 Dec 2024