GQ-1b

On these websites/portals, can revenue and/or expenditure data for the current fiscal year be downloaded as a consolidated file (or set of files)? If yes, please provide the necessary links in the comment/citation.
 * a. Yes, both revenue and expenditure data can be downloaded as a consolidated file
 * b. Yes, but only expenditure data can be downloaded as a consolidated file
 * c. Yes, but only revenue data can be downloaded as a consolidated file
 * d. No, neither expenditure or revenue data can be downloaded as a consolidated file

Guidelines
GQ-1b, GQ-1c, and GQ-1d ask about whether governments publish specific types of content on their websites/portals: (a) consolidated files that contain revenue and/or expenditure information for the current fiscal year; (b) consolidated files that contain revenue and/or expenditure information for multiple years in consistent formats; and (c) infographics/visualizations or other similar tools used to simplify data access and analysis. Researchers should provide the links to relevant webpages and some explanations of what they contain.

1) What counts?
We are looking for a single file in machine-readable format that contains either revenue or expenditure data for the current fiscal year, with at least one level of detail below the total aggregate value: for expenditures, data for at least one expenditure classification, administrative, economic or functional, and for revenues, data for revenues by category or by individual sources. The example of Sri Lanka, which has very basic Excel files with only high-level information, represents the lowest bar. In principle, if a government publishes separate files for revenue and expenditure, that would be okay. However, individual files for departments are probably not enough, as in the case of Japan, as there is no consolidated picture for all central government. Macroeconomic data (e.g. Fiji) is not sufficient.

To some extent this question repeats PBS-5, EBP-5, EB-5 and the rest of the questions 5 for each of the eight individual budget documents, with the difference that for the GQ questions we ask that information is consolidated and presented in a certain way, while for individual documents we accept pretty much any information that is posted in a machine-readable format.

2) Would we accept files with consolidated revenue and expenditure data that are published on the website of the central bank?
Yes. We would accept this information for this question. See Botswana in OBS 2019.