It is the accountant's responsibility to ensure that the annual accounts give a true and fair view of the municipality's affairs as of the end of the financial year and the results of its operations and cash flows for the period then ended. The accountant recognizes that he is ultimately responsible for the internal financial control system established by the municipality and places great emphasis on maintaining a strong control environment. The focus of risk management in the municipality is to identify, assess, manage and monitor all known forms of risk across the municipality.
Although operational risk cannot be completely eliminated, the Municipality strives to minimize it by ensuring the use and management of appropriate infrastructure, controls, systems and ethical conduct within pre-defined procedures and constraints. The accountant has reviewed the municipality's cash flow forecast for the year to 30 June 2019 and, based on this review and the current financial position, is satisfied that the municipality has access to adequate resources to continue its operational existence for the foreseeable future. External auditors are responsible for the independent review and reporting of the municipality's annual financial statements.
The annual accounts have been audited by the municipality's external auditors, and their report is presented on page 3. The municipality's operating results and condition are fully apparent from the attached annual accounts and, in our opinion, do not require any further comments.
Presentation of Annual Financial Statements
Presentation currency
Going concern assumption
Significant judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty
Significant judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty (continued) Useful lives of waste and water network and other assets
Investment property
Investment property (continued)
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment (continued)
Intangible assets
Intangible assets (continued)
Financial instruments
Financial instruments (continued) A financial asset is
Financial instruments (continued)
If the market for a financial instrument is not active, the entity determines fair value using a valuation technique. The fair value of a financial liability with a demand element (eg a demand deposit) is not less than the amount payable on demand, discounted from the first date on which the amount could be required to be paid. Where the entity cannot reliably measure the fair value of an embedded derivative that has been separated from a host contract that is a financial instrument at a subsequent reporting date, it measures the combined instrument at fair value.
If fair value can no longer be measured reliably for an investment in a residual interest measured at fair value, the entity reclassifies the investment from fair value to cost. The carrying amount at the date when the fair value is no longer available becomes cost. When a reliable valuation becomes available for an investment in a residual interest for which no valuation was previously available, and the instrument should have been measured at fair value, the entity reclassifies the instrument from cost to fair value.
A gain or loss arising from a change in the fair value of a financial asset or financial liability measured at fair value is recognized in surplus or deficit. If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has been incurred on an investment in a residual interest that is not measured at fair value because its fair value cannot be measured reliably, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the financial asset and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the similar financial market rate of return.
Leases
If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss has occurred on financial assets measured at amortized cost, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset's book value and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the initial effective interest rate of the financial asset. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced directly OR through the use of an allowance account. If, in a later period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is reversed directly OR by adjusting a provision account.
The result of the reversal is the book value of the financial asset, which would exceed the amortized value if the impairment had not been recognized on the date the impairment is reversed. Payments to the holders of the remaining shares are recognized by the company directly in net assets. Income tax [where applicable] relating to distributions to holders of residual interests and transaction costs arising from residual interests is calculated in accordance with the International Accounting Standard on Income Tax.
A financial asset and a financial liability are only offset, and the net amount is presented in the statement of financial position, when the company currently has a legally enforceable right to offset the recognized amounts and intends either to settle on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. In the accounting treatment of a transfer of a financial asset that does not meet the conditions for derecognition, the company does not set off the transferred asset and the associated liability.
Leases (continued) Finance leases - lessee
Inventories
Employee benefits
Employee benefits (continued) Post-employment benefits
Employee benefits (continued)
The entity uses the projected unit credit method to measure the present value of its defined benefit obligations and the related pension costs and, if applicable, past service costs. The projected unit credit method (sometimes known as the accrued benefit pro-rata method based on service or as the benefit/years of service method) considers each period of service as giving rise to an additional unit of benefit entitlement and measures each unit separately to build the ultimate liability. In measuring the present value of its defined benefit obligations and related service cost and, if applicable, past service cost, an entity shall allocate benefits to periods of service according to the plan's benefit formula.
The results of the valuation are updated for material transactions and other material changes in circumstances (including changes in market prices and interest rates) up to the reporting date. The entity recognizes gains or losses on the curtailment or settlement of a defined benefit plan when the curtailment or settlement occurs. Before determining the effect of a curtailment or settlement, the entity recalculates the liability (and the related plan assets, if any) based on current actuarial assumptions (including current market interest rates and other current market prices).
When it is virtually certain that another party will reimburse all or part of the expenditure required to settle a defined benefit obligation, the right to reimbursement is recognized as a separate asset. In all other respects, the asset is treated in the same way as plan assets. In the case of a surplus or deficit, the expense related to a defined benefit plan is presented as the net amount of the amount drawn for a benefit.
The entity sets off an asset related to one plan against a liability related to another plan when the entity has a legally enforceable right to use a surplus in one plan to settle obligations under the other plan and intends to settle the obligations on a net basis, or to realize the excess in one plan and simultaneously settle its obligation under the other plan.
Employee benefits (continued) Actuarial assumptions
Provisions and contingencies Provisions are recognised when
Provisions and contingencies (continued)
Where a fee is received by the municipality for issuing a financial guarantee and/or where a fee is charged on a loan.
Commitments
Revenue from exchange transactions
Revenue from exchange transactions (continued) Rendering of services
Revenue from non-exchange transactions
Revenue from non-exchange transactions (continued)
Revenue from non-exchange transactions (continued) Transfers
Investment income
Borrowing costs
Unauthorised expenditure Unauthorised expenditure means
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure
Irregular expenditure
Budget information
Related parties
Related parties (continued)
Events after reporting date
Notes to the Annual Financial Statements
New standards and interpretations
- Standards and interpretations effective and adopted in the current year
- Standards and interpretations issued, but not yet effective
Inventories
Other receivables from exchange transactions
Receivables from non-exchange transactions
Receivables from non-exchange transactions (continued)
VAT receivable
Receivables from exchange transactions Gross balances
Receivables from exchange transactions (continued) Net balance
Receivables from exchange transactions (continued) Other (specify)
Receivables from exchange transactions (continued) Summary of debtors by customer classification
Receivables from exchange transactions (continued) Reconciliation of allowance for impairment
Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents consist of
Cash and cash equivalents (continued) The municipality had the following bank accounts
Investment property
Investment property (continued) Reconciliation of investment property - 2018
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment (continued) Reconciliation of property, plant and equipment - 2018
Intangible assets
Capitilised restoration cost
Capitilised restoration cost (continued)
Finance lease obligation Minimum lease payments due
Payables from exchange transactions
Employee benefit obligations Defined benefit plan
Employee benefit obligations (continued)
Employee benefit obligations (continued) Health Care Cost Inflation Rate
Unspent conditional grants and receipts
Provisions
Provisions (continued)
Service charges
Discount received
Other income
Investment revenue Interest revenue
Property rates Rates received
Government grants and subsidies Operating grants
Government grants and subsidies (continued) Integrated National Electrification Programme
Government grants and subsidies (continued) Library Development Grant
Employee related costs
Employee related costs (continued)
Remuneration of councillors
Remuneration of councillors (continued) A Januarie
Finance costs
Repairs and maintenance
Contingencies 2018
Related parties
Related parties (continued) Service Charges to Key Management
Prior period errors
Prior period errors (continued)
Risk management Financial risk management
Risk management (continued) Liquidity risk
- Risk management (continued) Interest rate risk
- Going concern
- Events after the reporting date
- Fruitless and wasteful expenditure
- Irregular expenditure
- Additional disclosure in terms of Municipal Finance Management Act Contributions to organised local government
- Additional disclosure in terms of Municipal Finance Management Act (continued) Pension and Medical Aid Deductions
- Deviation from supply chain management regulations
- Cash generated from operations
- Budget differences
- Budget differences (continued)
- Budget differences (continued) Bulk purchases
As the municipality has no significant interest-bearing assets, the municipality's income and operating cash flows are essentially independent of changes in market interest rates. The annual accounts have been prepared on the basis of the accounting practices used for continuing operations. This basis presupposes that there will be funds available to finance future operations and that realization of assets and settlement of liabilities, contingent liabilities and obligations will take place in ordinary operations.
The municipality's ability to continue operations depends on a number of factors. The most significant of these is that the accountant continues to raise funds from the National Treasury for ongoing operations for. The municipality is aware that measures such as effective liquidity management procedures and effective collection procedures must be implemented to ensure its ability to meet its obligations and increase liquidity.
All fruitless and wasteful expenses incurred are due to Interest and penalties on late payments to suppliers. Additional disclosure in terms of Municipal Financial Management Act Contributions to organized local government Contributions to organized local government. 27636 issued on 30 May 2005 stipulates that a supply chain management policy must provide for the procurement of goods and services through a competitive bidding process.
The actual subsidies on needy customers are accounted for as a negative income, while they were budgeted as an expense. The amount exceeds the budget amount as the municipality did receive a letter from the Department of Transport indicating that the municipality will no longer provide the service. Due to the uncertainty of the upper limits for Councilors, this makes budgeting for these expenses difficult and over-budgeting is preferred to under-budgeting.
The municipality cannot budget for the actual amount as this will have the impact that the municipality will budget for a deficit which according to legislation is not allowed. No bad debts were written off during the period, but the municipality budgeted for bad debts to be written off. Upgrading and adding new assets had an effect on the amount spent on repairs and maintenance.
