2. PRESENTATION outline DEFINITION AND PURPOSE OF THE IYM
LINKAGE OF IYM TO OTHER PROCESSES
PREPARATION OF THE IYM
REVISION OF CASH FLOW PROJECTION
SHIFTINGS AND VIREMENTS
CONCLUDING REMARKS
PRESENTATION outline

3. LINKAGE WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS
1. Budget Preparation
2. Consideration of procurement plan
3. Annual Cashflow projections
Plan must be submitted to SCM.
Commitments must be monitored monthly by programmes
7. Reporting of Expenditure (IYM tool )
6. Incurring of expenditure
5. Commitment of Funds (Implementation)
4. Loading of budget 1

4. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
PFMA, Section 40(4)(c) states that the Accounting Officer of the department must within 15 days of the end of each month submit to the relevant treasury and executive authority responsible for that department the information for that month , a projection of expected expenditure and revenue collection for the remainder of the current financial year and when necessary, an explanation of any material variances and the summary of steps that are to ensure that the projected expenditure revenue remain within budget.

5. Definition & PURPOSE What In Year Monitoring is ?
In Year Monitoring is a mechanism designed to monitor monthly expenditure patterns.
Why do we prepare an IYM ?
In Year Monitoring is a tool meant to assists in determining whether programmes will succeed in implementing their plans. ( aligning performance with budget).
It is regarded as an “Early Warning Tool “which detects possible over/under expenditure.
It assists in the development of strategies to mitigate over and under expenditure.
It leads to effective and efficient utilisation of funds

6. preparation of the iym
documents to be used to craft the IYM report be used
In Year Monitoring template
Annual Cashflow projections
Reports from BAS system
1. Expenditure control(commitment) report
2. Detailed commitment report
3. Expenses per month report
Operational and activity plan

7. preparation of the iym…Con’t
CRAFTING OF INFORMATION ON THE IYM TEMPLATE
Compensation of Employees
The following processes must be taken into account during the preparation of IYM:
Capturing of cashflow projections and budget
Capturing of actual expenditure of the previous months
Analysis of expenditure patterns to check abnormalities
Utilisation of the Persal Report to ensure correctness of placement of officials 1

8. preparation of the iym..Con’t
Goods and Services, Capital Expenditure & Transfers and Subsidies
Capturing of cashflow projections and budget
Capturing of actual expenditure of the previous month using the report from the system.
Expenditure analysis must be done to check abnormalities and misallocations.
Ensure that spending is in line with the procurement plans.
Commitments must be taken into account when determining cash flow projection.
Check linkage with the cash flow projection.

9. Revision of CASH FLOW projections
Monthly Cash-flow projections are a breakdown of anticipated expenditure and revenue broken down into months.
It represents how the cash will flow from the Vote throughout the year.
Guided by PPT, projections are to be revised on quarterly basis, only when a need arise.
Activity plans, commitments must be considered when revising projections
Projections must be linked with the APP and OP’s Plan
They must be costed according to SCOA items
Ensure that funds are sufficient for each activity

10. Virements / shifting of funds
To curb deviations between the expenditure and the allocated budget which may occur in the cost centres during the course of the financial year ,effective and appropriate steps must be taken. Some of the occurrences may be as a result of
Imminent cost pressures
Implementation of new policy directives & commitments
Unanticipated events that may require immediate financial response
Later or non-implementation of projects and savings.

11. Virements / shifting of funds
As detailed in Circular 1 of 2014/15 Financial Year on the shifting and virement of funds within programmes, virements/shiftings will be processed on a quartely basis.
Activity plan must be taken into account
Ensure that funds are sufficient in each item
Operational plan must be considered during the shifting of funds to ensure the movement of funds do not negatively affect the performance of the department.

12. challenges CHALLENGES No valid and clear explanations for deviations
Incorrect capturing of actual expenditure on IYM
Late submission of required information
Non credible projections

13. Plan for in year monitoring
MILESTONES
Programme Activities
DATES
Preliminary reports will be distributed to all programmes
(i) Capturing of preliminary figures into
IYM template
(ii) Analysis of the IYM to check
abnormalities
(iii) Correction of abnormalities if
identified
1st day of each month
2. Distribution of final BAS reports after the system closed
(i) Check changes against final report
(ii) Analysis must be performed
(iii) Variance explanations must be
stated
8th day of each month
3. Submission of IYM reports by directorates to Budget Office
(i) IYM must be checked and verified by the senior manager and signed off
(ii) Signed hard copy and soft copy
must be submitted to Budget
Office
9th day of each month
4. Distribution of IYM information to Programme Managers for verification of actuals, projections and detailed reasons for deviation ( Treasury Format)
(i) IYM to be checked and verified by the programme manager
(ii) Reasons for deviation must be provided by the programme manager
10th of each month
5. Submission of changes in projections and explanations for deviations to Budget Office in preparation for FMCM
Changes and explanations will be
submitted to Budget Office
11th of each 12H00
6. Signing off IYM report by CFO, Programme Managers and SG ( To comply with Sec 40(4)(b) of PFMA)
(i) Signing of IYM by relevant officials
13th of each month
7. Submission of IYM to Provincial Treasury
(i) IYM submitted to Provincial Treasury
14th or 15th before 12h00 of each month

14. CONCLUDING REMARKS
Together we can achieve great success by sharing ideas, knowledge and assistance to each other.
The budget office depends on the co-operation from all programmes in order to achieve its assigned roles and responsibilities.

15. progress, working together is success’’ Henry Ford
“Coming together is the beginning, Staying together is
progress, working together is success’’ Henry Ford
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