Linz Municipal Administrative Debts Not Due, 2018 Clearance of Accounts

Outstanding liabilities of the City of Linz vis-à-vis third parties with value as at 31 December of each year excluding loans and bonds. The data is structured according to the Ordinance on Estimates and Clearance of Accounts (VRV). It is published by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze the composition of municipal liabilities based on the description of administrative debts not due.
• Benchmark municipal financial health against other cities using the reported year-end outstanding liabilities.
• Study the implementation of the Ordinance on Estimates and Clearance of Accounts (VRV) in local government reporting.

Strengths

• Data is structured according to a specific legal ordinance (VRV), suggesting a standardized format.
• The dataset explicitly excludes loans and bonds, clarifying the scope of the liabilities covered.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Likely compiled from municipal accounting records as part of the annual clearance of accounts process.

Time Range

Snapshots as of 31 December of each year; the dataset title references 2018.

Geography

City of Linz, Austria.