Colombian Municipal Current Revenue Certification and Expenditure Limits (Law 617 of 2000)
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Description
The dataset contains calculations for certified current freely available revenue (ICLD) and legal spending limits for Colombian public corporations and control bodies, as mandated by Law 617 of 2000. It includes columns for total revenue, operating expenses, calculated legal limits, and spending commitments across departments, municipalities, assemblies, councils, and oversight bodies. The data is provided by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2025-12-19.
Use Cases
Analyzing the relationship between operating expenses and current revenue using `totalgastosfuncionamientodepartamentomunicipio` and `totalicldnetodepartamentomunicipio`.
Monitoring compliance with legal spending caps for municipal councils using `limitelegalgastoconcejocalculadocgr` and `gastoscomprometidosconcejo`.
Comparing budget limits and committed expenditures for departmental assemblies using `limitelegalgastoasambleas` and `totalgastosejecutadosasambleadrpssd`.
Assessing fiscal limits for oversight bodies like municipal comptrollers using `limitemaximopresupuestocontraloriasmunicipalesdistritales` and `gastoscomprometidoscontraloriasmunicipalesdistritales`.
Strengths
Includes 26 columns detailing revenue, expenses, and legal limits for multiple government entities.
Data is structured for direct comparison of legal limits against committed or executed spending across different fiscal years (`vigencia`).
Provides geographic granularity with `departamento` and `nombremunicipiodepartamento` columns for sub-national analysis.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
Source
www.datos.gov.co
Collection Method
Likely compiled from official municipal and departmental financial reports submitted for certification.
Time Range
Coverage is implied by the `vigencia` (fiscal year) column, but specific range is unknown.
Freshness
Last updated 2025-12-19 23:10:02.
Geography
Colombia, with data likely at the departmental and municipal level.
Column names are in Spanish and are long and specific; translation and renaming may be necessary for analysis. License terms are unknown and should be verified.