City of Dallas Expenses: Budgeted vs Actual Spending by Fiscal Year

City of Dallas' actual spending versus what was budgeted for in the annual budget. The dataset is provided by www.dallasopendata.com and was last updated on August 13, 2021. It includes columns for expenditure classification, budget amounts, appropriations, encumbrances, and expenses.

Use Cases

• Analyze budget variance by comparing CURRENT BUDGET to EXPENSES across different SERVICE categories.
• Track appropriation utilization by examining the relationship between APPR/APPROPRIATION and ENCUMB&EXPENSE.
• Categorize spending trends by grouping data using EXPENDITURE CLASSIFICATION, OBJECTGROUP, and FUNDTYPE.

Strengths

• Data is structured with 13 distinct columns for detailed financial analysis.
• Provides a direct comparison between planned (budget) and actual (expense) figures.

Limitations

• Last updated 2021-08-13 20:11:20; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.dallasopendata.com

Time Range

Coverage is indicated by BUDGET FISCAL YEAR column.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-08-13 20:11:20.

Geography

City of Dallas, Texas, USA.