Clearance of Accounts 2015: Building Use Cost Allocation for Linz Departments

The dataset details the apportionment of office building management costs among various departments for the city of Linz, Austria, for the year 2015. It is based on the Ordinance on Estimates and Clearance of Accounts (VRV), which governs the presentation of budgetary evidence. The data is aggregated by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich and is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental cost burdens based on the apportionment of building management expenses.
• Benchmark municipal office building operating costs against other cities.
• Model public sector cost allocation frameworks based on the VRV ordinance guidelines.

Strengths

• Data is structured according to a specific legal ordinance (VRV), providing a formal framework.
• The dataset has a clear geographic focus on the city of Linz.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Apportionment of costs for subsection 0290 (office building) among city departments.

Time Range

2015

Geography

Linz, Austria