Clearance of Accounts 2019: Staff and Pension Expenditure for Linz

The dataset contains the 2019 clearance of accounts for the city of Linz, Austria, detailing total staff expenditure and pensions. It is structured according to the Preliminary and Financial Statements Ordinance (VRV), which defines the supporting documents for budget estimates. The data is provided by the Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze municipal staff cost structures based on the breakdown by item according to the VRV ordinance
• Compare pension expenditure against other budget items for fiscal year 2019
• Audit government financial statements based on the standardized reporting format mandated by the VRV
• Study the composition of public sector spending based on the defined post and subgroup classification system

Strengths

• Data is structured according to a specific legal ordinance (VRV), suggesting a standardized format.
• Focuses on a defined fiscal year (2019) and geographic area (Linz).
• Published under an open license (CC-BY-4.0) by recognized organizations.

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 extracted from official municipal financial statements for the 2019 clearance of accounts.

Time Range

2019

Geography

Linz, Austria