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Note to and forming part of the financial statements

This section analyses the financial performance of ARPANSA for the year ended 2019.

Financial performance

This section analyses the financial performance of ARPANSA for the year ended 2019.

Note 1.1: Expenses

1.1A: Employee benefits

2019

2018

$

$

Wages and salaries

12,201,502

11,788,021

Superannuation - defined contribution

1,816,550

1,809,559

Superannuation - defined benefit

525,762

484,235

Leave and other entitlements

2,632,275

2,207,378

Separation and redundancies

78,228

164,836

Total employee benefits

17,254,317

16,454,029

Accounting policy

Accounting policies for employee-related expenses are contained in the people and relationships section.

1.1B: Suppliers

2019

2018

$

$

Goods and services supplied or rendered

Audit fees - ANAO

54,000

54,000

Audit fees - outsourced

14,657

93,196

Advisory council and committees

114,396

118,960

Communications

265,805

320,964

Construction and maintenance - Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

621,172

655,133

Contractors/Consultants

987,146

780,817

Demolition and remediation

0

153,433

Information technology

946,366

861,259

Postage and freight

194,082

212,277

Reference material & subscriptions

302,238

353,875

Repair and maintenance

613,197

578,315

Training and conferences

199,521

219,188

Travel

1,148,884

1,070,486

Utilities

488,416

544,539

Other goods and services

892,439

862,770

Total goods and services supplied or rendered

6,842,319

6,879,212

Goods supplied

1,266,240

1,394,857

Services rendered

5,576,079

5,484,356

Total goods and services supplied or rendered

6,842,319

6,879,213

Other supplier expenses

Operating lease rentals

252,974

250,721

Workers compensation premiums

27,293

41,439

Total other supplier expenses

280,267

292,160

Total supplier expenses

7,122,586

7,171,373

Leasing commitments

ARPANSA in its capacity as lessee:

Lease for office accommodation

  • Four year office accommodation lease with two further extension options of two years each. Lease payments are subject to an annual CPI increase.

Agreement for the provision of motor vehicle to senior executive officers.

  • No contingent rentals exist. There are no renewal or purchase options available to the Agency.

Commitments for minimum lease payments in relation to non-cancellable operating leases are payable as follows:

Within 1 year

172,082

249,374

Between 1 to 5 years

0

168,898

Total operating lease commitments

172,082

418,272

Accounting policy

A distinction is made between finance leases and operating leases. Finance leases effectively transfer from the lessor to the lessee substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of leased assets. An operating lease is a lease that is not a finance lease. In operating leases, the lessor effectively retains substantially all such risks and benefits.

Operating lease payments are expensed on a straight-line basis which is representative of the pattern of benefits derived from the leased assets.

1.1C: Impairment Loss allowance on financial instruments

2019

2018

$

$

Impairment on trade and other receivables

1,741

10,429

1.1D: Write-down and impairment of other assets

2019

2018

$

$

Property, plant and equipment - write-off

31,949

30,710

Computer software - write-off

1,663

112,472

Inventories - write-off

0

22,941

Total write-down and impairment of assets

33,612

166,123

1.1E: Foreign exchange losses

2019

2018

$

$

Non-speculative

0

844

Total foreign exchange losses

0

844

Accounting policy

Gains and losses from foreign currency are recognised when incurred.

1.1F: Losses from asset sales

2019

2018

$

$

Property, plant and equipment

75

0

Total losses from asset sales

75

0

Note 1.2: Own-source revenue and gains

Own-source revenue
1.2A: Sale of goods and rendering of services

2019

2018

$

$

Scientific services - Personal Radiation Monitoring Service

2,550,653

2,428,366

Construction and maintenance - Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

1,779,730

1,848,859

Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service

1,895,632

1,290,003

Other scientific services

1,402,359

1,542,096

Total sale of goods and rendering of services

7,628,374

7,109,324

Accounting policy

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when:

a) The risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the buyer

b) The entity retains no managerial involvement or effective control over the goods.

Revenue from rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of contracts at the reporting date, and is determined by reference to:

a) the proportion that costs incurred to date bear to the estimated total costs of the transaction.

Receivables for goods and services, which have 30 day terms, are recognised at the nominal amounts due less any impairment allowance account. Collectability of debts is reviewed at end of reporting period.

Allowances are made when collectability of the debt is no longer probable.

1.2B: Licence fees

2019

2018

$

$

Application fees

17,051

12,677

Annual charges

4,370,869

4,287,842

Total licence fees

4,387,920

4,300,519

Accounting policy

Under paragraph 34(b) of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998, an application for a licence must be accompanied by a fee prescribed in the regulations. Revenue for licence applications is recognised when an application for a licence is received.

1.2C: Other revenue

2019

2018

$

$

Resources received free of charge - ANAO

54,000

54,000

Total other revenue

54,000

54,000

Accounting policy

Resources received free of charge are recognised as revenue when and only when a fair value can be reliably determined and the services would have been purchased if they had not been donated. Use of those resources is recognised as an expense.

Resources received free of charge are recorded as either revenue or gains depending on their nature.

Gains
1.2D: Foreign exchange gains

2019

2018

$

$

Non-speculative

278

0

Total foreign exchange gains

278

0

Accounting policy

Gains and losses from foreign currency are recognised when incurred.

1.2E: Reversal of write-downs and impairment

2019

2018

$

$

Inventories - reversal write-off

491

-

Total reversals of previous asset write-down and impairments

491

-

Accounting policy

Amounts appropriated for departmental appropriations for the year (adjusted for any formal additions and reductions) are recognised as revenue from Government when the entity gains control of the appropriation, except for certain amounts that relate to activities that are reciprocal in nature, in which case revenue is recognised only when it has been earned.

Section 56 (3) of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998, requires that money appropriated by the Parliament be transferred to the special account (notes 2.1A and 3.2 refer).

Appropriations receivable are recognised at their nominal amounts.

1.2F: Revenue from Government

2019

2018

Appropriation:

$

$

Departmental appropriation

12,758,000

12,839,000

Total revenue from Government

12,758,000

12,839,000