Annual Enterprise Survey 2015

Non-market government Non-market government units have not been included in the AES population for all data published since the AES 2015. (Non-market government units include central government institutions, funded social insurance schemes and local government institutions - Institutional Sector 3). This is because coverage of non-market government data was incomplete within the AES and made interpretation of the AES data more difficult by mixing sector data. Similar data is available from other sources. For data on non-market government units, customers should refer to the Government Finance Statistics links below: Central government finance annual releases and Local government finance annual releases Balance sheet improvements In the AES 2015 additional data was collected for financial assets and liabilities. This was to complete the alignment of the AES collection to the Statistical Classification of Financial Assets and Liabilities (SCFAL) to support balance sheet statistics. Increased use of administrative data in 2015 To continue to reduce respondent load, in the 2015 financial year the AES sourced more data from the Inland Revenue. Inland Revenue's IR10 return is the primary source for capturing data on over 353,000 units. Classification changes in agriculture in 2015 There have been a number of units reclassified in the agriculture industry in the AES 2015 as a result of information received from Agricultural Production Statistics: June 2015 (final). The units affected were mainly in the horticulture industry. Most of these reclassified units remain in the wider agriculture industry. The larger changes, with the most industry impact have been back-dated to 2013 for data released in the AES 2015. en-NZ