Future SAVC Budgeting

Every year when the budget is drafted a number of considerations determine the increases on the main votes.  Inflation, income and expenditure of the previous financial years are amongst some of the aspects taken into consideration before a confident projection is made.  In budgeting, income is commonly underestimated; and expenses overestimated thus at the SAVC a conservative view is taken.   Much time is spent on the budget, often months before the budget is signed off.   The budget is reviewed three or four months into the new financial year to confirm the projections and to amend the votes where new information determines otherwise.

The drafting of the new budget for the financial year 2017.2018 will commence during the latter half of 2016.

Members are once again requested to make input on the budget and the budgetprocess.  A summary of income and expenditure is reflected below. The main votes do not include all the minor votes.

The main votes on income include the following:

Relating to all veterinary [and specialists] and para veterinary professions:

1. Registration fees;
2. Maintenance fees;
3. Re-registration fees;
4. Pensioner fees;
5. Examination fees;
6. Inspection fees;
7. Sales: all applications relating to individual requests e.g. application for:

• Letters of Professional Standing;
• Inscription of additional qualifications into the register;
• Changes of surname and new certificates;
• Registration of incorporated companies;
• Re-issuing of lost certificates.

The main votes on expenditure include the following:

Capital Expenditure: including IT upgrades; bond repayments on property: and contingency funds for court cases, registration examinations, business analyses, emergencies, bad debts;

Disciplinary hearings: including medications; transcriptions; pro forma complainant costs;

Inspectorate: Â Currently provision is made for eight cases [as a pilot] per annum as it is the first year [2016.2017] in which the Inspectorate is being implemented.  The Inspectorate will investigate cases where there is no evidence but where there are allegations of possible illegal activities;

IT running costs:  These include internet, system support, bulk emails, bulk SMS;

Meeting and workshop expenses: Remuneration for all Committee members [day fee];

Monitoring standards of training: Every subject for all prescribed qualifications, accepted for automatic registration purposes, is monitored once in a six-year cycle.  Approximately thirty subject experts are appointed annually to monitor the prescribed qualifications: BVSc degree; Diploma Veterinary Nurse; Animal Health degree and -diploma; and National Veterinary Technology diploma;

Operations: Including rates and taxes, levies, electricity and water expenses, office supplies, consumables, maintenance and monthly IT costs;

Routine inspections: The routine inspections [approximately 250] per annum are funded by the facility inspection fees.  Inspectors are remunerated per day fee and their travel and expenses are covered by the inspection /accreditation fee;

Professional fees: These include any legal or other fees charged for legal opinions; training; and facilitation of workshops;

Salaries: Pertaining to [15] staff members;

Travel and accommodation costs: including all travel costs of all committees;
The current percentages spent on main votes are reflected in the graphs below.