Whole of Government Accounts 2020 to 2021: guidance for preparers
Guidance for central government and local government preparers for Whole of Government Accounts.
Updates to this page
- From:
- HM Treasury
- Published:
- 27 April 2022
- Last updated:
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25 August 2023
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Local Government and Public Corporation User Form updated with 4 new organisations in the drop down
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new CPID list
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The list of SCOA codes has been updated to include a number of new SCOA codes for 2020-21.
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First published.
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Documents
WGA Data Collection Tool 2020-21 Central Government User Guidance
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WGA Data Collection Tool 2020-21 Local Government User Guidance
PDF, 4.33 MB, 80 pages
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WGA 2020-21: Counter-party identifier (CPID) list
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 767 KB
WGA 2020-21 List of Standard Chart of Accounts (SCOA) codes
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 206 KB
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WGA 2020-21 Standard Chart of Accounts (SCOA) codes to Data Collection Tool (DCT) cell reference document
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.03 MB
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WGA 2020-21: Match relationships List
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WGA 2020-21: CG-02 template for notification of the agreement process with other WGA bodies
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WGA 2020-21 form: CG-03 template for minor body exemption from completing WGA returns
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WGA 2020-21: CG-02 Annex – template for notification of balances with local authorities
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WGA 2020-21 form: CG-04 management review checklist for central government
MS Word Document, 91.6 KB
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WGA 2020-21 form: CG-04 management review checklist for local government
MS Word Document, 80.1 KB
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WGA 2020-21 form: CG-05 template for the notification of audit completion
MS Word Document, 67.1 KB
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Local Government and Public Corporation User Form
MS Excel Spreadsheet, 276 KB
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Local Government and Public Corporation User form guidance
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OSCAR ll privacy notice for all users
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OSCAR ll usage policy
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Details
This page contains detailed guidance for local authorities, central government bodies and public corporations in England and Devolved Administrations who are required to complete Whole of Government Accounts returns.
Useful links
- click here to access the OSCAR system
- click here for more information on the OSCAR system
- to create an OSCAR account, or amend your current OSCAR access please refer to the User Management form on the OneFinance portal
- click here for the Northern Ireland 20-21 WGA forms