Capital Management Plan Checklist

Will readers be able to understand:

  • asset funding that has been received (all actuals)
  • additional funding that may need to be sought
  • the entity’s planned capital expenditure profile across the forward estimates?

Note: This includes filling out the bottom comments sections in the Capital Management Plan (CMP) template where appropriate. 

☐ Yes        ☐ No

Have separate CMPs been provided for administered and departmental assets?

☐ Yes        ☐ No

Does the CMP contain information on total asset purchases by asset class that the entity plans to undertake (both major and minor) over the budget and forward estimates? 

☐ Yes        ☐ No


Does it include proposed future purchases that the entity may need to seek additional funding for, either from the government or from external sources of funding?

☐ Yes        ☐ No

Does the CMP align with other internal plans, for example the entity’s corporate plans and internal budgets?

☐ Yes        ☐ No

If the entity plans to/or is using multiple funding streams for the purchase of an asset, and these are material amounts, has this been disclosed? 

☐ Yes        ☐ No

Does the CMP reconcile with the Capital Budget Statement and Asset Movement Table in Central Budget Management System for sections 1 to 3 of the template?

☐ Yes        ☐ No

Have make-good costs to be paid from the departmental capital budget or administered capital budget been presented as separate line items under the relevant asset class, or has a note been included that these are part of the relevant major asset, procurement or project?

☐ Yes        ☐ No

Has planned and actual capital expenditure been broken-down by asset class, including on a project or procurement basis (you may need to amend the template to capture a project).

☐ Yes        ☐ No


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