New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe matters that must be dealt with in a statement of proposed expenditure are the following:
(a) the amount of recurrent charges payable by residents of the village during the year (including any expected increases in those charges in line with a fixed formula),
(b) the method by which that amount has been calculated,
(c) the total expected income from recurrent charges for the village for the year,
(d) the effect of the expected surplus or deficit (as the case may be) for the current year on the finances of the village,
(e) all proposed categories of expenditure (without grouping together 2 or more unlike categories),
(f) the proposed expenditure on each of those categories, the proposed expenditure on each of them as indicated in the statement of approved expenditure for the current year, and the likely actual expenditure on each of them for the current year,
(g) if any expenditure (proposed or actual) is an apportionment of a total expenditure relating to the village and one or more other villages or businesses-the method or calculation by which the expenditure is apportioned,
(h) if any residents of the village are paying significantly higher recurrent charges than some other residents of the village (for example, because they are receiving personal services)-the method or calculation by which expenditure is apportioned between the categories of residents concerned,
(i) the total proposed expenditure of the village for the year,
(j) the expected surplus or deficit for the year.