1993 SNA Update Information - Originals and copies |
| Issue description | | Issue description in [English] | [French] | [Russian] | [Spanish] | | Following the 1993 SNA’s introduction of computer software as capital formation, it became more evident that the SNA does not provide guidance on the treatment of originals and copies as distinct products. Should expenditures on originals and copies both be recorded as expenditure (on new goods) on the basis that originals are distinct from copies, or should originals be considered as being analogous to a ‘stock’ of copies, and so expenditure on a copy partly (or mostly) reflects a sale of an existing good? How should the transactions in copies be recorded? |
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| Corresponding papers (Click on icon to see document in either pdf or word format) | | AEG papers: | Posted on 8/15/2005 |  |  | Results of the AEG e-discussion on Follow-Up to Original and Copies: Treatment of Annual Licenses-to-Use | | | Posted on 8/15/2005 | | | The treatment of annual licenses-to-use | | | Posted on 12/22/2004 | | | The treatment of originals and copies in the national accounts | | | | AEG summaries: | Posted on 9/30/2005 | | | Originals and copies | | | Posted on 1/10/2005 | | | Originals and copies |
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| Statistics | | Number of AEG recommendations: | 2 | | Number of country comments: | 78 | | Number of expert comments: | none |
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