Statistical accounting reform

As a part of the national program «Digital economy» project of the Decree of the Government of Russia «Regulation on Digital analytical platform for providing statistical data» was prepared and presented for consideration.

The aim of founding Digital analytical platform (DAP) is automation of production and distribution process of statistical data. DAP is presented by developers as complex of information, technology, legal and methodological support means.

It is expected that in the process of introduction of the platform accounting load on respondents will be decreased and budget costs on statistical data production will be minimized, users of the platform will be satisfied with statistical data and its` distribution volume will increase. Statistical data services will be more available and convenient. The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) is defined as operator of the platform.

Operation of the platform should provide all users with:

• momentariness of data provision (incl. statistical) online to all governmental authorities and local government;
• possibility to build and use analytical indicators (incl. traditional statistical) for governmental control, using available primary statistical data base considering changing information requirements;
• provision of all data, both by respondents and user requests, only in electronic machine-readable form;
• simultaneous usage of data of different origin on a real-time basis (e.g., data of statistical census and inquiries, accounts to state authorities, alternative and open information sources), that allows to control process of economic management on the basis of complete information;
• integration of financial, statistical and tax accounts;
• possibility to upload by respondents via “one-stop window” different types of accounts, integrated with platforms and information systems of the authorities of executive power and local self-government.

The following stages of development and introduction of DAP are expected: