Help ! what does GRA mean in relation to budget surplus ?

16 Mar 2010

I am filling out a job application for a super duper big grown up job and one of the responsibilities for the job is being responsible for money...
'they' have used the acronym GRA in relation to managing budget surplus. Does anyway know what it means?

16 Mar 2010

Google is your friend, take a pick of these, good luck.
Acronym Definition
GRA Graphic Arts
GRA Grande Raccordo Anulare (circular highway surrounding Rome, Italy)
GRA Georgia Research Alliance
GRA Graduate Research Assistant
GRA Graduate Research Assistantship
GRA Green Restaurant Association (Boston, Massachusetts)
GRA Guyana Revenue Authority (Georgetown, Guyana)
GRA Go Right Ahead
GRA Global Renaissance Alliance
GRA Garda Representative Association (Dublin, Ireland)
GRA General Rate Application (NTPC, Canada)
GRA Group Retirement Annuity
GRA Government Reserved Area (Nigeria)
GRA Gamma Ray Attenuation
GRA Gellman Research Associates
GRA Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Dutch)
GRA Gamma-Ray Astronomy
GRA Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
GRA Georgia Rehabilitation Association
GRA Global Real Analytics, LLC
GRA Gypsum Resources Australia
GRA Group Reset Acknowledgment
GRA Georgia Racquetball Association
GRA Geographical Routing Algorithm
GRA General Risk Assessment
GRA guaranteed retirement account
GRA Government Reference Architecture
GRA Goffstown Residents Association (Goffstown, NH)
GRA Gyro Reference Assembly
GRA Generalized Rytov Analysis
GRA Girls Rodeo Association, Inc.
GRA Global Readiness Assistance
GRA Government Report Abstracts
GRA Great Race All (online racing)
GRA Government Research Announcement

16 Mar 2010

Not got a clue but good luck with the application, hopefully someone clever will be along shortly to help kiss

16 Mar 2010

General revenue account?
What's the context that it's written in?

16 Mar 2010

General Revenue Account :smug:

.... maybe dunno

16 Mar 2010

Oi Kate! I was trying to impress her with my profound knowledge... Now she'll know I googled at the same time as you rolleyes

:giggle:

16 Mar 2010

I would think it's General Revenue Account.

16 Mar 2010

I think it's most likely to be General Resources Account.

16 Mar 2010

o.k..... What is a general revenue or resources account?
the context it is written in is ummmm I can't really say too much as if I get the job then there will only be 6 of 'me' in the country so I can't be too specific.
Ummmm it is around ( I think) presenting an underspend in a budget as a viable option for retaining to ensure that it is added to the next year's budget....... sorta kinda

16 Mar 2010

Quote by Angel Chat
Oi Kate! I was trying to impress her with my profound knowledge... Now she'll know I googled at the same time as you
:giggle:

ha ha :lol2:
Not got a clue what it means Splendid dunno

16 Mar 2010

righteo...
I think that it is could mean either resource or revenue but the context is the same.
it would be me saying ' yes please moneygivers.... can I put that surplus into a GRA to ensure that I meet gaps in the service provision here, here and here, and that 'big wadge of £££' will fit that need just nicely'
It makes sense to me.. I just need to get to flowering it up.
thanks chaps.

16 Mar 2010

This may help.

16 Mar 2010

If its anything like my budget, your outurn is basically projected to the end of your Financial Year against each of your relevant internal orders. This is also governed/capped at what percentage you can carry forward to the following year (dependent on what sector you work in), but basically I think they want to know if you have knowledge and experience of managing budgets. Arent buzz words great and sometimes you wish ppl would talk in plain english.
Sounds good in conversation though wink

16 Mar 2010

Quote by splendid_
I am filling out a job application for a super duper big grown up job and one of the responsibilities for the job is being responsible for money...
'they' have used the acronym GRA in relation to managing budget surplus. Does anyway know what it means?

Who you filling it out for then? lol

16 Mar 2010

Quote by Tillie
If its anything like my budget, your outurn is basically projected to the end of your Financial Year against each of your relevant internal orders. This is also governed/capped at what percentage you can carry forward to the following year (dependent on what sector you work in), but basically I think they want to know if you have knowledge and experience of managing budgets. Arent buzz words great and sometimes you wish ppl would talk in plain english.
Sounds good in conversation though

I have my linguistic skills in full flow tonight. Worlass is struggling to understand any of my industry language and it is normally her that is unintelligible.

16 Mar 2010

Quote by Kaznkev
just a gd luck with the application,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

thanks Kaz.
If I get the job I will obviously be too big and too important to use this site.......

16 Mar 2010

Quote by Sarah
Google is your friend, take a pick of these, good luck.
Acronym Definition
GRA Graphic Arts
GRA Grande Raccordo Anulare (circular highway surrounding Rome, Italy)
GRA Georgia Research Alliance
GRA Graduate Research Assistant
GRA Graduate Research Assistantship
GRA Green Restaurant Association (Boston, Massachusetts)
GRA Guyana Revenue Authority (Georgetown, Guyana)
GRA Go Right Ahead
GRA Global Renaissance Alliance
GRA Garda Representative Association (Dublin, Ireland)
GRA General Rate Application (NTPC, Canada)
GRA Group Retirement Annuity
GRA Government Reserved Area (Nigeria)
GRA Gamma Ray Attenuation
GRA Gellman Research Associates
GRA Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Dutch)
GRA Gamma-Ray Astronomy
GRA Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
GRA Georgia Rehabilitation Association
GRA Global Real Analytics, LLC
GRA Gypsum Resources Australia
GRA Group Reset Acknowledgment
GRA Georgia Racquetball Association
GRA Geographical Routing Algorithm
GRA General Risk Assessment
GRA guaranteed retirement account
GRA Government Reference Architecture
GRA Goffstown Residents Association (Goffstown, NH)
GRA Gyro Reference Assembly
GRA Generalized Rytov Analysis
GRA Girls Rodeo Association, Inc. :giggle: This one?
GRA Global Readiness Assistance
GRA Government Report Abstracts
GRA Great Race All (online racing)
GRA Government Research Announcement

16 Mar 2010

I have some curled-up post it notes, and the backs of envelopes stuck into the internal spine of an 'extra hours' book, does that count as budget management?
lp

16 Mar 2010

There are only 6 people like this, phone one of them wink

Lets face it if you dont know your probably not qualified for the job :sad: You tried searching google for
Refuse personnel?
bolt

17 Mar 2010

Quote by tweeky
There are only 6 people like this, phone one of them
Lets face it if you dont know your probably not qualified for the job :sad: You tried searching google for
Refuse personnel?

thanks for the vote of confidence. I shall put it in the same place as the used toilet roll.

17 Mar 2010

Quote by splendid_
There are only 6 people like this, phone one of them
Lets face it if you dont know your probably not qualified for the job :sad: You tried searching google for
Refuse personnel?

thanks for the vote of confidence. I shall put it in the same place as the used toilet roll.
lol

Well think yourself in good stead. You have to do a an application form! for all my jobs previous to the one I do now an application form was not required, just a pulse :lol: For the job I do now it required an application form as I now have to take responsibility for the people who only require a pulse. I will say though it is very slightly helpful if they can push a broom :thumbup:

17 Mar 2010

GRA ...General revenue accrual.
...General revenue allowance
...Government Revenue allocation
you could always create a budget surplus by sacking the barstewards who invent these confusing and poseurial acronyms

17 Mar 2010

GRA - General Revenue Account
The account for any revenue that is expected during the financial year. It excludes one-off 'exceptionals' which may/can be treated differently for tax purposes.
In Government parlance the GRA is the year's operational revenue & expenses. A fixed amount of any yearly underspend can be retained against (1) a committed expenditure in the current year that will be invoiced in the following fiscal year (accural), or (2) a fixed percentage that can be retained for unexpected expenses (reserve fund) unbudgeted for in the following financial year.
In some government departments this excess is capped so that huge 'reserves' cannot be built up over time (e.g. Schools).

17 Mar 2010

Quote by Gufuncouple
GRA - General Revenue Account
The account for any revenue that is expected during the financial year. It excludes one-off 'exceptionals' which may/can be treated differently for tax purposes.
In Government parlance the GRA is the year's operational revenue & expenses. A fixed amount of any yearly underspend can be retained against (1) a committed expenditure in the current year that will be invoiced in the following fiscal year (accural), or (2) a fixed percentage that can be retained for unexpected expenses (reserve fund) unbudgeted for in the following financial year.
In some government departments this excess is capped so that huge 'reserves' cannot be built up over time (e.g. Schools).

you are all stars
if I get an interview then I expect you all to be there.
Kaz I have no idea what you mean I only have 25 friends on facebook and no cafe. Unless you are a gay male attached to one of my friends I
sure you aren't on my facebook.

18 Mar 2010

Quote by tweeky
There are only 6 people like this, phone one of them
Lets face it if you dont know your probably not qualified for the job :sad: You tried searching google for
Refuse personnel?

I'm sure you were being jokey there but - RUBBISH.
I teach engineers who have been in the job from 3 weeks to 30 years (honest they do still exist) and as a company and an industry there are hundreds of acronyms (LTA's - three letter acronyms). Believe me, the 30-year guys don't know many more of them than the 3-weekers. I know - I test them cos I'm cruel biggrin

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D They just know what sentence to put them in.
The ability to trip an LTA off the tongue is irrelavent. And not knowing the words it stands for are is common in all businesses. What matters is knowing the job. And, frankly, challenging those that speak acronym-ish should be standard practice. It's lazy and elitist where no superiority exists. Cos if it did exist, they wouldn't need to make themselves sound clever by speaking/writing in gobbledegook.