The following are the full range of NACs and their official description. Further below we have also listed the Economic Category that they belong to.
A1501 | Pay costs under this code other than to locally engaged staff overseas |
A1502 | Wages & salaries and Employers’ social contributions for locally engaged staff overseas |
A1503 | Payments of accruing superannuation liability charges, UK staff |
B3501 | All expenditure and receipts from another part of central of government where the corresponding payment is classified as National Accounts Code B3501 |
B3502 | Receipts other than those exclusively from another part of general government |
B3801 | Notional audit fees |
B4501 | Licences/levies |
B4502 | Fine/penalties |
B4503 | Current compensation |
B6001 | Payments and receipts of rent of land (not buildings) |
B7001 | Expenditure on tangible single use military equipment |
B7101 | Receipts and depreciation costs relating to disposals of tangible single use military equipment |
B7201 | Expenditure on intangible single use military equipment |
B7301 | Receipts and depreciation costs relating to disposals of intangible single use military equipment |
B8001 | Receipts of donations intended to finance resource expenditure |
B8501 | Bad debts in connection with pay, procurement and capital |
B8601 | Bad debts in connection with loans, grants and transfers |
B9001 | Depreciation (departments, NDPBs, agencies) |
B9201 | Release from the donated assets reserve |
B9301 | Release from the government grant reserve |
B9501 | Impairment of tangible/intangible fixed assets |
B9502 | Impairment of tangible/intangible fixed assets catastrophic loss |
B9503 | Impairment of tangible/intangible fixed assets abandonment of assets in course of construction |
B9504 | Impairment of tangible/intangible fixed assets unforeseen obsolescence |
B9505 | Impairment of tangible/intangible fixed assets over specification of assets |
B9506 | Impairment of tangible/intangible fixed assets other impairments |
B9507 | Revaluations of fixed/current tangible/intangible assets |
B9801 | Cost of capital charge relating to loans and public dividend capital |
B9901 | Cost of capital charges other than B98 |
C1001 | Subsidies to market producers (profit making firms) |
C1002 | Subsidies to non-for-profit institutions serving households |
C2001 | Subsidies to central government and local authorities market kind of activity units, and quasi corporations |
C3001 | Subsidised loans to profit making bodies |
C3501 | Subsidies to public corporations |
C5001 | Subsidies generally available to the private sector |
D1001 | Current grants to persons |
D1002 | Current grants to non-profit making bodies serving person |
D2001 | Current transfers abroad |
D3001 | Subsidised loans to persons |
D4001 | PS pension schemes: in payment/receipt of pension contributions |
D9001 | Departmental unallocated provision including current expenditure which cannot be assigned to an economic category |
E0501 | Purchase of land |
E0601 | Sale of land (book value) |
E1001 | Purchase of existing buildings |
E1101 | Sale of existing buildings (book value) |
E1501 | Expenditure on new dwellings and improvements to existing dwellings |
E1502 | Expenditure on other new construction and improvements to existing other constructions and improvements to land |
E1503 | Purchases and sales of vehicles |
E1504 | Purchases and sales of plant, machinery and equipment (includes works of art) |
E1505 | Cost of ownership transfer of land |
E1601 | Sales of tangible capital (book value) |
E2001 | Other tangible capital expenditure |
E5001 | Bought in intangible assets |
E5002 | In-house creation of intangible assets |
E5101 | Sales of intangible fixed assets (book value) |
E8001 | Receipts of donations to finance capital expenditure |
E9001 | Non-residential construction |
E9002 | Vehicles |
E9003 | Plant, machinery and equipment |
F1001 | Receipts and expenditure on current assets including raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods |
F1101 | Changes in stocks and work-in-progress (net) voted accruals/cash adjustments |
F2001 | Write-off of stock |
F2501 | Other changes in stock which impact on the capital budget |
F3501 | Other non-cash resource items voted accruals/cash adjustments |
F3601 | Other non-cash capital items voted accruals/cash adjustments |
F4001 | Changes in level of debtors |
F4101 | Changes in the level of debtors: capital expenditure voted accruals/cash adjustments |
F4501 | Changes in creditors: resource expenditure voted accruals/cash adjustments |
F4601 | Changes in the level of creditors: capital expenditure voted accruals/cash adjustments |
F4701 | Total accruals to cash adjustments for non-voted resource expenditure scoring in OCS |
F4801 | Total accruals to cash adjustments for non-voted capital expenditure scoring in OCS |
F5001 | Excess cash to be surrendered as a CFER accrual/cash adjustment |
F5501 | Cash Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts |
F5601 | Cash Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts relating to capital |
F5701 | Other (current) cash Consolidated Fund Extra receipts |
G1001 | Capital grants to companies |
G2001 | Capital grants to persons |
G2002 | Capital grants to non-profit making bodies serving persons |
G4501 | Capital grants to public corporations (including nationalised industries) |
G5001 | Capital grants to or from abroad |
H1001 | Net lending to private sector – companies |
H2001 | Net lending to private sector persons and non-profit making bodies |
H3501 | Net lending to public corporations and trading funds and the issue of Public Dividend Capital (excluding temporary lending to nationalised industries covered by J30) |
H3502 | Equity withdrawals |
H5001 | Net lending and investment abroad |
J3001 | Net temporary borrowing national loans fund and market overseas borrowing |
K1001 | Purchase of company securities |
K1201 | Sale of company securities (book value) |
K2501 | Public corporations and TFs payments/receipts of dividends to/from another public corporation |
K3001 | Dividends paid to/received from the private sector and the Bank of England |
K4001 | Central governments receipt of dividends from joint ventures and associates, public corporations and other bodies |
K5001 | Payment/receipts of dividends to/from abroad |
K9001 | Departmental unallocated provision/capital expenditure to which an economic category cannot be assigned |
L1001 | Provisions in line with pay and procurement take up and revaluation |
L1101 | Provisions in line with pay and procurement release of provision only |
L1501 | Provisions for pensions unfunded pension scheme: take-up and revaluations |
L1601 | Provisions for pensions unfunded pension scheme: release |
L2001 | Provisions in connection with grants and associated receipts take-up and revaluations |
L2101 | Provisions in connection with grants and associated receipts release |
L3001 | Provisions relating to bad debts on loans take-up and revaluations |
L3101 | Provisions relating to bad debts on loans release |
L4001 | Provisions for pension costs excluding interest on liabilities |
L4501 | Provisions for pension costs – interest on scheme liabilities only |
L4601 | Provisions for pensions costs release only |
M1001 | Current grants to local authorities within AEF/AEG |
M1501 | Current grants to local authorities outside AEF/AEG |
M2001 | Uncapitalised grants to local authorities covering loan charges |
M3001 | Current grants made by the European Union to local authorities |
M4001 | Non-domestic rates |
N1001 | Capital grants to local authorities: other |
N2001 | Capitalised grants to local authorities replacing loan charge grants/financing grants |
N3001 | Capital grants made by the European Union to local authorities |
N4001 | Supported capital expenditure |
P1001 | Net lending to local authorities |
Q1001 | Capital grants to central government market kind of activity units |
Q2001 | Net lending to central government market kind of activity units |
R1001 | Transactions in student loans principal not affecting GGE |
R3001 | Capitalised finance leases: capital part of annual lease payments |
S1001 | Interest received from persons |
S1002 | Interest received from not for profit bodies |
S1003 | Interest received from profit-distributing companies |
S1501 | Payments/receipts of interest to/from local authorities |
S2001 | Central governments payments/receipts of interest to/from public corporations and TFs |
S2501 | Payments/receipts of interest to/from abroad |
S3001 | Capitalised finance leases |
S4001 | Taxes on income (including other licences) |
S4501 | National Health contributions |
S5001 | Taxes on products and production |
S5501 | Pay/pension costs of staff employed by central government market units |
S6001 | Rent income from sub-soil assets |
S6501 | Miscellaneous financial transactions |
S7001 | Miscellaneous current transfers |
T1001 | Gross trading surplus of central government market kind of activity units |
T3001 | Public corporations profit and losses |
W1001 | Grants to the National Insurance Fund |
W1501 | Grant in aid to a NDPB in the central government sector |
W1601 | Payments to by one central government body to another and corresponding receipts |
W1701 | Financing of NDPB expenditure budgeted on a non-RAB basis |
W2001 | Broadcast licence revenue |
W3001 | Transfers to the NI Exchequer/Scottish Consolidated Fund/Wales |
W4001 | Interest payments and receipts within central government |
W5001 | Loans with central government (non-trading) (net) |
W6001 | Financing payments by the Intervention Board to other departments |
W8001 | Grants to the Social Fund |
W9001 | Notional transfers from AME to DEL |
X0601 | Profit and loss on disposal of land |
X1101 | Profit and loss on disposal of existing buildings |
X1201 | Profit and loss on disposal of company securities |
X1601 | Profit and loss on disposal of other tangible capital |
X5101 | Profit and loss on disposal of intangible assets |
X7101 | Profit and loss on disposal of tangible single use military equipment |
X7301 | Profit and loss on disposal of intangible single use military equipment |
Z1001 | Other payments within central government |
Z3001 | Prior period adjustments Administration costs |
Z3101 | Prior period adjustments other current expenditure |
Z3201 | Prior period adjustments – Grants |
Z3301 | Prior period adjustments Operating appropriations-in-aid |
Z3401 | Prior period adjustments Capital expenditure |
Z3501 | Prior period adjustments Non-operating appropriations-in-aid |
NAC Economic Category
A15 | All public service pay and pension costs other than the staffing costs of central government market kind of activity units and Trading Funds |
B35 | Current expenditure and receipts on goods and services |
B38 | Notional audit fees |
B45 | Receipts of fines/penalties treated at revenue in national accounts and as negative DEL in budgets |
B60 | Payments and receipts of rent of land (not buildings) |
B70 | Ministry of Defence use only Expenditure on tangible single use military assets |
B71 | Ministry of Defence use only Sales of tangible single use military assets (book value) |
B72 | Ministry of Defence use only Expenditure on intangible single use military assets |
B73 | Ministry of Defence use only Sales of intangible single use military assets |
B80 | Receipts of donations intended to finance resource expenditure |
B85 | Bad debts in connection with pay, procurement and capital |
B86 | Bad debts in connection with loans, grants and transfers |
B90 | Depreciation |
B92 | Release from the donated assets reserve |
B93 | Release from the government grant reserve |
B95 | Impairments of fixed assets |
B98 | Cost of capital charge relating to loans and public dividend capital in respect of public sector bodies |
B99 | Cost of capital charges other than B98 |
C10 | Subsidies to the private sector |
C20 | Subsidies to central government and local authorities market kind of activity units, and quasi corporations |
C30 | Subsidised loans to profit making bodies |
C35 | Subsidies to public corporations |
C50 | Subsidies generally available to the private sector |
D10 | Current grants to the private sector |
D20 | Current transfers abroad |
D30 | Subsidised loans to persons (Use with HMT approval only) |
D40 | Pensions in payment/pension contributions . main pension schemes |
D90 | Departmental unallocated provision relating to current expenditure |
E05 | Purchase of land |
E06 | Book value of sale of land |
E10 | Purchase of existing buildings |
E11 | Book value on sale of existing buildings |
E15 | Formation of tangible capital |
E16 | Book value of sale of other tangible capital |
E20 | Renewals maintenance expenditure (use with HMT approval only) |
E50 | Intangible assets |
E51 | Book value on sale of intangible assets |
E80 | Capital donations from the private sector |
E90 | Ministry of Defence use only: Dual-use military assets |
F10 | Changes in the level of current assets |
F11 | Stockbuilding: capital |
F20 | Write-off of stock |
F25 | Other changes in stocks |
F35 | Accruals-to-cash adjustment: other non-cash items |
F36 | Accruals-to-cash adjustment: non cash items (capital expenditure) |
F40 | Changes in the level of debtors |
F41 | Changes in the level of debtors: capital expenditure |
F45 | Changes in the level of creditors |
F46 | Changes in the level of creditors: capital expenditure |
F47 | Total accruals to cash adjustments for non-voted resource expenditure |
F48 | Total accruals to cash adjustments for non-voted capital expenditure |
F50 | Accruals to cash adjustments: excess cash to be transferred to the Consolidated Fund |
F55 | Cash receipts in respect of current CFERs |
F56 | Cash receipts in respect of capital CFERs |
F57 | Cash receipts in respect of current CFERs (non OCS) |
G10 | Capital grants to the private sector – companies |
G20 | Capital grants to the private sector |
G45 | Capital grants to public corporations |
G50 | Capital grants to or from abroad |
H10 | Net lending to private sector – companies |
H20 | Net lending to private sector . persons and non-profit making bodies |
H35 | Net lending to public corporations |
H50 | Net lending and investment abroad |
J30 | Net temporary borrowing |
K10 | Cash expenditure on company securities (net) |
K12 | Book value on sale of company securities |
K25 | Public corporations and TF payments/receipts of dividends to/from another public corporation |
K30 | Dividends paid to or received from the private sector |
K40 | Dividends paid by public corporations to central government |
K50 | Payment/receipts of dividends to/from abroad |
K90 | Departmental unallocated provision/unassigned capital expenditure |
L10 | Provisions in line with pay and procurement |
L11 | Provisions in line with pay and procurement . release |
L15 | Provisions for pensions where body has theme: take up and revaluations |
L16 | Provisions for pensions where body has theme: release |
L20 | Provisions in connection with grants |
L21 | Grant provisions: release of provision only |
L30 | Provisions relating to bad debts on loans |
L31 | Provisions relating to bad debts on loans – release |
L40 | Provisions for pension costs (excluding interest on liabilities) |
L45 | Provisions for pension costs (interest on scheme liabilities) |
L46 | Provisions for pension costs (release only) |
M10 | Current AEF grants to local authorities |
M15 | Current (non-AEF) grants to local authorities |
M20 | Uncapitalised grants to local authorities covering loan charges |
M30 | Current grants made by the European Union to local authorities |
M40 | Non-domestic rates |
N10 | Capital grants to local authorities |
N20 | Capitalised grants to local authorities replacing loan charge grants and other financing grants |
N30 | Capital grants made by the European Union to local authorities |
N40 | Credit Approvals |
P10 | Net lending to local authorities |
Q10 | Capital grants to central government market kind of activity units |
Q20 | Net lending to central government market kind of activity units |
R10 | Transactions in student loans principal not affecting GGE |
R30 | Capitalised finance leases undertaken by public corporations |
S10 | Receipts of interest from the private sector |
S15 | Interest received from or paid to local authorities |
S20 | Interest received from or paid to central government |
S25 | Interest received from or paid to abroad |
S30 | Capitalised finance leases |
S40 | Taxes on Income |
S45 | National Health contributions |
S50 | Taxes on expenditure |
S55 | Gross trade surplus-pay/pension costs staff direct employment . central government bodies |
S60 | Rent income from sub-soil assets |
S65 | Miscellaneous financial transactions |
S70 | Miscellaneous current transfers |
T10 | Gross trading surplus, before meeting pay/pension costs of direct employed staff |
T30 | Public corporations. profit and losses |
W10 | Grants to the National Insurance Fund |
W15 | Grant in aid to a NDPBs |
W16 | Grant-in-aid to other bodies in the central government sector |
W17 | Financing of an NDPB in the central government sector budgeted on a non-RAB basis, other than grant-in-aid |
W20 | Broadcast licence revenue |
W30 | Transfers to the devolved countries |
W40 | Interest payments and receipts within central government |
W50 | Loans with central government (non-trading) (net) |
W60 | Financing payments by the Intervention Board for Agri Prod to other departments |
W80 | Grants to the Social Fund |
W90 | Notional transfers from AME to DEL |
X06 | Profit and loss on disposal of land |
X11 | Profit and loss on disposal of existing buildings |
X12 | Profit and loss on disposal of company securities |
X16 | Profit and loss on disposal of other tangible capital |
X51 | Profit and loss on disposal of intangible assets |
X71 | Profit and loss on disposal of tangible single use military equipment |
X73 | Profit and loss on disposal of intangible single use military equipment |
Z10 | Other payments within central government |
Z30 | Prior period adjustments . Administration costs |
Z31 | Prior period adjustments . other current expenditure |
Z32 | Prior period adjustments – Grants |
Z33 | Prior period adjustments . Operating appropriations-in-aid |
Z34 | Prior period adjustments . Capital expenditure |
Z35 | Prior period adjustments . Non-operating appropriations-in-aid |