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2003 Annual Report

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Schedule F - Administrator's Expenses

To the Joint Committee of the 1986 – 1990 Hepatitis C Fund

Re: Administrator's Expenses

We have performed the procedures listed below in connection with the expenses incurred by the Garden City Group Canada, a division of Crawford Canada (" the Administrator") as administrator of the 1986 -1990 Hepatitis C Fund for the year ended March 31, 2003 and their June 2002 budget in the amount of $3,874,054 (excluding Goods and Services Tax) for the year ended March 31, 2003:

  • Review of the terms of appointment of the Administrator;
  • Detailed analytical review of budget to actual expenditures for the year; and
  • Examined, on a test basis, evidence supporting amounts recorded as expenditures for the year, with a particular focus on amounts that were over-budget.

The total amount of expenses incurred by the Administrator for the year ended March 31, 2003 was $3,938,174 (excluding Goods and Services Tax) (Appendix).

As a result of applying the above procedures, we noted the following exceptions:

  • Total compensation expense is overstated by $11,719 due to a 2002 understatement of the annual Year End Profit Sharing Plan. This overstatement results in a further overstatement of the compensation markup by $3,281 and of indirect support costs by $3,046, resulting in a total overstatement of costs by $18,046. This amount relates entirely to expenses which should have been reported in 2002.
  • Overstatement in Garden City software modification/ maintenance by $1,588 due to a foreign exchange rate difference.

These procedures in themselves are not sufficient to constitute an audit of the Administrator's schedule of expenses and therefore we express no opinion thereon.

This report is solely for your use in connection with your assessment of expenses incurred by the Administrator for the year ended March 31, 2003.


Chartered Accountants
May 16, 2003

Appendix
Administrator's Expenses
for the year ended March 31, 2003

  Budget Actual Variance Over/(Under)
 
Dedicated Personnel Costs      
Total Compensation excluding Fringe $1,895,101 $1,998,580 ($103,479)
Payroll Taxes and Benefit Costs 165,306 185,998 (20,692)
 
Total Compensation Expense 2,060,407 2,184,578 (124,171)
Gross mark-up 28% 28%  
Mark-up 576,914 611,682 (34,768)
 
Total Dedicated Personnel Costs 2,637,321 2,796,260 (158,939)
 
Operational Costs      
Rent 34,212 34,212 -
Occupancy 46,853 48,501 (1,648)
Computer/ network systems 64,329 46,933 17,396
Communication 68,333 57,029 11,304
Office Supplies 100,407 93,910 6,497
Mailing costs 37,614 36,986 628
Transportation and Travel 79,940 102,431 (22,491)
Independent Expert -Tax 97,280 - 97,280
Miscellaneous 13,757 48,801 (35,044)
 
Total Operational Costs 542,725 468,803 73,922
 
TOTAL DEDICATED PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE OTTAWA CENTRE
TOTAL COST 3,180,046 3,265,063 (85,017)
 
Indirect Support Costs      
Crawford Canada Corporate Support 535,589 567,867 (32,278)
       
TOTAL DIRECT PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE OTTAWA CENTRE
TOTAL COST 3,715,635 3,832,930 (117,295)
   
NON-RECURRING, SPECIAL PROJECT AND/OR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
       
Assets/ Capital Costs      
       
Office 3,000 - 3,000
Computer 25,706 24,014 1,692
Software 14,859 7,256 7,603
 
 
  43,565 31,270 12,295
 
Garden City Software Modification      
 
Garden City software modification/ maintenance 114,854 73,975 40,879
 
       
TOTAL NON-RECURRING, SPECIAL PROJECT AND/ OR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
TOTAL COST 158,419 105,245 53,174
 
GRAND TOTAL (INCLUDING OTHER PROJECT COSTS)
TOTAL COST 3,874,054 3,938,175 (64,121)
 
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