The Ministry of Finance's report on the first half of 2026, released 31 August 2026, gives actual revenue of US$2,695 million against spending of US$3,700 million, a deficit of US$1,005 million; salaries, wages, compensation, bonuses and benefits of US$1,339 million, 36 per cent of spending; and a 2026 budget for that line of US$3,578 million, of which the half year spent 37 per cent
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Claim ID
FISCAL-003
Exact or summary claim
The Ministry of Finance's report on the first half of 2026, released 31 August 2026, gives actual revenue of US$2,695 million against spending of US$3,700 million, a deficit of US$1,005 million; salaries, wages, compensation, bonuses and benefits of US$1,339 million, 36 per cent of spending; and a 2026 budget for that line of US$3,578 million, of which the half year spent 37 per cent
Six-month outturn (1 January to 30 June 2026) and annual allocation, in millions of US dollars as the ministry states them; no exchange rate, no method, no headcount; not audited; not an annual payroll; the wage line includes compensation, bonuses and benefits
Known conflict
The report's budget breakdown (current 49 per cent: salaries 3,578 plus administrative 1,582; subsidies and social security 2,468, 23.5 per cent) does not match the citizen budget's page 21 split (current 60, investment 27, subsidies and social security 13) of the same 10,516 total; [amended 29 September 2026: "[quotation withheld, 5 words; follow the citation]" is struck; page 3 of the first-half report partly explains it, below] the documents differ || Closing-pass review H-1 (audits/reports/CLOSING_review_07_11_12_2026-09-29.md), 29 September 2026: SRC-700 page 3, [quotation withheld, 7 words; follow the citation], opened 29 September 2026: [quotation withheld, 30 words; follow the citation]. On the report's own definitions the category that pages 17 and 18 label «الدعم والضمان الاجتماعي» most probably includes allocations for the salary increase and loan instalments and interest (an inference: the labels differ); so the difference from the Citizen Budget's 13 per cent is partly explained, and the US$3,578 million printed as the wage line's 2026 allocation may not include the budget for the salary increase.
Specialist
Public finance SR-013
Downstream
Chapter 7 line 197's absence narrows to an audited full-year total and a headcount (D-250 item 1); Chapter 11 line 105 || Closing pass (D-249 to D-251), 29 September 2026, unit CL08: CLOSING PASS, 29 September 2026 (unit CL-B): Chapter 7 v46 prints the same figures in the same wording at line 33 (about US$3.7 billion; US$1,339 million, 36 per cent; US$2,695 million; the allocation of US$3,578 million, 37 per cent spent, D-251 item 2) and at lines 125, 195, 199, 201 and 203.
Action
Print scoped per D-250 item 1: six months, in dollars, no method, not an annual payroll; the 3,578 allocation printed as an allocation, not an outturn (D-251 item 2). Do not set the 1,339 beside the 2025 summary's 41 per cent as a growth rate: different labels, periods and forms (FISCAL-004)