6. Analysis of Expenditure Reports and Budget allocation The National Treasury indicated that the total appropriation for the Department amounted to R23.8 billion (2010/11: R50.2 billion) and is divided into operational budget, transfers and payments for financial assets. The National Treasury's operational budget amounted to R1.5 billion (2010/11: R1.4 billion) and comprised of R601 million (2010/11: R553 million) for compensation of employees, R899 million (2010/11:R810 million) for goods and services and R21 million (2010/11: R16 million) for acquisition of capital. The transfer budget of R21.6 billion (2010/11: R28.1 billion) includes transfers to provinces, municipalities, universities, departmental agencies and foreign institutions, as well as payment of post-retirement benefits for specific category of former employees and members of the liberation movement. A virement of R58.2 million from programme 2: Economic Policy, Tax, Financial Regulation and Research (R18 million) and programme 5: Financial Systems and Accounting (R40.2 million) was made to curb programme 6: International Financial Relations expenditure for transfer payments for the Common Monetary Area Compensation.