The purpose of the article is to analyze the impact of decentralization on the local financial system of Ukraine and developing the recommendations for strengthening the financial autonomy of local self-government bodies. By writing the article, the following basic methods of research were used: the methods of abstraction, generalization, induction, deduction, synthesis were applied in the study of the role and place of local budget in the financial system of the state, as well as the system method. The object of research is theoretical and practical aspects of decentralization in the framework of the transformational change of the system of local self-government in Ukraine. Practical implications. The article examines the impact of administrative and financial decentralization processes on the local financial system of Ukraine. It defines the main transformational changes in the local financial system because of the implementation of the restructuring measures. It identifies the risks that affect the financial autonomy of local self-government bodies, and, in particular, the formation of local budget revenues under decentralization: formation of local budget revenues from personal income tax; reduction of income of certain territorial communities as a result of cancellation of the gasoline excise duty income to local budgets; insignificant or missing tax revenues from public utilities; imperfect mechanism for administration of real estate tax and land fees. There are the measures suggested to minimize these risks. In particular, it is necessary to: change the procedure for personal income tax charge (at the place of residence of the natural person); to enhance the control over the effective use of funds by the public utilities; to take stock of all real estate property as well as to make changes to the process of immovable property tax administration other than land tax, in particular, in the taxable base (establishment of the taxable base in terms of market or estimated value of real estate property). Conclusions. Institutional restructuring of the national system of local taxes and fees under decentralization should be considered in the context of building the model of local taxation, in terms of which the powers of local self-government bodies will include the right to introduce a list of local taxes and fees, and tax rates in accordance with the limits established by the law.
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