scholarly journals The Main Aspects of Financial Support of Local Governments in the Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-115
Author(s):  
T. V. Sumskaya
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Revenue Sources ◽  
Budget Policy ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
Social Expenditures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Municipal Level

For the effective functioning of local governments an important role is played by the sufficiency of the revenue base of local budgets. It is the municipal level of power in the Russian Federation that is responsible for the most important social expenditures of the state. The purpose of this work is to analyze the revenue sources of local governments, as well as the expenditures of municipal budgets in Russia in the framework of the sub-federal fiscal policy. A set of calculations based on materials from municipalities of the Russian Federation allows to determine the main directions of formation of revenues and expenditures of budgets of local governments, as well as assess the impact of the budget policy of regional authorities on incentives for the socio-economic development of municipalities. The analysis of budget revenues and expenditures by types of municipalities in Russia has been carried out in order to identify their budget solvency both in statics and in dynamics. The results of the study can be applied in studying the possibilities of improving budget policy in the direction of leveling and stimulating local governments to strengthen their own revenue base. It has been concluded that the improvement of intergovernmental relations should include measures to strengthen the tax potential of municipalities, which is impossible without ensuring stable fixed tax revenues for local budgets.

Prospects for the use of the “model budget” in the distribution of equalization grants in Russia

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-38
Author(s):  
Alexander N. Deryugin ◽  
Ilya A. Sokolov
Keyword(s):  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Unfunded Mandates ◽  
Interregional Inequality ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Equalization Grants ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Budget Expenditure

The paper analyzes the impact of the “model budget” on the problems of intergovernmental relations in the Russian Federation: a high proportion of expenditure obligations of regional and local budgets and a high degree of interregional inequality in fiscal capacity and socio-economic development. It was concluded that the planned broader use of the “model budget” will not solve the problem of unfunded mandates and will lead first to a significant reduction in incentives for regional authorities to develop the territorial revenue base, and then to economic slowdown in the country. As an alternative approach to improving intergovernmental relations, options are being considered for adjusting the parameters of the equalization transfers distribution formula, the procedure for determining their total volume and calculating the budget expenditure index. In solving the problem of unfunded mandates, an equally important role is given to the procedure for preparing a financial and economic rationale for draft laws.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF THE RURAL POPULATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL SPHERE IN MUNICIPALITIES

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Z. M. Khasheva ◽  
J. A. Berger
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Volgograd Region ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

This article focuses on direct and indirect factors affecting the development and functioning of the social sphere in rural settlements. The high role and importance of the actions of local governments in meeting the social needs of the population is noted. The author considers the criteria related to the organization of social facilities in municipalities. Analysis of the performance of the population in the municipal areas. The comparison of population size and density in different regions of the Russian Federation is carried out. Changes in the socio-economic situation of the population due to the impact of various factors are evaluated. The statistics of change of number of rural settlements of the Volgograd region are resulted.

The Challenge of Expenditure-Assignment Reform in Russia

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Martinez-Vazquez
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Capital Spending ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Social Expenditures

This paper is an examination of the critical role the assignment of expenditure responsibilities must play in building the Russian Federation. The fiscal federalism system and the expenditure assignments inherited from the Soviet Union were not truly decentralized. All the real decisions were made back in Moscow. Although subnational governments now have authority to create their own budgets, past processes and institutions still undermine local autonomy. However, the most serious threat to the Russian Federation comes from the lack of a stable assignment of responsibilities. Primarily for budgetary convenience, the federal government has jettisoned certain expenditure responsibilities onto oblast and rayon governments in the past two years, putting Russian intergovernmental relations on a perilous path. So far, the Parliament and the Executive have failed to recognize that a stable expenditure assignment is the first and necessary step in the design of a lasting system of intergovernmental fiscal relations. Instead, the political system has concentrated entirely on revenue assignments which have not endured. The author analyzes several sets of issues that must be addressed in the design of a stable assignment of expenditure responsibilities in the Russian Federation, including the reassignment of social expenditures and social safety-net responsibilities, the reassignment of capital spending responsibilities, and the divestiture of public services by state enterprises.

Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation: Dictated Necessity and Consequences in the Conditions of the Modern World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.V. Chuksina ◽  
◽  
K.A. Mirvoda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

The subject of this article is Law of the Russian Federation on Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation (14.03.2020 No. 1-Federal Constitutional Law) «On improving the regulation of certain issues of the public power organization and functioning», namely, aspects of «coordination of health care» and «protection of the family, motherhood and childhood». The authors analyzed the issues of the medical care provision centralization, the impact of these amendments on the legal capacity of citizens. For a more in-depth analysis, the experience of foreign countries (Canada and Germany) was used. Despite the fact that the health care systems of the countries cited as an example differ in their essence and organization, nevertheless, they influence the formation of the availability of medicine for the population. As a result of the study of this experience, it was concluded that the delegation of freedom in the provision of medical care to lower levels of government allows to provide to the population affordable and high-quality medical care. It is noted that at present it is necessary to review the degree of participation of local governments in ensuring the availability of medical care in accordance with the federal law.

scholarly journals The impact of the pandemic on the structure of income and expenditure of the consolidated budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of the Ural Federal District

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Zakharchuk ◽  
Aleksey Pasynkov ◽  
Polina Trifonova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
Regional Budgets ◽  
Social Expenditures ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the assessment of changes in the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that are part of the Ural Federal District, which they have undergone in connection with the change in the macroeconomic situation in the country and regions. The article provides an overview of scientific research on the topic under consideration. On the basis of open official data, using general scientific methods, the influence of the introduced restrictive measures related to the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection on the regional budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of the Ural Federal District is shown. The analysis is carried out in the context of the structure of sources of formation of budget revenues, as well as in the areas of spending financial resources of the regions of the Ural Federal District, an assessment of the balance of the studied budgets is given. Comparative analysis was carried out for the first half of 2019 and 2020. The results obtained indicate that in the revenue part of the studied budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, tax revenues from profits and incomes have significantly decreased. All the regional budgets under consideration show an increase in gratuitous receipts. In the expenditure part of the budgets, the increase is mainly noted in the sections "Healthcare" and "Social policy". Thus, measures of state support in the first half of 2020 made it possible to maintain a budget surplus in four of the six subjects of the Russian Federation of the Ural Federal District. However, the current situation with the spread of coronavirus infection does not allow making optimistic forecasts for the further filling of the revenues of regional budgets. The situation is similar with the expenditure side – they will increase due to the growth of social expenditures, which will affect the balance of regional budgets.

The modern judicial practice in the context of Budget policy and its impact on Constitution Court positions in tax law payments

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Христина Пешкова ◽  
Christina Peshkova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Budget Policy ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Tax Payments ◽  
The Impact

The article analyzes trends in the impact of the financial and budget policy of the Russian Federation on the establishment of tax and non-tax payments, the content of the legal positions of the constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in terms of determining their nature. The author cites arguments both in favor and as a criticism of existing legal practice and tax-legal regulation.

Fiscal role of personal property tax

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-149
Author(s):  
Р.Ш. Абакарова
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Property Taxes ◽  
Current Role ◽  
Personal Property ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

Цель работы – выявить текущую роль имущественных налогов в формировании бюджетных доходов территорий Российской Федерации. Основные элементы рассматриваемых налогов изучены с применением метода наблюдения и сбора фактов. Рассматриваются факторы, влияющие на фискальную значимость изучаемого налога, анализируется динамика его элементов. Рассматриваются перспективы изменения исчисления и взимания налога, а также возможные варианты влияния элементов налога и других факторов на его фискальную значимость. Делается вывод о низкой фискальной роли налога и практическом отсутствии возможностей влияния на фискальную значимость органов местного самоуправления в рамках полномочий, определенных Налоговым кодексом РФ при установлении и введении в действие данного налога на территории муниципального образования. The purpose of the work is to identify the current role of property taxes in the formation of budget revenues territories of the Russian Federation. The main elements of the taxes under consideration were studied using the method of observation and collecting facts.The factors influencing the fiscal significance of the tax under study are considered, and the dynamics of its elements is analyzed. The prospects for changes in the calculation and collection of tax, as well as possible options for the impact of tax elements and other factors on its fiscal significance are considered. The conclusion is made about the low fiscal role of the tax and the practical lack of opportunities to influence the fiscal significance of local governments within the powers defined by the Tax code of the Russian Federation when establishing and implementing this tax on the territory of a municipality.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on socio-economic activity of regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. V. Lisova
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
The Impact

The article analyzes the impact of the COVID–19 virus on social and economic processes. Its influence on the world, Russian economy and regional economy of the Russian Federation is analyzed. Measures of state support for social and economic spheres are described. The characteristic of losses from the pandemic is given in relation to the sectors of the economy. The conclusion is made about the significant role of regional authorities in the fight against the consequences of coronavirus.

scholarly journals Development of the Russian Model of Federalism: Relationships of Center and Regions in 2007-2016

2016 ◽  
pp. 97-115
Author(s):  
Yu M Pochta
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Member States ◽  
Western Model ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Regional Authorities ◽  
The Impact

This article was written by Yuriy Pochta for the Council of Europe and was published in the spring of 2016 in the collection: Regionalisation trends in European countries 2007-2015. A study by members of the Group of Independent Experts of the European Charter of Local Self-Government / Editor: Prof. Francesco Merloni. Strasburg, 2016. Yuriy Pochta is a member of a group of independent experts of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, which is the pan-European political assembly representing local and regional authorities from the forty-seven member states of the Council of Europe. The Congress entrusted the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government with the task of producing a comparative academic study. This study is based on information from Council of Europe member States affected by the regionalisation process and on recent regionalisation developments in Europe. The intention is to review the situation regarding regionalisation since the 2007 report of the European Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR). Following on from this, the idea is to achieve a broader understanding of the phenomenon from both the legal and institutional angles. The main aim of this study is to evaluate regionalisation trends, towards both more and less regionalisation, in individual countries and consequently in Europe as a whole. At the same time it seeks to determine whether the various countries considered actually have regional institutions as defined by the 2009 Council of Europe Reference Framework for Regional Democracy. In preparing his section on Russia, Yuriy Pochta proceeded from the fact that the modern Russian state emerged relatively recently - at the turn of 1980-90-s. of the 20th century and its formation, including its federal structure continues. It is shown that since 2007 the process of regionalization of the Russian Federation is developing successfully. Having opted for the creation of a democratic society, post-Soviet Russian Federation borrowed Western model, adapting it to its own circumstances. The impact of these conditions leads to the fact that it is quite difficult to relate the existing Russian federal system to the classic Western model. On this occasion Russian and Western scholars participate in a lively debate about the nature of Russian federalism - whether it is real or a simulation, whether it is in the crisis. But in 2014, in connection with the entry of the Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation, Russian federalism issues become even more urgent, raising a number of questions about the evolution of Russian federalism, the possibility of the organic integration of the two new subjects in the federation in a situation of sharp complication of Russia's relations with the West, led by the United States, caused by the political and socio-economic crisis in the Republic of Ukraine.

Intergovernmental relations as a problem of program budgeting

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Valery Grebennikov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Intergovernmental Transfers ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Correlation Relationship ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Federal Districts ◽  
Program Budgeting ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

The article shows the possibility of solving the problem of horizontal budget equalization withinthe framework of the Russian model of program budgeting, implemented through the system of federal, sub-federal governmental programs and municipal programs. To achieve this goal, it is proposed to solve two interrelated tasks: increasing the budgetary self-sufficiency of the subjects of the Russian Federation and redistributing intergovernmental transfers in accordance with their socio-economic characteristics. To solve the first task the necessity of providing the process of management (development, implementation and monitoring) of governmental and municipal programs with the proposed measures aimed at ensuring control of the ratio of budget expenditures for the implementation of social and commercial projects is substantiated. These measures should be complemented with a time-limited policy of redistributing intergovernmental transfers, taking into account the different socio-economic situation of the subjects of the Russian Federation. For this purpose, test indicators have been calculated to determine the extent to which the annual dynamics of the actual distribution of the volumes of intergovernmental transfers between the subjects of the Russian Federation for each of the eight federal districts for the period 2000–2018 corresponds to the criterion proposed by us in previous works. Those were the negative value of the Spearman's ordinal correlation coefficient between the variables “the share of non-repayable receipts” and “the budgetary self-sufficiency potential”. An attempt is made to establish a correlation relationship between the calculated values of these indicators and the socio-economic characteristics of the federal districts. It is concluded that for a correct assessment of the impact of governmental program budgetingon regional development, it is necessary to take into account the parameters of programs at all levels of the budgetary system of the Russian Federation in the context of a separate territory, i.e. subject of the Russian Federation or their group.

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