scholarly journals Tax decentralization in Ukraine: problems and prospects

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Liubov PETYK ◽  
Andrii PETROVYCH ◽  
Ivanna PEDCHENKO
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Intergovernmental Relations ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Intergovernmental Transfers ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Budget Policy ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Decentralization Reform

The paper examines the essence of the concept of “tax (fiscal) decentralization” according to different views of domestic and foreign scholars. The theoretical concept of tax (fiscal) decentralization is analyzed and defined. The stages of the legislative basis for tax decentralization reform in Ukraine are studied, in particular, the norms of the Law “On Amendments to the Budget Code of Ukraine on Reform of Intergovernmental Relations” and “The Concept of Reforming Local Self-Government and Territorial Organization of Power” are considered and analyzed. It is determined what types and amounts of tax revenues go to local budgets according to the introduced legislative changes. The dynamics of own revenues of local budgets during 2014–2019 is studied and the diagram is constructed. The dynamics and structure of tax revenues to local budgets by types of taxes during the period of decentralization reform in Ukraine are considered. Revenues for such types of taxes as income tax, state duty, environmental tax, domestic taxes, local taxes, personal income tax and the general dynamics of tax revenues were studied. The dynamics of revenues to the consolidated budget of Ukraine is studied. The dynamics of the share of local budget revenues in the consolidated budget revenues of Ukraine is calculated and analyzed. A comparison of local budget revenues and intergovernmental transfers during the period of decentralization reform was made. As a result, the lack of orientation of the country's budget policy to the policy of fiscal decentralization was confirmed. The problems of tax decentralization have been identified, among which the main problem is the lack of orientation of the country's budget policy to the policy of fiscal decentralization. Measures to improve the process of tax decentralization in Ukraine have also been proposed, among which the development of such measures that would allow local budgets to receive both additional tax opportunities and optimize expenditures is a priority.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF DECENTRALIZATION ON STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF LOCAL BUDGETS

2018 ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
Anna MARCHUK
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Structure And Dynamics ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Strategic Goal

Introduction.The objective reason for the existence of an institution of local budgets is an increase in the efficiency of the provision of public services guaranteed by the state due to the proximity of such services to the immediate consumer. This process is based on the principle of subsidiarity, requires a sufficient level of financial security of local budgets and demonstrates the basic idea of the concept of fiscal decentralization. The decentralization reform is systematic and involves structural changes in various spheres of public life. The object of research of this article is the impact of changes in tax and budget laws aimed at decentralization on structure and dynamics of income and expenditures of local budgets. Purpose.The purpose of the article is to identify trends, priorities and unresolved issues in financing local budget expenditures, compare dynamics of expenditures with dynamics and structural changes in local budget revenues. Results. In the course of the research, the expenditures and revenues of local budgets of Ternopil region during 2004-2017 were analysed, comparison with trends in Ukraine was made. It has been established that due to slowed down economic growth and a systematic decrease in the share of own revenues in recent years, the amount of funding for institutions and activities in the social and cultural sphere has been reduced and the transfer of important functions to the local level was not accompanied by the transfer of sufficient amount of financial resources. Conclusions.The strategic goal of decentralization is to ensure the availability and proper quality of public services for all categories of the population. The decentralized budget system should function on the basis of a coordinated, unified national cooperation policy for many independent institutions, each of which has a legislatively defined sphere of autonomy. Since tax revenues form the main volume of own revenues of local budgets, the issue of improving the efficiency of tax administration comes to the forefront in the context of decentralization changes. Therefore, on the way to ensuring the increase of tax revenues, the strategic goal of local authorities should be to promote economic development of regions.

scholarly journals Tax decentralization under local government reform conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 93-104
Author(s):  
G. Isanshyna ◽  
O. Dubynska
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
Practical Result ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
The Impact

The primary objective of the paper is to investigate the main directions of decentralization reform, trends in local budget revenues in Ukraine, to assess the impact of decentralization reform on the structure and composition of local budgets financial resources, to identify the ways of their optimization. The main components of decentralization reform, the main practical results of territorial and fiscal decentralization in Ukraine are formulated in this paper. Analysis of the development of voluntary territorial communities association in the country during the last five years is carried out. The principles of public administration and the development of normative regulation of local self-government, voluntary association of territorial communities and their cooperation are investigated. It is determined that the practical result of administrative-territorial decentralization is to ensure the creation of new capable territorial entities – united territorial communities. The practical result of tax decentralization is the increase of financial capacity of the united territorial communities. The dynamics of the share of local taxes and fees in own revenues of the general local budgets fund is considered, special attention is paid to such national tax as personal income tax. The dependence of local budgets on transfers from the state budget is noted. And all this on the basis of achievement the ratio of state and local budget revenues of most EU countries is 50:50. The directions of reducing the risk of financial unreliability of local governments under COVID-19 conditions are determined. The difficulties of tax administration of large taxpayers; the main factors determining the size of the shadow economy in the country are investigated. There is no direct relationship between the level of taxation in Ukraine and the level shadow economy. The assessment of the extent of concealment and incomplete reporting of domestic businesses according to the survey in the framework of the SHADOW project is made. The consequences of increasing shadow economy share in the country are determined. The experience of several European countries in personal income taxation is studied, the peculiarities of granting the right to apply the social tax benefit from the personal income tax is determined. Recommendations for optimizing the taxation of individuals in terms of taxation of dividends are provided in this paper.

scholarly journals An Overview of the Fiscal Decentralization in the Context of the State and Local Taxes in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (516) ◽  
pp. 251-257
Author(s):  
T. V. Ponomarova ◽  
◽  
M. A. Komlieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Local Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Taxes ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
The Impact

One of the key elements of the analysis of the efficiency of reforms at the State level is the effectiveness and a shift in quantitative indicators of the relevant statistical categories. In Ukraine, the period after 2014 is considered to be the time of legislative changes and reforms. Among them, according to experts and politicians, the most successful is the decentralization reform. Its implementation is based primarily on changes in the taxation system both at the national and local levels. Accordingly, the main indicator of achieving the goals of fiscal decentralization can be considered changes in the structure of tax redistribution between the local and the State budgets. This article provides an assessment of the level and dynamics of the main types of taxes as to their proportion between different levels of fiscal centralization. In the course of the research, a comparative analysis of rates and monetary measurement of both the national and local taxes and fees was carried out. The authors account tax revenues in a geographical context and during the last eight years, which allows assessing the impact of the reform on the amount of taxes collected, identifying the leading regions, as well as tracking the taxation trends. As a result of the research, it is found out that fiscal decentralization since the beginning of its implementation has been a significant factor in the growth of tax revenues in local budgets. Nevertheless, personal income tax prevails among fiscal fillers of budgets at the local level, so the problems of unemployment and lack of jobs in times of coronavirus crisis pose a challenge for the financial security of territorial communities. Further research on the topic is considered promising given the effectiveness of combining the benefits of fiscal decentralization with the relevant instruments of the State support to increase the local budget funds.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF GENDER EQUALITY IN THE PLANNING OF BUDGET EXPENDITURE AND INCOME IN UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Pryimak ◽  
Iryna Muntian
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Budget Process ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Budget Analysis ◽  
Budget Policy ◽  
Financial Management System ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

The article clarifies the essence and benefits of gender-oriented budgeting. The problem of lack of legislative consolidation of the use of GOB in the budget process is considered, which is one of the main reasons for slowing down the process of implementation of this method and approval of methods for its implementation. Indicators of gender statistics, in particular the city of Lviv, such as the structure of the permanent population by gender, unemployment rate by age and gender, mortality rates by cause and gender, social groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the problems they most often face depending on gender are analyzed. It was found that the situation of women in most areas is worse than men, and in modern conditions during the pandemic situation only gets worse. Given recent world events, the need for a public financial management system that takes into account the impact of gender measures to overcome the coronavirus pandemic is justified. A correlation analysis of gender impact on tax revenues of budgets on the basis of indicators that directly affect tax revenues to budgets by gender such as the average monthly wages of women and men in Ukraine for the period 2012-2019, as well as the number of women and men PE and their income for the period 2016 - 2020 has been conducted. The reasons for the reported results of the analysis are substantiated and explained, taking into account all possible factors. It is clear how the closure of “sleeping” private enterpreneurs, which has been observed since 2016, has affected the indicator of the total number of private enterpreneurs and their income indicators, which directly affect tax revenues to local budgets. The influence of these indicators on the formation of revenue and expenditure components of the budget based on the results of their statistical and correlation analyzes is estimated. The article confirms the opinion that the results of gender budget analysis help to make decisions on the directions of budget policy and development of industries in the future, taking into account the needs of men and women from different groups. As a result, it makes it possible to eliminate inequality in access to services financed from the local budget in the indicated areas.

Improving the mechanism of pit collection for community development in the context of decentralization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
О. Boiko
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The State ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Fiscal Efficiency ◽  
Local Budget

Problem setting. In the analysis of any budget, important markers are åðó revenue indicators, which 80% consist of tax revenues. After all, they give the government and citizens an understanding of how capable the communityis, what amount of expenditures can be made from income, and whether the community has can develop and improve the well-being of its inhabitants. Personal income tax (hereinafter – PIT) covers about 60% of tax revenues of local budgets of Ukraine, so its important role for socio-economic development of local communities and regionsis clear.Recent research and publications analysis. The issue of studyingthe effectiveness of the mechanism of PIT payment and its influence on the process of generation of local government revenues have been in the center of research of domestic scientists such as O. Bandurka, N. Dieieva, I. Liutyi, N. Redinaet al. At the same time, the issue of the effectiveness of PIT collection and its importance for the development of communities in the current conditions of decentralization requires further thorough research.Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. The role and place of personal income tax in the structure of tax revenues of local budgets have been studies in the paper, the essence of the mechanism of its collectionhas been substantiated, the provision on the effectiveness of tax control over the completeness of its revenues have been analyzedand the reasons for reforming its payment procedure by tax agents have been justified.The purpose of the paper is to study the role and place of PIT in the structure of tax revenues of local budgets, substantiate the essence of the mechanism of its collection, analyze PIT administration procedure, makeproposals for improving the effectivenessof fiscal role of this tax for the community development.Paper main body. One of the most important taxes in the system of direct taxation in Ukraine is the personal income tax. Its share in the structure of tax revenues of the consolidated budget in recent years was about 20% – 23% (90% of which – revenues to local budgets, 10% – revenues of the state budget).The procedure for imposition of this taxis regulated by Section IV of the Tax Code of Ukraine, deducted from the income of citizens at a rate of 18%, which applies to almost all types of income of citizens.In the structure of tax revenues of local budgets, its share is the largest one and averages up to 60% of all tax revenues. During the period of 2015 – 2020, the fiscal efficiency of PIT in the structure of its revenues to local budgets was growing every year. Nominal PIT revenues to local budgets increased from UAH 54,9 billion in 2015 to UAH 177,8 billion in 2020.The key factors influencing the nominal growth of personal income tax revenues are inflation, as well as the annual increase in the minimum wage, changes in tax rates and other innovations in tax reforms of the recent years.Given the significant fiscal efficiency of PIT and its influence on budget generation of the communities, we cannot ignore the problematic aspects of its collection that have a direct impact on tax revenues in the structure of the newly formed amalgamated territorial communities, since success and well-being of local communities depends primarily on the amount of financial resources they own.Thus, according to the Budget Code of Ukraine, PITis distributed among the budgets in the following amounts: 60% goes to the ATC budget, 15% to the regional budget, and 25% to the state budget.It is worthnoting that the current rules of tax and budget legislation contain quite clear obligations of tax agents to pay PITtransfers to those local budgets within which territory businesses are located.Nevertheless, there are constant challenges for local governments and their ability to influence entrepreneurs to pay PIT at the location of legal entities and their units, and not at the place of registration of legal entities.Does this mean that a significant number of tax agents do not comply with the requirements of tax and budget legislation?The Law of Ukraine on Local Self-Government in Ukraine (Article 28) entitles local self-government bodies to monitor the compliance with obligations to pay to the local budget at enterprises and organizations, regardless of the form of their incorporation.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. Given the above, business entities are obliged to pay PIT in accordance with current legislation at the place of their actual location, regardless of the place of registration, and local governments are empowered to control the completeness of taxes coming to the local budget and must actively exercise the initiative to provide additional revenues to community budgets.This will allow receiving PIT revenues to the budget of the community where the enterprises directly carry out their activities in order to develop communities and increase their solvency for the welfare of citizens.

scholarly journals An integrated approach to assessing the level of fiscal policy decentralization

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
Oleg Shevchuk ◽  
Valentyna Martynenko
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Critical Level ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Acceptable Risks ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
Functional Components ◽  
Integral Indicator

The main purpose of this study is to introduce an integrated approach to the methodology of assessing the level of fiscal policy decentralization. It is proposed to evaluate the fiscal policy decentralization of the state according to three functional components: decentralization of the process of local budget revenues formation (includes five indicators); decentralization of local budget structure (includes six indicators); decentralization of intergovernmental budgetary relations (includes five indicators). The expediency of forming an integral indicator of the level of fiscal policy decentralization as the geometric mean of three sub-indexes formed by its main functional components is substantiated. It has been proved that the level of fiscal decentralization in Ukraine decreased at the end of 2017, compared to 2004, but was medium with acceptable risks of fiscal policy modernization. Instead, in 2014, the lowest numerical value of the decentralization level was recorded, which corresponded to the critical level of the integral indicator with significant obstacles to the modernization of fiscal policy. The results obtained confirm the feasibility of implementing the decentralization reform in Ukraine, which started in 2014, and demonstrate its effectiveness.

scholarly journals Personal income tax: practice and problems of management in local budgets of Ukraine

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
Nataliia Karpyshyn ◽  
Olha Nipialidi
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
Tax Practice

Purpose. The aim of the article is investigation of the practice of tax income on individuals in the local budgets of Ukraine in the context of decentralized reform in order to identify the most pressing problems of collecting PITs and develop a proposal to increase its fiscal role at the local level. Methodology of research. The following methods are used to achieve this goal: analysis, synthesis and generalization – in the processing of literary, statistical, legislative and Internet sources on the topic of research; methods of systematization and generalization of data, comparison and detail – when conducting analysis of budget indicators; graphical and tabular methods – for visual representation of the processed data; abstract and logical method – to summarize the material presented and formulate conclusions. Findings. The fiscal role and factors of PIT growth in the local budgets of Ukraine during the period of decentralization reform have been determined. Local governments are found to be underutilizing the potential of PITs to replenish local budgets. The main reserves for the growth of local budget revenues from the PIT are substantiated, namely: solving the problem of illegal employment with the aim of legalizing income for taxation, improving cooperation with the SFSU bodies and improving the efficiency of tax control; improving community asset management; increasing transparency and enhancing community involvement in community governance. Originality. The main directions of activity of local self-government bodies that will contribute to the gradual increase in the volume of revenues from the personal income tax in the revenues of local budgets of Ukraine are identified. Practical value. The results of the study can be used in the activities of local governments and local financial authorities in developing a policy of increasing PIT (personal income tax) revenues in local budget revenues. Key words: personal income tax; local budgets; local budget revenues; local governments.

PROBLEMS OF LOCAL BUDGETS’ ORGANIZATION IN UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL DECENTRALIZATION

2017 ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Yurij RADELYTSKYJ
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Intergovernmental Transfers ◽  
Financial Autonomy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Expert Community

Introduction. Fiscal decentralization as the main vector of development of Ukraine in general and local government in particular has set scientific and expert community task of defining feasibility and effectiveness of the reforms and their compliance with requirements and needs of society. Purpose. Analysis of the tool of organization of local budgets in Ukraine due to decentralization process to define the main results of these innovations and make recommendations for improving the system. Results. Specific features of organization of local budgets in Ukraine in terms of local government reform are observed. It is made comparative analysis of formation and execution of local budgets before and after the reform. Peculiarities of formation of the revenue of local governments are examined. Tax revenue is defined as the main source of local budgets. It is analyzed the main characteristics of collection of major budget-taxes. The features of expenditure policies at the local level are investigated. The main problems of this process are defined. It is investigated the place and role of intergovernmental transfers as a part of local budgets. The features of forming of intergovernmental transfers and horizontal fiscal equalization of local budgets in consequence of financial decentralization are determined. General conclusions resulting from the study are made. Conclusion. Reform of the system of local budgets requires a comprehensive update of local government and simultaneous implementation of sectoral reforms. In the system of local budget revenues development and selection of algorithm of formation of a well-defined orientation to ensure financial autonomy and financial viability and its implementation on an ongoing basis is a priority. The task of reforming expenditure part of local budgets is orientation of financial resources to secure capital expenditures and implementing their own powers of local government.

FINANCIAL DECENTRALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL BUDGET INCOME FORMATION: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
Iryna Tsymbaliuk
Keyword(s):  
Financial Resources ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financial Autonomy ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Imple Mentation ◽  
Local Problems ◽  
Local Budget ◽  
Decentralization Reform

The public governance decentralization requires the redistribution of financial resources for the powers imple-mentation delegated to local authorities. The purpose of the article is to determine the essence of financial decen-tralization and the peculiarities of its implementation in Ukraine and some other countries. The article reveals the essence of financial decentralization and related concepts defining the financial autonomy of local authorities. The features of the revenue part of local budgets formation in different countries of the world in the conditions of financial decentralization are revealed. A comparison of the main elements of the intergovernmental tax distribu-tion in some unitary countries of Europe has been made. The dynamics of tax revenues to budgets of different lev-els in Ukraine is determined. The distribution of tax revenues between budgets of different levels is presented in the context of financial decentralization in Ukraine. The obtained results of the analysis made it possible to deter-mine that for a successful decentralization reform, local authorities should be given sufficient financial resources to fulfill their responsibilities for solving local problems and ensuring regional development.

scholarly journals ESTIMATION OF FISCAL SPACE OF LOCAL BUDGETS IN THE CONTEXT OF UKRAINIAN REGIONS DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Myroslav KHOMIAK
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Intergovernmental Transfers ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Fiscal Autonomy ◽  
Panel Regressions ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Fiscal Space ◽  
Local Budget

Introduction. Fiscal decentralization, which is now actively being implemented in Ukraine, provides for increasing the level of fiscal autonomy of local budgets. In this context, it is necessary to assess the real possibilities of local governments to form a fiscal space, which should be understood as the ability to generate income and to implement rational expenditure in order to achieve regional development goals. Purpose. The goal of the article is a quantitative assessment of the fiscal space of local budgets to identify promising areas of fiscal decentralization in Ukraine. Methods. The theoretical basis of the article consists of foreign and domestic academic literature. As a methodological basis are used panel regressions for estimating the tax potential of regions and methods of structural analysis and comparisons - for investigation of trends in local budgets. Results. Formation of the fiscal space of local budgets in the article interpreted as a combination of realization of tax potential and restructuring of expenditures of local budgets. By using panel regressions are identified the regions with the highest tax potential. Based on studying the structure of local budget expenditures revealed that by highest fiscal space are characterized areas where industry is less developed and which are considered less economically successful. Conclusions. The study revealed that regions with low fiscal space and tax potential are forced to generate debt for solving their own financial and economic problems, while regions with high tax potential and greater fiscal space receive significant amounts of intergovernmental transfers and do not form a municipal debt. Despite this, was justified the necessity of the transition to a redistribution of financial resources on the goal-basis principle.

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