Positive results are already visible fiscal decentralization - government experts at the roundtable in Lviv Lviv
, the third of a series of planned regional roundtables on budget and tax decentralization. It was attended by experts from the Ministry of Regional Development, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of SALTgo and Science, State Fiscal Service, as well as representatives of regional, district, city and village councils and local financial management of the State Fiscal Service. The event was told local content budget and tax changes that will be introduced in the implementation of decentralization reforms."The consequence of decentralization should be comfortable model of government that would reflect the real needs of the communities had financial basis for progress forward and was favorable for the people", - said the head of the Lviv Regional State Administration Oleg Synyutka. Panelists discussed the mechanisms of attraction and use of locally features of the new tarifffirst policy, funding allocations for education and healthcare, as well as innovation of the Tax Code of Ukraine. "The state will be strong when are strong rural communities. Instead zmitsnishaye community when they have sufficient financial resources. For this state and offers favorable mechanism for local budgets ", - said duringActing measure Deputy Head of Lviv Regional State Administration Rostislav Zamlynsky. Adopted by Parliament in December 2014 amendments to the Budget and Tax Codes Ukraine is the largest in recent years step towards fiscal decentralization. Based on these changes was formed State Budget for 2015. "Changes in the December 2014not cosmetic. They include the introduction of a new form of financial support of local budgets, and make drastic changes the relationship of state and local budgets, "- said Galina Markovic, Deputy Director of the local budgets, Head of Planning of local budgets of the Ministry of Finance Ukrayiny. The new budget legislation expands the rights of local authorities and giving them budgetary autonomy, and expanding sources of local revenues. According to the Ministry of Finance, through the introduction of a new model of financial security, local budgets will receive additional resources into the general fund in the amount of more than 22 billion. UAH. But in general,given the balance of intergovernmental transfers - more than 40 bln. UAH. this year. Thus, in place of the state budget passed 100% of fees for administrative services, 100% of the state fee, 10% corporate income tax the private sector. In addition, sources of local revenues also expanded through the introductionExcise tax for the sale of retail excise goods (beer, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, petroleum products) at 5% of the cost of goods sold. The tax base is expanded through collection of property tax from now on commercial (non-residential) property and taxes on cars with large engine displacement. By monthlocal budgets zarahovuvatymetsya environmental tax of 80% instead of 35%. In addition, the community will receive a basic grant to improve fiscal capacity of their budgets. Significant benefits will united community budgets are pryrivnyayutsya the budgets of regional centers and districts, and in addition to these taxes will get even60% personal income tax and other revenues. According to the State Service of Ukraine fiscal revenues to local budgets of Volyn, Zakarpattia, Lviv, Rivne region on March 1 2015roku amounted to 1 288 100 000. USD. In terms of payments in January and February 2015 local budgets received data areas: - Excise tax districtealizatsiyi through a retail network of excisable goods - 56.6 million. UAH .; - Property tax - 143.4 million. UAH., Including transport tax - 223 thousand. UAH., real estate tax - more than 2 million. UAH., land tax - 141.2 million. UAH. "To date, reform has been in a practical way. In particular, there have been changes in the number of taxes- They reduced from 22 to 11. Moreover, actually changed their place of administration. For example, the excise tax will be administered on the spot - in fact the realization of excisable goods ", - said Yuri Marchenko, Deputy Head of the Department of Control of the excise tax on turnover tax and excise goods DFS. The state hasand assume full responsibility for providing educational services to secondary schools, workforce training vocational schools, providing medical care, public financing of social protection of individual categories. To this end, local governments are provided in the newydy transfers as education subsidy, subvention for training workers and medical subvention. Adoption of amendments to the Budget legislation this year will provide sustainable economic growth, counter financial crises sector and local governments to perform at 100%. "The first results of the reform will be CCinyty at least the end of the first half. But we are already seeing some appeal resource support these local budgets. This is reflected in the repair of roadways, entrances, sewerage etc. Therefore, improving the range of resources, which is home to one of us "- summed Sergey Sharshov, director of the Department of Local Government andterritorial organization of power Minregion. Next round table discussion with the participation of government experts on 25 March in Kharkov. A series of regional roundtables on decentralization is supported by the Swiss-Ukrainian project "Support to Decentralisation in Ukraine DESPRO and the UK government.Source: http://artlife.rv.ua/