LOCAL LEVEL BUDGET FORMATION SYSTEM: THEORETICAL ASPECTS, TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the functioning the system of budgeting local levels in Ukraine. The aim of the article is to study the theoretical aspects of the local budget system, to conduct the analytical assessment of trends in the functioning of local budgets and to study the prospects for their further development. Systematization of literature sources to determine approaches to the essential component of the local budget allowed defining the local budget as detailed plan for the use of financial resources, economic relations related to improving the social life of citizens. Based on the functional approach to regionalization of taxation, the scheme of the system of local budget formation has been formalized. It allows taking into account the influence of objective and subjective factors. The article considers the key tasks and vectors of the local budget system. As part of the analysis of current trends in the development of local budgets, the diagnosis of revenues and expenditures for the period from 2015 to 2020 is hold. The results of the analysis showed volatile dynamics in the comparability of revenues and expenditures of local budgets and provided an opportunity to obtain a comprehensive assessment of intergovernmental transfers from the budget of Ukraine for socio-economic development of regions to reduce their economic differentiation and ensure the implementation of state regional powers. The analysis of the revenue and expenditure part of the local budget of Ukraine allowed studying in more detail the peculiarities of local budget formation, identifying certain patterns and forming measures to prevent emerging problems in budget execution in the country. Taking into account the defined system of formation of local level budgets and the analysis of strengths and weaknesses of budgets functioning the basic directions of maintenance and perspective development of budgets of local levels are considered. These include: increasing tax and non-tax revenues to the budget due to the set of measures at the local and regional levels; increasing the level of efficiency of intergovernmental transfers; improving the methodological and practical aspects of encouraging economic entities to increase their own incomes.