Wydatki jednostek samorządu terytorialnego w Polsce w latach 2010–2013
The Expenditure of Local Government Units in Poland in 2010–2013

Summary/Abstract: The politics of local government spending is primarily determined by the types of public tasks assigned to local government units. These tasks, as well as sources of income and their performance, the size of budget deficits, the level of indebtedness of local government units and the changing economic and legal environment affect the structure of expenditure. The rise in current expenditure in 2010–2013 was accompanied by a decline in capital expenditure from 2012, which resulted primarily from a decrease of 16% in capital expenditure compared to 2011. The provisions of the new law of 27 August 2009 on Public Finances have been in force since 2010. At the same time, in 2010–2013, the financial self-supply system was based on the Act of 13 November 2003 on the income of local government units, which is interpreted as the source of stable regulation for income formation. Nevertheless, during this period there have been significant amendments to the cited statutes, as well as many other legislative changes. Therefore, the aim of this article is 1) to present selected aspects of the expenditure policy of local government units in Poland in the years 2010–2013 against the background of the law governing the financial management of local government units and 2) to attempt to answer the question of whether these changes have affected spending patterns.

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