Revenue Autonomy of Local Self-Government – Poland Against the Background of Selected European Union Countries Cover Image

Samodzielność dochodowa jednostek samorządu terytorialnego – Polska na tle wybranych krajów Unii Europejskiej
Revenue Autonomy of Local Self-Government – Poland Against the Background of Selected European Union Countries

Author(s): Dorota Wyszkowska
Subject(s): National Economy, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: own revenue; revenue autonomy; taxation powers;

Summary/Abstract: Revenue autonomy is one of the fundamental pillars of self-government in the economic sense. The assurance of LSUs to a significant share of own revenue should be based on their character, above all the impact on their size, the predictability, the freedom of disposal and the independence of local governments from the state budget. The level of fiscal autonomy of self-government is a derivative of national solutions adopted in Poland, the level of decentralization, the amount, type and efficiency of self-government income sources combined with the spatial distribution of the tax base and the scope of taxation power of the self-government sector. It largely determines the development opportunities of local communities. Hence, it is important to address this topic in various aspects. This work aims to analyze the level of revenue autonomy of local government units in Poland against the background of selected European Union countries, indicating the importance of taxation power in creating this autonomy

  • Issue Year: LI/2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 371-380
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish