LOCAL FINANCE IN POLAND IN VIEW OF THE EUROPEAN CHARTER OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
Vol. 1, No 1, 2008
Dr Agata Bury
Chair of Economics
The School of Finance and Computer Sciences in Łódź
Faculty of Economics in Kalisz, Poland
agata.bury@interia.pl
Dr Piotr Bury
Institute of Economics
University of Human and Natural Sciences in Kielce
Faculty of Management and Administration, Poland
pibury@onet.pl
LOCAL FINANCE IN POLAND IN VIEW OF THE EUROPEAN CHARTER OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
Abstract
Local government in Poland exists already 18 years, half of it on the all three tiers of the administrative division i.e. in gminas, poviats and voivodships. The period is long enough to look critically at principles of its activity. The goal of this paper is to analyze the compatibility of the Polish local government
financial system with the guidelines of The European Charter of Local Self-Government, which was ratified by Poland in full in 1993. After a short description of general principles of local government the area of local government finance is discussed, especially the problem of so-called own revenues.
The conclusions could be used to show directions of changes in polish local finance, as well as to serve as guidelines for Ukrainian democracy in creating its local selfgovernments. The topic of the paper seems to be especially current in the context of Ukraine’s efforts to access the European Union. Sooner or later, Ukraine also will have to face with the provisions of The European Charter of Local Self-Government.
Key words: State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenues
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