In 2022, the consolidated budget surplus of the Russian regions decreased by 13 times compared to 2021. According to the news of the newspaper, this is due to the report of the Court of Accounts. “News”.
At the end of last year, the consolidated budgets of the regions gave a surplus of 50.1 billion rubles, while in 2021 it amounted to 660.8 billion rubles.
According to the report of the SAI, the budget deficit in 50 regions of the Russian Federation was 447.3 billion, with Moscow, Tyumen and Belgorod regions going negative the most.
35 issues turned out to be overkill, they managed to replenish the treasury 497.4 billion, at the same time, about 65% of the total budget surplus falls on St. Petersburg, Sakhalin Region, Moscow, Kemerovo Region and Yamalo. -Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Income tax collection affected the dynamics of budget revenues and expenditures. In the first six months of last year, the collections increased due to the increase in the price of Ural oil and the dollar exchange rate, however, there was a decrease as of July. The newspaper notes that there are refunds of tax overpayments (as part of supporting the oil industry) and sanctions that have led to a reduction in businesses’ revenues.
According to the Court of Accounts, the main expenditures of regional budgets fell on the national economy (27.4%), housing and social services (21%), and education (+16.2%). This growth is explained by inflation, the increase in the minimum wage and the living wage.
The main risk for regional budgets may be a deficit that grows to a point where they can no longer meet their obligations to the population and have to borrow money from the federal government, in which case the subject’s dependence on the center will increase. He warned Natalya Milchakova, one of the leading analysts of Freedom Finance Global.
It was previously reported that the income from the coal industry was transferred to the Russian budget. grew up Twice in 2022 – up to 360 billion rubles.
Source: Gazeta
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