DIRECTIONS FOR INCREASING TAX REVENUES LOCAL BUDGETS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Poverty in the Russian Federation

This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective approach, where the level of the poverty line is derived using the opinion of the individual, rich or poor,...

Forming the Territorial Communities' Local Budgets in Ukraine Under Decentralization: Current Condition and Management Tasks

The budgetary capacity with the tax component as its key aspect is the basis for forming local budgets of a territorial community. The paper outlines the methods for diagnostics of the budgetary capacity of territorial communities by revenues aimed at providing a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative assessment of the status, strengths, and weaknesses of the economy of an administrative-te...

Do Tax Amnesties Work? The Revenue Effects of Tax Amnesties During the Transition in the Russian Federation

Governments of all kinds have frequently and increasingly turned to tax amnesties as part of their fiscal programs. An amnesty typically allows individuals or firms to pay delinquent taxes without being subject to some or all of the financial and criminal penalties that the discovery of tax evasion normally brings. Tax amnesties are a controversial revenue-raising tool. Advocates emphasize the ...

conflict of law in the russian federation

tant en :union: soviétique qu’en russie nouvelle, le conflit de lois constitue la partie essentielle et en même temps la plus complexe du droit international privé. a la fin du xxe siècle, des changements substantiels et fondamentaux se sont produits dans ce domaine. cette évolution est soumise à l’influence, d’une part, des facteurs universels qui concernent la communauté internationale et, d’...

A Blueprint for the Russian Federation