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Local governments to get at least 19.6% revenue to Latvian budget
BC, Riga, 03.10.2017.Print version
In the future, total tax revenue of local governments will be at least 19.6% of revenue to the general government consolidated budget, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers and the Latvian Association of Local Governments agreed on October 2nd cites LETA.
The local governments insisted on the 19.6% share while the central
government had proposed 19.5%.
Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis
(Greens/Farmers) said that the government would make a concession to the local
governments and approve their revenue at 19.6% of total tax revenue to the
national budget during the next three years. However, the local governments
will not be guaranteed revenue from personal income tax at 100% of the forecast
included in the national budget as it was planned, if they had agreed to a 19.5%
share of tax revenue.
The projected amount of tax, non-tax and other revenue to the local
government budget in 2018 was approved at EUR 386.98 million (excluding revenue
from personal income tax).