Local budget expenditures for 2022 are projected at 59.7 billion ALL, marking an increase of 3.3% more than the normative act of 2021.

According to the draft budget, the expenditures for 2022 account for 3.2% of GDP, up from 2.3% in 2013.

“In order to maintain the stability of local expenditures and to support local self-government units to cover the costs of COVID-19 pandemic, the level of unconditional cash transfer for 2022 will be about 250 million ALL higher than 2021. This transfer “Compared to 2015 (the year before the administrative-territorial reform) is 6.3 billion ALL more or about 54.5% higher,” according to report of the budget.

The funds of ALL 8.75 billion (unconditional sectoral transfer) will be added to the unconditional cash transfer of ALL 18.7 billion envisaged for 2022, for the new functions, transferred at the local level. As a result, in 2022, the grant through the state budget for local government will be worth ALL 27.45 billion.

Revenues from local taxes and fees in 2021 will be ALL 27.6 billion or 6% higher than expected in 2021 and almost over twice as high as in 2013 and 2015. //a.i/