The budget topic

Last reconciliation before making the deputies of the project of the republican budget for 2016 in the first reading took place during the meeting of “The Obnovlenie” parliamentary faction. Expanded information on the content of the document was presented by the head of the parliamentary committee on economic policy, budget and finance, Alexander Martynov.

Let’s remember that the budget 2016 was received by the Supreme Council only at the end of December 2015 (legally established, that it should be presented to Parliament in September). The first thing that alerted the members of the responsible committee, because it is too optimistic forecast of GDP against the background of the negative trends in the economy. According to preliminary government estimates, it should reach 13 billion rubles in 2016. During the work on the project of the republican budget for the current year, the relevant committee members came from this particular indicator. However, looking ahead, it could be said that until the end of February, the Government "come to its senses" and adjusted GDP, reducing the figure from 13 to 10 billion rubles.

The two-month intensive work of the Committee on Economic Policy, Budget and Finance, the holding of parliamentary hearings on the activities of the various sectors of the economy, workshops, exchange of views in the framework of working groups, consultations with the Government led to the presentation and discussion of the deputies about two hundred amendments. Most of them came from people's deputies; there are structures of the supreme executive power. All amendments formed 19 tables and presented to the plenary for adoption of the main financial document of the year in the first reading. They include a proposal to increase budget revenues and to reduce expenditures. The main task - to find the missing 1 billion 134 million rubles for payments under the socio-protected articles of the state treasury (pensions, public sector wages, social benefits, purchase of medicines and food for the institutions financed from the state budget).

It was proposed to increase the revenue part of the budget 2016  due to the excise tax on manufactured in the country excise goods, as well as imported because of its limits (75 mln.) due to increase in revenues from property tax (1 million rubles.), Deductions from import duties (365 mln.). The budget also proposed to fill up for the retirement account in his 70% of net profit from the work of GUP (municipal unitary enterprises), banks' profits with the state participation, as well as PSR (of 157 million rubles.) About 170 million rubles is expected to gain for the sale of 25% shares of RCC, which Now owned by the state. Another 45 million rubles for the payment of pensions and salaries will borrow the Road Fund. Members of the relevant committee strongly oppose return of 25.9 million rubles SUE "Dubossary HPP", which last year issued a state loan, the funds which were used for the repair of roads in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the PMR. It was just at the time when pensioners and state employees receive less than 30%.

We do not agree to the members of the Committee on Economic Policy, Budget and Finance and the government with a proposal to "freeze" the compensation for Soviet deposits (20 mln.). As the deputies say, there is almost not reception of citizens without voters' requests to pay them compensation for the "burnt" deposits. Reducing fall and items such as "content vehicles", "entertainment expenses" of public authorities. We should not expect and the "second wave" of raising the minimum wage EN that the national budget project was originally scheduled for July 1, 2016.

Large dispute unless the budget for the project of the Unified State Social Insurance Fund are not expected at today's plenary session. Its revenues and expenditures are balanced at the expense of borrowing to pay pensions and social benefits from a special gas account.

Members of the “The Obnovlenie” voted for the adoption of a number of decisions of the Supreme Council. One of them - is to hold a parliamentary inquiry concerning the causes of decline in the volume of foreign trade activities and, as a consequence, reduce the revenue collections from import customs duties. The second - is to hold the Accounts Chamber of the expert analytical and control activities for the use of funds created by a normative act of the Government in 2012, the stabilization fund, which received there including the gas from the special account. These intentions fit into the constitutional framework of control functions of the Supreme Council.