ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF INDEBTEDNESS OF TERRITORIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT UNITS IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL DEBT RATIO

Abstract

The new debt limitation rules in force since 2014 (Articles 242-244 of the Public Finance Act have been a significant impediment to local financial planning and management for most local government units (hereinafter: LGUs). During the four years of their implementation many defects and inconveniences in the application of the new standards have emerged and the "crea-tivity" of the local government financial sector has shown that they can be relatively easily cir-cumvented. The construction of the maximum indicator limiting the liabilities of the titles speci-fied by the legislator, falling due in a given year, is closely related to the provisions of the Law of the fiscal year. The essence of this legal regulation is the comparison of two indicators, in-cluded in the formula of equation (formula). A positive condition for the adoption of the budget is to obtain a relationship in which the left side of the formula (annual debt repayment ratio) is less than or equal to the right side (maximum debt repayment ratio).