Tokaeva, S. K., Dzagoeva, M. R. Peculiarities of the Process of Tax Revenue Generation of a Russian Federation Constituent (the Case Study of the Republic of North Ossetia — Alania)

Abstract: Efficient social and economic growth of a Federation constituent and increased quality of services rendered to the population are determined by the financial resource capacity of a region. This creates a need to analyze the problem of guarantees of financial stability of Russian Federation regions. The purpose of the present article is to study tax sources of regional revenue generation based on the case study of the Republic of North Ossetia — Alania and to describe recent tendencies and peculiar structures of tax revenues in general and revenues based on particular taxes. The authors study the process of general revenue generation in regional budgets by applying research methods and searching methods as well as methods of statistical and comparative analysis. Described factors of tax revenue generation demonstrate a weakened role of taxes in the overall structure of revenues of a Russian Federation constituent. Analyzing the nature of tax revenues, the authors also define a number of established negative tendencies reflecting not only the decrease in revenues based on regional and local taxes but also the reduction of the taxable base on important revenue-producing taxes such as profit tax and consolidated income tax. In conclusion, the authors describe the main causes of the aforesaid tendencies and outline the main peculiarities of generation of a region’s own revenues. The authors also express their apprehensions regarding future financial support of regional budgets based on their own taxable capacity.

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