“Rzeczpospolita”: Slimming budżetówki – Interia

The government wants to save to pay 14 billion zł. Without loss of employment offices and education rather not an error – “Rzeczpospolita” informs

time for slimming budżetówki

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the finance minister Paul Szałamacha has an ambitious plan to reduce labor costs in the public sector. In 2015, expenditure on the target reached a huge amount of 182 billion zł, or 10.2 percent. GDP. Although there were years when wages rise faster, the minister wants to reduce them to a historically low level of 9.4 percent. GDP.

In this year to raise salaries in the national box office earning a 2 billion zł. In 2017. Is already modest – for this purpose will go a few hundred million. They benefit most uniformed services. read more
                     

This means reducing wages by 14 billion zł – the newspaper writes. For now, the government has not prepared the plan, but the reduction of expenses in practice usually means that either the salaries of employees of budget will grow much more slowly than GDP, or the country will start to slow down. “Such an ambitious goal can be achieved by freezing wages and reducing employment” – emphasizes Alexander Łaszek, chief economist FOR foundation.

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Meanwhile approx. 2 billion zł less than the expected state budget revenues reached between January and April this year .; they amounted to 105 billion 385.5 million zł (to 33.6 percent. plans for the whole year); smaller – almost 6 billion zł than expected – proved too expenses, which amounted to 116 billion 510 million zł (31.6 per cent. of the plan). According to data from the Ministry of Finance after April deficit was lower by more than 4 billion zł from earlier plans of the ministry.

On Wednesday MF information on the execution of the budget shows that budget revenues after April turned out to be lower than expected – the Ministry of Finance planned for that they will amount to 107 billion 438 million zł. Lower than planned – by almost 6 billion zł – were also state spending after four months. In the budget for 2016. Year-round recorded revenues of 313 bln 808.5 mln zł, and expenditures at 368 billion 548.5 million zł. MF reported that April from indirect taxes was achieved 62 billion 859.2 mln zł, or 32.4 percent. plan of tax (CIT) 11 billion 416.5 million zł which is 43.8 per cent. plan, the personal income tax (PIT) 14 billion 913.8 mln zł, or 31.8 percent. plan, while the tax on certain financial institutions (ie. bank) 725.4 million zł (13.2 per cent. of the plan).

realized in the first four months, the deficit amounted to 11 billion 125 million zł, which is 20.3 percent. approved this year a deficit of 54 billion 740.0 million zł. In turn, the sources of financing the deficit brought to April 15 billion 212.4 mln zł, which is 23.8 per cent. plan for the whole year (63 billion 980.4 mln zł) – MF added. As for the deficit, the project schedule of income and expenditure of the state budget in 2016. Was planned that after April it would amount to 15 billion 181 million 979 thousand. zł (27.7 percent.), and may grow to 19 billion 282 million 214 thousand. zł (35.2 percent.).

June should close with a deficit amounting to 22 billion 62 million 878 thousand. zł (40.3 percent)., July deficit of 27 billion 358 million 851 thousand. (50 percent)., And Aug. 30 billion 63 million 665 thousand. zł (54.9 percent.). The Ministry predicts that at the end of the third quarter, the deficit will amount to 34 billion 972 million 588 thousand. zł (63.9 percent)., in October, will grow to 40 billion 766 million 294 thousand. zł (74.5 percent)., and in November the amount of 45 billion 441 million 188 thousand. zł (83 percent). According to the schedule and the budget law for 2016. deficit at the end of the year is not to exceed 54 billion 740 million zł.