Basics of Development and Implementation of the Debt Policy of Ukraine

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2017.6(152).122187

Keywords:

principles of debt policy, debt sustainability, debt risks, debt load

Abstract

The paper reviews the basics of development and implementation of the debt policy of Ukraine, outlines its formation principles and establishes requirements to normative legal documents which specify administrative measures in the field of the public debt.

The research conducted shows that the main normative legal documents which govern activities of state administration bodies responsible for the debt policy implementation are the State Budget and the Program for State Debt Management of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. An analysis of the structure of the above documents and ensuing governmental regulations of Ukraine indicates that the national debt policy is not a separate link of the public financial administration, it is shaped subsequent to the results of managerial decisions in the field of monetary relations, changes in the taxation system, operation of the efficiency control system of national taxes, the government deficit level, impacts of foreign economic factors etc.

It is proved that debt operations in Ukraine (internal and external borrowings, issues of securities, refinancing etc.) are becoming a factor of economic risk for the state budget whereas the debt budget itself is becoming a destabilization factor. The budgetary policy of Ukraine, which is primarily aimed at maximization of tax collection, results in distortion of the public finance system and aggravates the economic status of numerous industries. The public debt service expenses are however still increasing and require public borrowings which keep growing year by year.

The author indicates that the most unsuccessful decisions of the national leadership, which brought about a higher public debt, are the issue of internal public bonds for capitalization of the Privatbank PJSC in 2017 and poor state control over  quasi-fiscal operations which may result in default of national Compulsory Social Insurance Funds on their obligations, accumulation of debts on VAT refund, remission of dead tax debts, instalment payment and deferral of money liabilities or tax debts of taxpayers, attraction of sovereign credits by resident economic entities, debt restructuring of such entities with public guarantees, supply of natural gas to heat-and-power engineering companies for generation of thermal energy at preferential prices, accrued receivables of the National Joint-Stock Company 'Naftogaz Ukrainy' for sale of natural gas to the population and heat-and-power engineering companies.

Author Biography

Yuliia Teres, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Fellow Applicant of the Finance Department

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Published

2018-02-02

How to Cite

Teres, Y. (2018). Basics of Development and Implementation of the Debt Policy of Ukraine. Skhid, (6(152), 28–33. https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2017.6(152).122187

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Economy