Costs and Revenues Balance: The Case of Municipal Delegated Competences in Slovakia

Method of exercising competence		Municipality knows the exact costs		Method of calculation			Cost recovery rate
Separately	Joint office	Yes	No	None	Calculates direct costs	Calculates/knows the full costs	%
Municipalities up to 999 inhabitants
12	13	5	20	22	3	0	1–100
Municipalities from 1000 to 2499 inhabitants
18	0	10	8	13	4	1	10–100
Municipalities from 2500 to 4999 inhabitants
10	0	9	1	7	2	1	11–95
Municipalities from 5000 to 9999 inhabitants
6	0	5	1	3	2	1	45–90
Municipalities from 10,000 to 49,999 inhabitants
6	0	4	2	5	1	0	50–80
Municipalities over 50,000 inhabitants
1	0	1	0	0	0	1	95

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Tab. 3:

Costs for delegated competences in the planning and building offices

Method of exercising competence		Municipality knows the exact costs		Method of calculation		Cost recovery rate
Separately	Joint office	Yes	No	Separately	Joint office	Yes	No
Municipalities up to 999 inhabitants
14	11	10	15	15	1	2	1–80
Municipalities from 1000 to 2499 inhabitants
12	6	5	13	17	0	1	2–80
Municipalities from 2500 to 4999 inhabitants
5	5	4	6	10	0	0	18–80
Municipalities from 5000 to 9999 inhabitants
5	1	3	3	5	0	1	3–80
Municipalities from 10,000 to 49,999 inhabitants
4	2	5	1	2	2	2	25–85
Municipalities over 50,000 inhabitants
1	0	1	0	0	0	1	75

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2023-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1802-4866

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Language: English

Page range: 51 - 62

Submitted on: May 5, 2023

Accepted on: Jun 9, 2023

Published on: Oct 14, 2023

Published by: University of Matej Bel in Banska Bystrica, Faculty of Economics

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Keywords:

public administration,

delegated competences,

fiscal federalism,

Slovakia

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