1. SLOVAK REPUBLIC The City of Martin

2. The Fiscal Decentralisation – Impact on the City Budget
Sofia, July 2005
The Fiscal Decentralisation –
Impact on the City Budget

3. Slovak Republic – basic facts
population: 5,430,033 (July 2003 est.)
nationality: Slovak(s)
language: Slovak
capital :Bratislava
government type: parliamentary democracy
administrative division: country is devided into 8 regions

4. The City of Martin – short introduction
it is the 8.biggest city in Slovakia
the first written mention: 1284
altitude: 390 m above the sea; area: ha
population: 60 thousand, unemployment rate: 14%
the city of Martin is placed in the central Slovakia, in the region, which is called Turiec
main industry : book-printing (Neografia), shoe making (Ecco), car production (Volkswagen), seat-covers making (Trim Leader),
National Council of SR legitimized the city of Martin as the center of national culture of the Slovaks. It happened on August 24-th, 1994.

5. Trend in local taxes during years 2000 – 2005
Year amount (thousands of SKK)
2005 guaranteed amount

6. Real Estate Tax : review of the income
Year amount (thousands of SKK)
2005 forecast

7. Spending for educational system – transeferred and original power
- budgetary organizations
included:
transferred power
original power
- another educational facilities
original power
staff

8. Forecast for 2005 : Natural persone income tax
- 23% : according to the citizens, from which 44% is rated by the sea level altitude = thousand SKK
- 32% according to the number of citizenzs multiplied by index of 1,13
= thousand SKK
- 40% according to the number of pupils multiplied by index
= thousand SKK
- 5% according to the number of citizens older than 62years = thousand SKK
MAKES thousand SKK

9. Impact of fiscal decentralization
Forecast : income of the city budget after the FD running is
thousand SKK
Previous proportionate tax thousand SKK
Expences for local trafic thousand SKK
Original power - education thousand SKK
School staff thousand SKK
Wage rate impact thousand SKK
Domiciliary services thousand SKK
Difference : thousand SKK
Note : expences for the educational system do not include revisions, building reconstruction

10. Schools and school facilities in 2002
The City of Martin was the founder of these schools and school facilities in 2002 :
Elementary schools
Infant schools
Art-school for pupils
Leisure time activity centre
Center of the school services

11. Rationalisation Abolishment of 3 schools included school canteens
Abolishment of Center of the school services
Abolishment of 15 infant schools, from which :
of them were closed down
of them were united with the elementary schools
of them were abolished and they started to work as private

12. Schools and school facilities in 2005
Year 2005 : The City of Martin is administrator of :
9 fully organized schools, 4 of them are united elementary schools and infant schools
5 infant schools
1 Art-school for pupils
1 leisure time activity centre

13. The City of Martin www.martin.sk
The City of Martin
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