Ünite Sınavı Soruları

I. Intergovernmental transfers are categorized as grants and revenue shares. 

II. Intergovernmental transfers are distributed to enforce local government preferences.

III. Intergovernmental transfers are distributed to internalize externalities.

What can be said to be true about intergovernmental transfers?

I. The most significant non-tax revenues are income from property and municipal enterprise profits.

II. Tax rates are laid down by the central government and are subject to municipal variation.

III. Municipal own revenues can be divided into three groups: taxes, non-tax, and other revenues.

What can be said to be true about Municipal Revenues in Türkiye?

Which of the given statements can be a disadvantage of decentralisation?

I. Fiscal decentralisation is the diffusion of fiscal power from centre to localities.

II. Fiscal decentralisation tools could maximise the efficiency benefits of decentralisation, if they promote local accountability and motivate local revenue mobilisation. 

III. Fiscal decentralisation could lead to the deteriorate of the country’s overall fiscal position and local governments’ own fiscal position.

Which of the given can be said to be true about fiscal decentralisation?

What is the redistribution of resources among jurisdictions with the aim of reducing disparities?

I. Decentralisation can be defined as the transfer of responsibility for planning, management, and resource raising and allocation from the central government to regional authorities. 

II. The political advantages of decentralization are related to power-sharing between the center and locality and to the promotion of democracy.

III. Decentralisation fosters lesser responsiveness of policymakers to the will of the citizenry and results in a further congruence between public preferences and public policy.

What can be said to be true about decentralisation?

I. For a well-functioning intergovernmental fiscal system, revenue assignments must be supplemented by a system of intergovernmental transfers.

II. If taxes are largely visible or do reflect the cost of local services, they are unlikely to provide the information needed for good fiscal decisions.

III. A critical function of a tax system is to provide an accurate set of signals that make clear to local taxpayer-voters the costs of public programs on which they must make decisions.

Which of the given statements about the tax system can be said to be true?

In accordance with the constitution in Türkiye, what are the three types of local governments? 

I. Some of the most important municipal obligatory duties are public safety, cleaning, public transportation, water supply and sanitation, public works, and agricultural services.

II. Metropolitan municipalities are obliged not to fulfill their optional duties until they satisfactorily carry out their obligatory ones.

III. Basic services are the second biggest expenditure item in nonmetropolitan municipalities, whilst it is relatively unimportant in metropolitan municipalities. 

What can be said to be true about Municipal Spending in Türkiye?

What is diffusing fiscal power?