The Verkhovna Rada has registered the draft Law "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2005," reports UNIAN.
According to the draft, state budget revenues for 2005 are set at 85 billion 724 million 528.2 thousand hryvnias, including general fund revenues of the state budget – 62 billion 960 million 220.4 thousand hryvnias and special fund revenues of the state budget – in the amount of 22 billion 764 million 307.8 thousand hryvnias.
State budget expenditures for 2005 amount to 96 billion 785 million 247.3 thousand hryvnias, including general fund expenditures of the state budget – 73 billion 801 million 486.1 thousand hryvnias and special fund expenditures of the state budget – 22 billion 983 million 761.2 thousand hryvnias.
The maximum deficit of the state budget for 2005 is planned to be set at 11 billion 29 million 468.5 thousand hryvnias, including the maximum deficit of the general fund of the state budget – 10 billion 288 million 208.9 thousand hryvnias and the maximum deficit of the special fund of the state budget – 741 million 259.6 thousand hryvnias. The working cash balance of the State Budget of Ukraine for 2005 is set at up to 2% of expenditures of the general fund of the State Budget of Ukraine.
The 2005 budget draft proposes to set as of December 31, 2005 the maximum amount of Ukraine's state internal debt at 15 billion 784 million 72 thousand hryvnias and at 1 billion 133 million 911.9 thousand US dollars, the maximum amount of Ukraine's state external debt – in an amount equivalent to 9 billion 285 million 549.7 thousand US dollars.
The State Property Fund of Ukraine is to ensure in 2005 the receipt into the State Budget of Ukraine of funds received from the privatization of state property of no less than 7 billion 18 million 527.7 thousand hryvnias.