No additional income paid under the equalization scheme

That is the information stated in the draft amendment and supplement to a number of articles of Decree No.130/2005/ND-CPof the Government regulating the regime of autonomy and self-responsibility for the use of staff and administrative management costs for state agencies. This draft was developed by the Ministry of Finance.

The draft clearly states: At the end of the budget year, after completing assigned tasks, if the agency implementing the autonomous regime has actual expenditures lower than the estimated administrative management budget assigned to implement the autonomous regime, this difference is determined as administrative management budget savings.

The saved funds are used to supplement the income of cadres and civil servants. Specifically, the agency implementing the autonomous regime is allowed to apply a maximum salary fund increase coefficient of no more than 1.0 times compared to the salary level of the rank and position prescribed by the State to pay additional income to cadres and civil servants.

The agency implementing the autonomous regime decides on the plan to pay additional income to each cadre, civil servant or to each affiliated department according to the principle that it must be linked to the effectiveness and results of work. In particular, the draft emphasizes the principle that additional income cannot be paid according to the equal or average plan.

In addition, the saved funds are used to pay for collective welfare activities or supplement expenses for professional activities such as: Supporting additional business expenses in addition to the business expenses regime issued by competent authorities; supporting telephone charges for staff; supporting and encouraging coordination of work for staff and agencies outside the unit, etc.

In addition, the draft also allows agencies that, when they find that their ability to save money is unstable, agencies implementing the autonomous regime can set aside a reserve fund to stabilize the income of cadres and civil servants.

During the year, autonomous agencies are granted advance payments to cover additional income, welfare activities, and professional activities. If the saved funds are not used up at the end of the year, they can be carried over to the following year for continued use.

In particular, the draft also allows that, within the scope of the autonomous budget, the autonomous implementing agency can decide to assign (partially or completely) the budget for performing tasks to each department (Division, Board) to proactively perform the task. The implementation of the budget must ensure that there are legal and valid documents and invoices, except for some expenses that do not require invoices according to the regulations of the Ministry of Finance.

If the tasks assigned to implement the autonomous regime at the end of the year are not performed, the funds must be returned to the State budget and cannot be determined as savings.

The full text of the draft is being published by the Ministry of Finance for public consultation.

According to (Chinhphu.vn) - LT