No additional income will be paid out on a flat-rate basis.

This information is included in the draft amendments to several articles of Decree No.Decree No. 130/2005/ND-CPThe Government's regulations stipulate the regime of autonomy and self-responsibility in the use of personnel and administrative management funds for state agencies. This draft was developed by the Ministry of Finance.

The draft states: At the end of the fiscal year, after completing the assigned tasks, if the agency implementing the autonomous management system has actual expenditures lower than the allocated administrative budget for implementing the autonomous management system, the difference will be considered as saved administrative management funds.

The funds saved are used to supplement the income of officials and civil servants. Specifically, agencies implementing the autonomous management system are allowed to apply a maximum salary fund increase factor of no more than 1.0 times the salary level and position stipulated by the state to pay additional income to officials and civil servants.

The agency implementing the autonomous management system decides on the method of paying additional income to each official, civil servant, or each subordinate department, based on the principle that it must be linked to work efficiency and results. In particular, the draft emphasizes the principle that additional income should not be paid indiscriminately or on an average basis.

In addition, the saved funds are used to cover collective welfare activities or supplement operational expenses such as: providing additional travel allowances beyond the allowances issued by competent authorities; subsidizing telephone charges for staff; providing incentives and encouragement for cooperation among staff and agencies outside the unit, etc.

Furthermore, the draft also allows agencies that deem the potential for cost savings unstable to establish a reserve fund to stabilize the income of their officials and employees.

During the year, autonomous agencies are allowed to receive advances to cover additional income, welfare activities, and operational expenses. Any remaining funds saved at the end of the year can be carried over to the following year for continued use.

Specifically, the draft also allows, within the scope of the allocated autonomous budget, for the autonomous agency to decide to contract out (partially or wholly) the budget for task implementation to individual departments (divisions, offices) to enable them to proactively carry out their tasks. The implementation of contracted funding must be supported by legal and valid documents and invoices, except for certain contracted expenditures that do not require invoices as stipulated by the Ministry of Finance.

If the allocated funds for the year-end autonomous management program are not completed, the remaining funds must be returned to the State budget and cannot be considered as savings.

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

According to (Chinhphu.vn) - LT