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The article considers the problematic issues of the development of the tourism industry in the Russian Federation. In the context of global challenges, the tourism sector of the Russian Federation retains significant potential to accelerate growth and strengthen its role in the development of the economy. On the example of individual tourist projects, the author summarizes and identifies possible areas of activity of public authorities. The study makes comprehensive proposals for the development of the tourist destination at the territorial level, including in the preparation of strategic documents, the adoption of regulatory measures on the business activities of the self-employed in the tourism sector, increasing the revenue base of local budgets through the development of tourism through the introduction of an additional fee.

The article examines current issues in initiative budgeting (IB) development in the Russian Federation on the basis of empirical data accumulated during the monitoring of IB development since 2015. The methodology for organizing monitoring and analysis of the received data, developed at the Initiative Budgeting Center of the Financial Research Institute of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, makes it possible to assess the development dynamics by key indicators, to identify trends, and to formulate current problems in IB development in the Russian Federation. The accumulated information on initiative budgeting provides ample opportunities for constructing analytical variables calculated through aggregation of the data from the primary mass of information. The article outlines approaches to examining various forms of initiative budgeting, and provides some results of a comparative analysis of various types of practices used in the Russian Federation’s regions to involve citizens in budgetary decisions. One of the challenges in the monitoring organization is the need for regular adjustments of the measurement procedure considering current changes in legislative regulations and the practices of initiative budgeting implementation. As part of the monitoring, a separate study area of municipal IB practices is beginning to take shape. The authors review documents that legitimize IB issues in the Russian Federation and in the Russian regions, in particular, presenting the results of an analysis of state programs in the Russian regions. The article summarizes the current agenda and outlines the development of institutional support for initiative budgeting. The conclusions formulated by the authors include a wide range of proposals for improving the initiative budgeting programs and practices in the Russian regions and the Russian Federation as a whole.

The article considers the system of rationing budgetfunds at the municipal level, aimed at increasing the budget provision. The authors substantiate the options for economic modeling of the cost of municipal services provided at the expense of the budgets of municipalities by the example of the Moscow region.

The main objectives of the interbudgetary process in the Russian Federation are need ofincrease oftax capacity of regions of the Russian Federation, making essentialpart ofthe income ofthe budget of subnational level; increase ofprogressiveness of financial alignment of various regional budgets taking into account high asymmetry in development; need of providing a financial autonomy of municipalities within development ofthe decentralized form ofthe interbudgetary relations. All this complex of tasks is to some extent connected with research of questions of efficiency offormation and management of the budget income at subnational level.

Objective: to develop the theoretical bases of forming the rent fees for non-residential funds, which constitute the fisc of Ufa municipality, and to identify the opportunities of revenues increase from its use.Methods: abstract-logical, dialectical, comparative, systematic and structural, economic analysis and synthesis.Results: the content is disclosed of the rental fees of non-residential funds constituting the municipal fisc as a cash payment, of compensatory and equivalent character, for the use of the municipality fisc;the necessity is grounded of increasing the budget effectiveness of the municipal non-residential facilities rent, which consists in the proper use of rental fees for maintenance, investments in the renovation and construction of non-residential facilities, the availability of funds for their financing, and the lack of growth in rents above the economically viable threshold;186Экономика и управление народным хозяйствомEconomics and economic managementАктуальные проблемы экономики и права. 2015. № 4Actual Problems of Economics and Law. 2015. No. 4the factors are analyzed which determine the budget revenues from rent, affecting the fiscal efficiency of non-residential facilities rent in Ufa city;a number of problematic issues were identified, of systemic character: reduction of the number of rent contracts; reduction of the rented space;an excessive amount of the reduced rent; arrears of tenants on rents; insufficient quality of the information management system;ways are propose to improve the budget efficiency and profitability of the non-residential rent, consisting in the transition of non-residential buildings and premises, which are in economic conducting or in operational administration or are unused (unregistered), into the rent regime with the establish- ment of feasible rental fees; expanding the number of premises, the rental fee for the use of which is determined by bidding; reduction of benefits to commercial organizations for the rent payment; providing full and timely transfer of the arrears from tenants to the budget; acceleration of the formation of the automated system for mass valuation of real estate, allowing to automate the forecast of budget revenues from non-residential funds renting.Scientific novelty: the necessity is grounded to increase the budget effectiveness of the municipal non-residential facilities rent, the definition is formulated of the non-residential facilities rent of the municipal fisc and factors of its growth.Practical significance: the findings and conclusions of the article can be used in the budget efficiency management of the non-residential facilities rent, as well as in research and teaching activities.

The paper investigates the problems of the financial security of local government activity. With the example of municipal rural settlements of Kemerovo Region’s Belovo District, the author demonstrates the possibility of solving thess problems by amalgamating. Conclusion is drawn that under existing legislation it is one of the ways of improving the financial security of local governments.