Abstract:

(Thoughts on the 2007 Central Government Budget) General budget and special budget (the previous name was accretion) administrations and the budget of the regulatory and supervisory institutions are defined in the scope of the central government according to Law No. 5018 . "Medium-Term Program" was prepared by the Ministry of Finance, the State Planning Institution and covers the period between 2006 and 2008. In accordance with "Medium-Term Program"the "Medium-Term Fiscal Plan"is prepared by the Ministry of Finance with a multi-year budgeting and submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly. It has become a law by the law No. 5565 dated 26.12.2006.2007 Central Public Administration Budget is proposed as 204.902 million YTL. It is presumed that in 2007 GNP will be 5%, deflator of GNP will be 7%, CPI (Consumer Price Index) will be 4%. It is predicted that GNP which was 631.393 million YTL in 2006 will increase to 631.393 million YTL with a 12.3% nominal increase. As a result of this increase, the ratio of the central public administration budget to GNP will increase from 31.2% in 2006 to 32.5% with a 1.3 point rise.The comparative analysis of the 2007 public budget with 2006 realizations will be summarized in four chapters. In chapter 1, public expenditure quantity and composition and in chapter 2, public revenue policy will be examined. In chapter 3, the budgetary balance and in the final chapter new regulations made by the 2007 budget law will be discussed.

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