The Theoretical Aspects of Defining the Essence of Fiscal Instruments

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to research the existing scientific concepts for considering the essence of the category of «fiscal instrument» and substantiate the essence of this definition. It is noted that there is an urgent issue of deepening the provisions formed and also developing further provisions in the field of functioning of the fiscal system, searching for the optimal model when developing such a system. Thus, there is a need for the implementation of new researches in this sphere to deepen the theoretical aspects of the functioning of the fiscal system, including the need to substantiate the content of certain scientific categories and specify existing ones. The article considers the essence of the category of «economic instrument», analyzes the existing concepts of research of this definition. It is determined that this type of instruments is an integral part of the whole mechanism of the State regulation of the national economy, stimulation of the development of certain sectors of the economy, management of the State property. This allowed us to continue to study the role of various types of economic instruments in ensuring the efficient functioning of the national economy, in particular fiscal ones. It is also determined that in the vast majority of cases, using the category of «fiscal instrument», scientists often identify it with the definition of «tax instrument». In a significant number of works when considering derivative scientific concepts from the word «fiscal», it is also not enough attention to specify the content of fiscal instruments. Thus, the article proposes to consider the content of the category of «fiscal instrument» as follows: fiscal instrument – a means used to save financial resources of economic entities in order to generate the State budget revenues.

Keywords

• fiscal instrument
• fiscal policy
• tax instrument
• fiscal system
• tax system