The impact of international sanctions on the “Uberization” and sustainable development of public finances

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, 125993, Moscow, Russia

^* Corresponding author: doptaganka@yandex.ru

Abstract

The subject of the study is to minimize the risks of strengthening international financial sanctions on economic entities by building a decentralized mechanism for direct financing of budget recipients without the participation of the Federal Treasury in Russia, while ensuring that the payer fulfills its obligations and control over the targeted use of funds. The relevance of the study is to consider this mechanism in the context of international sanctions and as an alternative to a one-time collection from large businesses (windfall tax or tax on excessive profits of past years). The actuality is also confirmed by the use of the principle of “uberization” of relations between public finance entities, while the effectiveness and the need of “uberization” has already been confirmed in business practice. It is established that the financing of part of government spendings through such an alternative mechanism as “Uber” will reduce the sanctions risks for representatives of the business community. In the course of the study, specific examples of projects funded from the federal budget were analyzed, and these projects could first of all be transferred to the proposed new budget pilot financing mechanism. The conclusion is made about the efficiency of the proposed concept and the need for its further elaboration within the increased number 1) of enterprises and organizations directly financing the budget system expenditures on this electronic platform, and 2) of social, cultural and scientific projects financed with its help, gradually “uberizing” an increasing segment of budget financing.