The details of the 1925 budget, approved and sanctioned by the Central 
Executive Committee and by the Council of the People’s Commissariat, appear 
below : 
Revenue Expenditure 
A. — Ordinary revenue : A. — Ordinary expenditure : 
1. Direct taxes : 1. Departments and State Institu- 
ti of the Union, except 
a) Collective land tax...... 255,000,000 os Commissariat of the 
b) Tax on exploitation of en, People for Post and Teleg- 
1 Balural riches’... .... Som raph; \ Srelotively 535 the 
RACOMEe (AX. ... ev vevewevin y ’ ommissariats o e People 
2 Tax on fund revenue.... 8,500,000 for Han and re 
e) Collective extraordinary tax 18,000,000 War fand Navy.’ 0 00% 65,403,300 
f) Inheritance and other Commissariat of the People 
direct taxes .......... 229,000 for Post and Telegraph... 88,400,000 
a Commissariat of the People 
442,729,000 for Communications ...... 855,000,000 
Commissariat of the People 
2. Indirect taxes : for War and Navy ...... 417,647,000 
a) Excised. i enss 443,000,000 ~- L 
b) Customs ~........... 22. 82,500,000 2. Unified departments and In- 
= Gal stitutions of the U.S.S.R. 
525,500,000 and allied republics ...... 124,829,537 
3. Non-unified departments and 
3. SegHDs and other taxes and 100,655,000 institgons of the allied 
fete fli CT Hi republics... 0 Je het 253,092,766 
Total of taxes...... 1,068,884,000 4. Reserve funds ....... . 84,773,000 
5. Subsidies funds .... , 48,036,553 
4. Rs from posts and tele- 3% 400.000 6. Transactions of the . "¥Y 175,455,000 
5: Receipts ‘from transports S5%.000,000 Total of ordinary expenditure 2,112,637,156 
6. Receipts 0 domains and B. — Extraordinary expenditure : 
state enterprises : 
a) Biste industry and com- 36,343,000 LoIndustry o.oo. L000 CS Ean 109,918,000 
5) BRREINe er, 20,050,000 2. Agriculture aera, 75,602,000 
C)oToresty so LL) Lara dn 60,154,000 3. Relief to populations overcome 
d) Subterranean ns this eile 5d 8,001,000 by disasters (famine)..... A 62,425,000 
e) Ohep domains and enter- 15,900.000 4. Organisation of public works 6,000,000 
PIERS er ease ti 5,900, 5. ‘Municipal ‘credit. ........... 34,500,000 
7. Refunds to 'state,..........." 25,645,000 6. Electrification... cuit 41,973,000 
8. Miscellaneous income ........ 7,634,406 ? Ygancial Ysconstruction 5,000,000 
Si 8.:Cooperation. ... 0. lu lio. 12,000,000 
Total of revenues other 9- Repaation Worse a Lenin 
than taxes.......... 1,165,627 406 noe w 
: Hoodie, i) e— 12,000,000 
Total of ordinary revenue. . 2,234,511,406 10. Relief consequent upon disas- 
ters caused by force majeure 
B. — Extraordinary revenue : ia She S regions of the 
| ai, rade Fe Su Ba ida aii 500,000 
I. Conversion of state funds. ... 23,000,000 11. Relief consequent upon disas- 
2. Credit transactions : ters caused by force majeure 
a) 2nd loan with shares. ... 31,000,000 in T.S. F.S.R. (Trans- 
b) Internal 8 9% gold loan. . 30,000,000 CAUCASIAY |... To 2,000,000 
3 Tad Joa) Sioa aieieiene ay 50,000,000 12. Extraordinary expenditures of 
erlogns ..,... L000 30,000,000 je autonomous R. S, S. of 
: . TNT arela TRE 2 
Total of credit transactions 141,000,000 : HM 336,250 5 
3. Mintage of silver and copper. . 80,000,000 Total of extraordinary expenditure 365,874,250 
2 Total of extraordinary receipts 2 44,000,000 Expenditure on Government stocks : 
> Outi stocks : en Ordinary: ...0 000 in 28,383,648 
TRAIN cio ve wie ale snarl 45,014,528 5) Extraordinary... .. 0..." 51.630,880 
b) Extraordinary ... ae. hs 35,000,000 
80,014,528 
Grand total.......... 2,558.525,034 Grand total.......... 2,558,525,934 
i References La Vie Economique des Soviets (monthly publication issued in Paris by 
% e Commercial Delegation of the Soviet Government); Segal and Santalov, Commercial 
ear Book of the Soviet Union (London, Allen and Unwin, 1925).