The article presents assessment of the development of the tax potential of regions of the North West Federal District by a number of indicators in view of the territories for 2013. The analysis of revenues of the consolidated budgets of the regions of the North West Federal District is carried out. The presented information is based on the official statistical data from Rosstat and its territorial offices. Data from the analytical report on form 1-NM of the Federal Tax Service of Russia, compiled by experts served as a basis for this analysis. Using the full set of indicators the corresponding ranking is made, determining the position of the each region in line with the set of criteria under review, that allows to estimate the position of e...