The Croatian budget in the 1999

This article has been occasioned by the appearance of the national budget of the Republic of Croatia for 1999, published in the Official Gazette (Narodne novine, 167/98). The objective of the professional and independent analysis given here is to draw attention to the conditions that are essential for more informed and better- argued debates to be held during the passing of budgets at some future time. One of the basic reconditions is an unambiguous system of national reporting, of which there will be some considerable discussion in the article