The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and an introduced lockdown has been an important factor affecting the financial condition of local government in 2020–2021. The pandemic forced the need to dynamically change and adapt local government units to the new reality. The article attempts to assess an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a way public funds are spent by local government units. The paper presents opportunities and threats in the scope of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on functioning of local government units dictated by the changing legislation in the field of income and expenditure at the level of communes, districts and voivodships.Recesja spowodowana pandemią COVID-19 oraz wprowadzonym lockdownem była ważnym czynni...