Although the institutions at the BiH level last year managed to save 4.4 million marks on employee salaries, the total fund for material expenses suffered a serious blow due to travel, rent and current maintenance.
Less money for salaries, more for benefits
In the report on the execution of the budget of the joint institutions of BiH last year, it is stated that 765.87 million marks were spent on the gross salaries and benefits of employees, which is 4.4 million KM or one percent less compared to the previous year.
“The decrease in allocations for gross salaries had the effect of reducing the contribution to the salaries of employees whose residence is in the FBiH, but also reducing the number of workers in institutions at the level of BiH by 276 compared to the end of 2024. On the other hand, we have an increase in salaries due to internal transfers to higher pay grades, which was partially compensated for,” reads the report on the execution of the budget for 2025, which was adopted by the Council of Ministers of BiH last week.
201.89 million on fees
201.89 million or 44.7 million KM more than in the previous year was spent on compensation for employee expenses. The authorities explain the increase in allocations for this item by the increase in allowances for holiday pay, hot meals and allocations for severance pay due to retirement, as well as assistance in the event of death and illness, it says “Voice of Srpska“.
The biggest increase in costs for rent, maintenance and energy
When it comes to other costs, they went on an upward trajectory last year, so the costs of renting property and equipment increased the most, by about 4.1 million KM or 15 percent compared to the same costs of the previous year.
Then, expenses for current maintenance increased by about 3.6 million KM or 14 percent, while costs for energy and communal services jumped by 2.7 million KM or 13 percent.
The increase in costs does not stop there, because more than 1.4 million KM or eight percent were billed for the trip, and the authorities explain this jump by the increase in the price of transportation, but also by the greater number of trips.
Expenditures for insurance and payment transaction costs increased by about 600,000 KM or 18 percent compared to the same costs in the previous year, while expenditures for transportation services and fuel jumped by about 100,000 KM or one percent compared to the same costs in the previous year.
On the other hand, costs for the procurement of materials were reduced by about 400,000 KM or one percent compared to the same costs in the previous year, and expenses for telephone and postal services were reduced by about 300,000 KM or five percent compared to the previous year.
When the line is drawn, material costs have increased by about 14.2 million KM compared to the same costs incurred in the same period of the previous year.
Record inflow of money for BiH institutions
Daily installments
The financing of BiH institutions during the last year recorded an unprecedented growth, because the total amount collected for the work of state bodies was exactly 1,020,500,000 KM. The payment of income from indirect taxes for the financing of BiH institutions was made every working day to the account of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BiH from the Administration for Indirect Taxation (ITA), but the real explosion of inflows was recorded in the fall.
The daily tranche until the autumn of last year amounted to 3.92 million marks, but since October 17, a drastic jump was recorded, and the amount of the daily payment increased to as much as 4.16 million KM.
