Individual debt ratio as a determinant of the assessment of the financial condition of a local government unit

Abstract

The problem of assessing the financial condition of local government units becomes extremely important both from the point of view of the information value for decision-making purposes and from the point of view of the possibility of incurring debt. This issue is also important from the point of view of the assessment of the efficiency of the action, because the assessment of the financial condition provides information allowing to make decisions on the implementation of subsequent tasks and to assess the current activity of local government in this area. The purpose of the study is to analyze existing methodological approaches and developments used to assess the financial condition. The analysis was made in based theoretical studies (literature on the subject) and practical solutions (resulting from the law and practice of local government units). In addition, the purpose of the article is to assess the information value of the individual debt ratio (IWZ) as a measure informing about the financial situation from the point of view of the possibility of debt absorption.