Budgets of state extra-budgetary funds: legal regulation in the modern period

This article analyzes the legal features of the budgets of state extra-budgetary funds as targeted centralized funds. The legal status of state extra-budgetary funds as legal entities is characterized, and attention is paid to the issue of their organizational and legal form. It is concluded that the Social Fund of Russia, its bodies and divisions constitute a centralized system, however, the system of the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund and territorial funds, which have significant powers, is decentralized. In addition, general issues of budgetary regulation of funds are considered: the procedure for drawing up and approving budgets, types of income and expenses that assume a targeted nature, the formation and approval of reporting documentation.