Assessment of compliance to fiscal policy in the North West Province : the case of the Department of Local Government and human settlement

Abstract

This study examined the compliance to fiscal policy in the North West Province by the Department of Local Government and Human Settlement. This is based on the fact that Government uses the two macro instruments to measure compliance of fiscal policy, which are taxation and government spending to enable it to provide services such as health, education and social welfare to the people. Data were collected using a questionnaire instrument developed through review of literature along with focus group findings. In terms of the employee knowledge on fiscal policy, the findings showed that participants have adequate knowledge of fiscal policy. The results of the level of compliance implementation of fiscal policy in the Department of Local Government at 59% highlighted that government did not comply with carrying out dissaving and 51% indicated that government is not compliant with equitably allocating funds. One of the recommendations the study made is that there is a need to improve the compliance level of the department of Local Government and Human Settlement in order to save the public funds by involving all employees in the budget process.