Classification of costs of legal regulation

Introduction. Cost savings and efficiency in legal regulation have always been important aspects. However, not all costs of legal regulation are taken into account during the creation and implementation of legal norms. Many of these costs are hidden or mixed with other costs and are not accounted for. This article provides a classification of legal regulation costs based on various criteria to draw attention to the issue, enhance understanding of the concept of costs through their types, and systematize existing knowledge. Materials and methods. The research was based on the dialectical method of cognition, the classification method, as well as the system-structural, logical, and functional methods. The results of the Study. As a result of the study, the criteria for classification were established and the classification was carried out. Among the criteria, the author highlights the stage of legal regulation, the volume of changing expenses in relation to the stability of performance indicators, the accounting of various types of work, the nature and method of accounting for costs, the relationship to the subject of legal regulation, the novelty of the regulatory area, and the moment of occurrence of consequences. Findings and Conclusions. The developed classification of legal regulation costs will allow us to better understand the essence of costs, pay attention to the need to account for their full volume, change the rules for assessing costs, revise the policy on liability for unjustified costs caused by the low efficiency of regulations, and approach legal regulation issues in a more thorough manner. This material can be used for further in-depth and detailed study of specific types of costs and serve as a basis for developing recommendations for improving legislative regulation in terms of optimizing costs.