Own resources can be divided into traditional own resources (such as custom levies), the own resource based on value added tax (VAT) and the resource based on gross national income (GNI).
Lastna sredstva se lahko razdelijo na tradicionalna lastna sredstva (kot so carinske dajatve), lastna sredstva iz naslova davka na dodano vrednost (DDV) in sredstva na osnovi bruto nacionalnega dohodka (BND).