Interior Ministry has proposed to increase the duty on passport and driver’s license – RBC

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MIA offers a half to three-fold increase in the state tax that citizens pay in obtaining driving licenses, a new generation of vehicles registration certificates and passports

The plastic driving license for the Russians to rise in half – from the current 2,000 to 3,000 rubles. It should be prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the draft amendments to the Tax Code (published on August 29 at the portal of draft legislation). The cost of the certificate of car registration will increase three times – from 500 to 1500 rubles

The fee for obtaining a new generation of passport (with an electronic chip) will increase from 3,500 to 5,000 rubles for a passport for a child under 14 years.. – from 1500 to 2500 rubles.

There will be increased duty only on the new sample documents, the price of paper options continue, it follows from the MIA project.

In the explanatory memorandum to the bill the Ministry reminds that, paying a toll, the citizens of the budget to compensate the cost of production of the documents. His proposal MIA justifies the appreciation of the value of production of these papers: in particular, the manufacturing cost of passports with electronic data carrier (chip) increases annually by more than 10%, the authors cite the example of the document. In addition, for 1000 rubles. increase the actual costs of the federal budget for the exams for the right driving, driving license, vehicle registration, as well as on registration and issuance of passports new model Russians. State fees proposed to increase in proportion to the actual costs of the federal budget, according to a memorandum to the bill.

The new prices for the documents is supposed to enter a month after the official publication of the law, it is said in the draft.

In 2015, year Fees for the issuance of passports, driver’s licenses and documents on the machine state earned 41.2 billion rubles., from the data of the Federal Treasury on the implementation of last year’s budget. Of these, more than 26 billion rubles. It was the fee for vehicle registration and issuance of documents and driver’s license on him, more than 15 billion rubles. – Fee for all activities related to the entry and exit from Russia (individual data on incomes from fees for issuing passports in the report is not).