Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The Ministry of Finance proposed to discuss raising taxes to reduce the budget deficit – RBC

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The Ministry of Finance He proposed to discuss a few ways to increase revenue and further to collect almost 2.5 trillion rubles. for the 2017-2019 biennium. We are talking about raising the income tax, business property, VAT, personal income tax and insurance contributions. The government of these ideas rejected

The Ministry of Finance for the meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has prepared the budget forecast, which suggests increasing taxes, revenue mobilization and the exhaustion of sovereign funds in three years, “Vedomosti” writes with reference to the seven federal officials. From the Ministry of materials, according to the publication, it follows that the total for 2017-2019 years. The Finance Ministry wants to collect additional budget nearly 2.5 trillion rubles

According to calculations agency, in 2017, you can receive an additional 670 billion rubles, in 2019 -… Almost 1 trillion rubles, write “Vedomosti” . Collect the money Finance Ministry proposes to the oil companies, “Gazprom”, the tobacco manufacturers, as well as the introduction of excise duty of excise on beverages with added sugar and VAT on Internet commerce, as well as through large dividends from state-owned companies, the newspaper reminds.

Shortly after the publication in the “Gazette” agency “ Interfax » referring to the first Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov said that the government did not approve the proposal Finance . «Suggestions Finance and other ministries were not adopted, the work continues”, – said « Interfax ” himself Shuvalov, commenting on the results of the meeting, which told . newspaper «The Government continues to work on the budget for 2017 and 2018-2019″ – Shuvalov said

mobilization, “Vedomosti”, is needed in order. to reduce the budget deficit by 1 percentage point a year – from 3.2% in the next year to 1.2% of GDP in 2019. To reduce costs the Ministry of Finance can not, reminds the edition, as the decision to install them on all the three years in the amount of 15.787 trillion rubles. in year. The hole at the planned income at the same time for three years will be 60% more than the target deficit, which increased by another 3.5 trillion rubles.

Suggestions Ministry cut a hole of up to 1 trillion rubles. Free money in sovereign funds is not enough. From the Ministry of Finance calculations that after the reserve fund in 2017 will have to spend the National Welfare Fund, and during 2018 the reserves nearly exhausted.

In this regard, as “Vedomosti” writes, the Finance Ministry has put forward ” a few ideas where to look for the money. ” This is not a proposal as to raise taxes, but to discuss the idea, said the federal official publication. Among them – an increase of 1 percentage point in each of the key taxes – income, property companies, VAT, personal income tax and insurance contributions. This will bring the budget 170 billion rubles. to 324 billion rubles., quotes the calculations the Ministry of Finance publication. According to him, there may be more radical changes. The progressive scale of personal income tax, according to the Ministry of Finance, will risk leaving the shadows and distortions in the labor market, the alternative to this is the growth of a single rate of personal income tax to 15-16% and the introduction of non-taxable minimum.

Among the proposals the Ministry of Finance, according to ” Vedomosti “, there is the reform of insurance premiums – charge them with all of the salary fund in full and at the same rate. The Finance Ministry also notes that the changes will turn the load growth, especially in industries with high wages and this will lead to the loss of income tax and personal income tax, and increases the load on the budget. There is a risk care wages in the shadow, unifying framework for the collection of contributions have a negative impact on economic growth. Ministry of Finance, as the newspaper, offered another option – reduced fees “in exchange for increasing the VAT»

How to write “Vedomosti” on August 25, with reference to the three federal officials and participating in the discussion, the representative of the oil industry, the Ministry of Finance. has developed an additional package of tax exemptions for oil next year. According to the Ministry of Finance planned for 2017 will be extended for a one-time increase taxes on oil companies, which was supposed to act only in 2016 that will provide 200 billion rubles., With “Gazprom” plans to get another 170 billion, but a tax on the added income in the oil industry The Ministry of Finance will deprive 50 billion in total will 320 billion rubles.

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