Shokhin predicted the growth of the tax burden on honest business – RBC

the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shokhin

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President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin believes that over the next three years the tax burden on business will increase. The report on this subject RSPP will prepare by February 2017

To this conclusion, writes “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, the head of the RSPP came after a review of the draft guidelines for tax policy.

“several provisions of the draft guidelines for tax policy for the next three years will increase the burden on honest business. Proposed restriction of transfer of losses received by the taxpayer in the previous tax periods,” — said Shokhin, adding that it was “not the most comfortable as immediately after the crisis”.

“the Increase in excise duties, which puts into question the attainability of the inflation target, the compulsory payment of tax for unregistered property, the owner of the land on which it is located, even if legal ways to force the owner of the unfinished to register the owner of land there. Also increases the penalty payable in case of violation of legislatively established terms of payment of taxes, fees and insurance premiums. So the “point” of the increase of the tax burden is still provided,” — concluded the head of the RSPP.

At the same time, he acknowledged the high quality of tax administration. In addition, according to the publication, in February of 2017 will report to the RSPP, which will give an accurate assessment of the relationship between business and tax authorities.

As previously wrote RBC, the Ministry of Finance to draft guidelines for tax policy in 2017 and the planning period of 2018 and 2019 proposed to increase the penalty that is charged to all debtors on tax payments to the Russian budget. Penalties are to be increased by 66% and 1/300 rates of refinancing of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation up to 1/180 rates. The document says that this measure will be implemented to improve the effectiveness of fines as a tool for the timely collection of taxes and reduce the debt on their payment.

in addition, the Ministry of Finance proposed to levy property tax on owners of land, who put the building on the cadastral account, but they have not issued the right of ownership to it. Currently no registration of ownership rights to collect sales tax cannot be, until the completion of the structure does not are regarded as property and regulation of the timing of construction is not possible.

According to the Ministry of 4.4 million parcels allocated to individuals for individual housing construction (IZHS), there was buildings. Companies avoid registration of the buildings at least — a problem identified in 57.7 thousand plots to legal entities for housing construction and 141,2 thousand participants for individual housing construction.

Also, the project offered 2018-2019 to charge VAT on goods purchased by Russian citizens to foreign Internet sites, and to improve tax collection Agency has proposed to allow citizens to pay taxes for each other.

At the end of 2014, President Vladimir Putin announced a four-year moratorium on changing tax environment for business. In September 2016, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the government had no plans to seriously raise taxes. He said that the main task of the Department is to improve the system of collection of insurance and customs fees.