The volume of revenues from one-time contributions of large enterprises to the Russian budget can reach up to 470 billion rubles. – this is 1.6 times the amount of 300 billion rubles announced by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. newspaper reports “News” With reference to a study by the Center for Economic Expertise of the Institute of State and Municipal Administration (ISMU) of the National Research University School of Economics (NRU HSE).
The study says the contingency tax rate could be adjusted to 3.2% to secure the $300 billion contribution. The Higher School of Economics noted that this figure was obtained based on the analysis of Rosstat’s aggregated data on the financial results of profitable organizations and public financial statements of companies.
As Ilya Gülenkov, an expert at the Center for Economic Perspectives of the State Medical University School of Economics, explains, in reality, the calculation will be made for each organization separately, according to tax returns. Therefore, the expert believes that the total amount of the collection can reach 470 billion rubles.
Aghvan Mikaelyan, member of the board of directors of FinExpertiza audit and consultancy network, also stated that the income from the one-time fee may exceed the amount declared by the authorities. According to him, these additional payments to the budget will be extremely convenient, but will not fundamentally change the situation with the budget deficit. He stressed that the financial situation of the Russian treasury can only be significantly improved by increasing supply and reducing the reduction in exported hydrocarbons.
By the end of 2023, according to the budget law of the Russian Federation, revenues are expected to be 26.1 trillion rubles, expenses – 29 trillion rubles, that is, the deficit is expected to be at the level of 2.9 trillion rubles.
Former Finance Minister Anton Siluanov declarationthat the projected size of the collection rate from representatives of large enterprises to the federal budget will be about 5% of the excess profits of organizations for 2021-2022. At the same time, companies will be able to pay this fee in 2024.