The senators suggested that the government consider introducing taxation for individuals and organizations for activities on the Internet, including blogging. TASSReferring to the Federation Council’s draft resolution “On the implementation of tax policy to ensure economic growth”.
The relevant document has been prepared by the Federation Council Budget and Financial Markets Committee. The Federation Council will accept it at its meeting on Wednesday, May 24.
“We recommend the government of the Russian Federation to resolve the issue of taxation of income generated by organizations and individuals from their activities on the Internet,” the draft resolution states.
Anatoly Artamonov, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets, explained to the agency that blogging is also involved. And the deputy chairman of this committee, Andrey Epishin, agreed that appropriate amendments to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation should be drawn up to create a tax mechanism in this area. According to him, conditionally, if all the activities of a blogger are connected, for example, with a page on a social network, “all turnover, advertising, all events are associated with him, then he sums it all up and [находится] on the general taxation system.
“Or [можно] Find a special taxation regime for such situations,” Epishin told the agency.
He pointed out that possible taxation mechanisms in this area were not discussed in detail with the Council of Ministers.
In response, Vadim Dengin, a member of the Committee on Budget and Financial Markets, told TASS that he plans to ask the head of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) Daniil Yegorov a question at the Federation Council meeting on May 24. taxation of income of bloggers.
In addition, according to the draft resolution, senators urged the Federal Tax Office to identify and prosecute individuals, including bloggers and internet educators, who generate income from their online activities and evade taxes.
Previously reportedThat the Federal Tax Service (FTS) has created a special department that controls the income of bloggers.