The Russian government did not support the bill for the LDPR fraction, which would exempt Russians from 13% tax on income from bank deposits. In this respect writer Izvestia newspaper referred to the official response of the authorities.
The official response of the government, “The adoption of the relevant federal law will lead to deficits in federal budget revenues of 101.6 billion rubles in 2024, which will adversely affect the ability of the state to financially secure its spending obligations, including social ones.” .
According to Yaroslav Nilov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, one of the authors of the bill, the document will still be submitted to the State Duma and the draft itself will be finalized. In addition, this issue was well received by the community.
He added that in previous years there were income shortages in Russia, so it is better to extend the moratorium on which citizens do not pay taxes on deposits. At the same time, the bill itself needs to be finalized in order to reach a certain consensus.
At the end of April, PRUE Associate Professor of State and Municipal Finance. G. V. Plekhanov Ravil Akhmadeev declarationThat at the end of 2023 all categories of citizens will not pay taxes on income from deposits.