Currently, the Russian authorities are not considering the possibility of making changes in the taxation of personal income (PIT). At the same time, the department’s leadership is examining the practice of applying a progressive scale of personal income tax, opens The words of Alexei Sazanov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Finance “Prime Minister” agency.
Currently, the base rate of personal income tax is set at 13%. At the same time, an increase of 15% is provided for citizens with an annual income of more than 5 million rubles. The money collected as a result of the increase in the rate goes to the treatment of children with rare diseases.
“If there are any calculations that show that it is possible to collect 2 trillion (rubles – socialbites.ca) by increasing the rate from 15% to 30%, we are ready to consider them. Because, according to the information we have, there are no such figures. We are currently looking at how progressive scale is implemented, and changes to personal income tax – namely the introduction of progressive scale – are not currently discussed,” he said.
May 24, Alexei Sazanov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Finance (MinFin) declaration About the lack of plans for the possible introduction of a staggered scale of personal income tax (PIT) in Russia. The Agency does not consider any proposals to change the tax system in this segment.
Previously, MPs from the Communist Party group He insisted Change the income tax rate for a category of citizens.