The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation did not support the initiative of LDPR deputies to expand the tax advantage on citizens’ bank deposits. The newspaper reports this “News” Referring to the official result of the chamber.
The document stated, “It is necessary to avoid decisions that will increase the budget deficit in the face of a decrease in budget revenues, as this will negatively affect the ability to finance state expenditures.”
Following the introduction of the tax in 2020, Russia had a moratorium on the collection of 13% personal income tax on interest income from deposits above a certain level. Today it is 1.6 million rubles (provided that the Central Bank does not increase the rate again – note from socialbites.ca). In 2024, citizens will have to pay the entire tax for 2023.
According to the Accounting Chamber, the authorities plan to collect about 312 billion rubles from the “deposit tax” in the next 3 years, which will increase the burden on the population.
Before that the Federal Tax Service exhibited Blinovskaya’s account is almost one and a half billion rubles.
Previously at ECB warned About the risks of using frozen Russian assets.