In Russia, the Tax Code will be amended to provide tax deductions for medical services for the treatment of officially registered pets. The newspaper writes this “News”.
The bill has already been prepared for submission to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party argue that responsible pet owners incur high costs for the treatment and examination of their pets, as well as for the mandatory annual vaccination. The emergence of a tax deduction for the treatment of animals will be an incentive for their widespread registration and will help reduce the number of stray animals in Russia.
The bill will be sent to the Cabinet on January 26 for review by the LDPR group.
“We are not proposing to change anything in terms of tax legislation. It just adds another option. This is the same for individuals; 13% of the amount spent on treatment during a calendar year, which in general should not exceed 120 thousand rubles,” one of the authors of the bill, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Evgeniy Markov, told reporters on Wednesday.
Before that, it was known that in Buryatia, after the adoption of a law allowing the euthanasia of animals, dogs began to be euthanized in shelters. Vladimir Burmatov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, said: “socialbites.ca”It is stated that such decisions are taken by regions where there are no humane measures to combat homeless animals.
Previously Tiger was attacked For a pet dog in the village of Razdolnoye, Primorsky Krai.