Finance Minister Anton Siluanov expressed confidence that Russians will not begin to avoid paying taxes after increasing taxes due to the introduction of progressive personal income tax. His words are quoted by Pavel Zarubin. telegram channel.
“To say that people will break the law for the sake of these changes and, by the way, that this is a significant liability, including criminal liability, it seems to me that this is unlikely to happen,” the minister emphasized.
Siluanov also reminded that the new tax system was developed to be “competitive”.
Before that, the Ministry of Finance reportedHe said that the increasing scale of personal income tax in Russia will increase from 15% to 22%.
For income from 5 million to 20 million rubles, personal income tax will be 18%, and from 20 million to 50 million rubles, it will be 20%. Russians whose income exceeds 50 million rubles will pay 22 percent tax.
The press service of the ministry explained that the vast majority of citizens will not be affected by tax changes: out of 64 million working Russians, the new scale will affect only 2 million people with an income of 2.4 million rubles or 200 thousand per year. rubles per month. This is 3.2% of working Russians. Other citizens with annual income below 2.4 million rubles will pay 13 percent.
Previously the Russian government approved The tax package of the Ministry of Finance was discussed at the meeting.
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Source: Gazeta
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