In the state Duma a bill that proposes to fight poverty, to exempt from income tax wages smaller than two minimum wages. Against the government. While interviewed by “MK” experts believe that as the operational anti-crisis measures such deduction will not work.
a Group of deputies from the liberal democratic party, headed by Vice-speaker Igor Lebedev, wrote a bill a few months ago, but could not make to the Parliament without the agreement of the government, which came to Okhotny Ryad only April 3. One of the authors, the head of the Duma Committee for labor and social policy Yaroslav Nilov (LDPR) in conversation with “MK” reminded the subject of the exemption from income tax of low wages rose in January, during the faction’s meeting with then-candidate for Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. G-n Mishustin, by words g-on Nilov, “the idea is not supported”.
You could just call this bill a classic example of political spin (along with any eve faction “SR” bill on regulation of retail prices). But in fact before us – the echoes of a debate that, according to media reports, previously conducted in the government and in the presidential administration: it was about the possibility of introducing tax non-taxable minimum for all in order to achieve the President goal to significantly increase these revenues by 2024. But at the end of last year in the high offices on the idea put a cross.
Since then, much water has flowed, and now the liberal Democrats believe that their proposed tax system change can increase the purchasing power of citizens, who were “in a difficult financial position as a result of the implications of the spread of coronavirus infections.”
the minimum wage from 1 January 2020 is 12 130 rubles a month. Income tax for all – 13%. Hence, the maximum possible increase to income at a salary equal to 2 minimum wages, will be 3 154 rubles a month.
But in the official conclusion of the government said that the implementation of the idea will lead to a shortfall in income budgets of regions and municipalities (it goes pit), and the authors did not provide any calculations.
In the financial and economic justification to the bill, and though there are no figures. Accurate data on the number of people receiving up to 2 minimum wages, say MPs, not, and additional costs of “surplus” Federal budget and really need to plug formed in the other budgets of the hole, but it is not known in what volume.
the Economist Nikita Maslennikov (Institute of contemporary development) called the deputies ‘ proposal “evil”, though, in his words, “the idea arose out of nowhere”, but previous attempts seriously to approach it “stumbled on the calculations.” Mr. Maslennikov reminds: according to the forecast development Centre HSE, “in General, if all goes as goes, the deficit of the consolidated budget of regions will exceed that in 2020, 1% of GDP, and for its repayment should be in addition to those funds that are already pledged to allocate $ 1 trillion.100 MHR.rubles from the Federal budget as a minimum.” Besides, it will be necessary to compensate for the Pension and other extra-budgetary funds already announced lower premiums for small and medium businesses, and other possible losses because of the crisis, the economist reminds. Moreover, the surplus of the Federal budget in 2020 will not be exact: “the lowest estimate of the deficit – 3% of GDP”.
besides, says economist Dmitry Travin (European University at St. Petersburg) “even if you look at the abolition of the income tax as a way of solving the problems of people who tomorrow may not be money to live, it is unrealistic”. Will have to rebuild a significant part of the tax system, and earlier than 1 January 2021 the proposal of the liberal democratic party even in the case of support to earn could… besides, drew attention to the economist, this is possible in principle, the tax mechanism may create “some problems”: for example, if a person has earnings for 10 rubles less than the non – taxable minimum of tax he pays, and if 10 rubles more – pays, and the one who earns more, will have less income than someone who earns less “what’s not fair.” “So it is better to do so that the taxes are all paid equally, but the state helped those who need help” – considers g-n Travin.
