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Young families will exempt from the tax on housing subsidies First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday discussed the housing problems of young families with the governors. The main news was the statement of the First Deputy Prime Minister that since 2008, young families will exempt tax from subsidies for the purchase of new housing. “This is not the income on which the state can make a lot of money,” Medvedev noted.

Otherwise, subsidies that the state gives out to young families to pay for part of housing are subject to standard tax on individuals. The rate is 13%, and the amount is deducted with the direct issuance of the subsidy. Subsidies are calculated based on the number of members of the young family, the total area of housing she bought and the value of 1 square meter in the region. For a young family where there are no children, compensation is 35% of the average cost of the apartment. For those who have one child and more - 40%.

In both cases, the center gives only 10% of the size of the subsidy (the money is laid down in the budget of the “affordable housing” national project), and the main load falls on regional budgets. Governors consider such a system unfair and believe that the federal center should carry a greater financial burden. However, Medvedev has a different position. In his opinion, only those regions where the program of subsidizing young families is best carried out can count on additional financial assistance.

Experts consider this step erroneous. “It is necessary to help those regions where housing subsidies are the least issued. Local authorities may be happy to help young families, but often they simply do not have enough money, ”says Yevgeny Gontmamer, the supervisor of the Center for Social Policy of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In his opinion, the system of co -financing housing subsidies to young families is really imperfect. “It will be better if at this stage the center and regions begin to spend equal equally,” said Gontmaker. The expert called the expert named a reasonable, but somewhat belated to the abolition of housing subsidies for young families. “This story reflects the situation with all national projects,” says Gontmaker. - They were launched in a hurry. When they earned, the state has encountered many problems. They had to decide and have to go on the go. ”

This year, 48 thousand young families will receive housing subsidies. Next year, this figure can grow at times. The reason is an increase in the age threshold from 30 to 35 years for parents applying for participation in the housing program. Such a proposal was expressed by the governor of the Bryansk region Nikolai Denin. Medvedev promised to discuss the problem with the Ministry of Region and the Ministry of Finance. “This question has a certain price for the state budget,” Medvedev said.

10/07/2007 / Maxim Tovkailo, the material was published in the "newspaper" No. 187 dated 08.10.2007.