The number of denunciations is growing in Russia

In Russia, where, unlike many Western countries, it was always considered a shame to convey to state bodies or authorities to neighbors, acquaintances and work colleagues, the number of denunciations is gradually growing.

According to the "News Time" , this trend is well traced in the correspondence of the Federal Tax Service - the body where citizens actively "signal" about violations of laws. According to the Federal Tax Service, in March, 618 appeals were received in the central apparatus of the service, and more than 40 of them were told about violations identified by vigilant citizens. The number of such petitions is increasing. According to the statistics, which is conducted by the foster FTS, at the end of last year the voluntary informants of the fiscals were 6% of the total number of those who applied, and at the beginning of 2005 there were already 7%. Of course, these indicators are small on the country's scale, but the trend is evident.

Interestingly, mastering this new craft for Russia, scammers often turn to the wrong address. Tax officials note that most often they are signaling about not registered retail outlets or enterprises operating without a license. Such information is interesting not to tax authorities, but to employees of the territorial departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the fight against tax and economic crimes.

Sometimes people complain of their bosses, who, hiding the income of the enterprise, give out one salary "in their hands", and in the statement they offer to sign for another, several times less. True, in relation to such "gray" salaries of the Federal Tax Service, when he was, the ministry announced the "neutrality", says "News Time". As one of the high -ranking employees of the department said then, if the employee agrees to sign an employment contract in which a substantially less salary is recorded than it is really paid, then this is rather the problem of the employee (the company lists the minimum pension contributions, he cannot get a profitable loan) than the headache of the tax authorities. Moreover, tax authorities are not responsible for compliance with labor laws.

Another common type of complaints is denunciations of those who rent apartments. Their number increases sharply in the southern resort regions in the summer months, but this practice is common in all large cities. Letters are written by residents, dissatisfied with neighbors renting apartments. Tax officials say that appeals concern, as a rule, precisely "household" problems. Informants do not set a goal to ruin someone's business.

When it comes to competition, ordinary denunciations are not popular. “In the midst of a serious business, it is unlikely that anyone is engaged in baking,” says the partner of the law firm John Tiener and partners Valery Tutykhin. “But tax inspectorates are very often used in the competition in the“ controlled collision. ”These are custom -made tax audits, summing up transactions for the article“ Contradiction of the interests of the state ”, etc.”. True, more often for these purposes, not tax inspectors are used, but the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Economic Crimes.