The government will connect the tax on expensive cars with their cost

Luxurious cars can be binded to their value. This measure was decided to work out at a government meeting to modernize the tax system, two federal officials told Vedomosti .

One of the interlocutors of the publication explained that we are talking only about very expensive cars. At the same time, the criteria has yet to be thought out. The issue of the form in which the tax will be incarnated is also not yet resolved: it can be a transport tax, a state duty when registering transactions or an import duty.

The order to increase the superiority tax for expensive cars was given by President Vladimir Putin. The Ministry of Finance began to implement it in the summer, making amendments to the government on the introduction of an additional transport tax since 2013.

It was assumed that an additional transport tax would have to be valid for cars with an engine with a capacity of more than 410 hp, the fees produced after 2001 wanted to increase from 15 to 300 rubles. for 1 l. With.

However, the amendments of the Ministry of Finance were never accepted. According to the interlocutor of the publication, the government did not suit the conditions prescribed in them, in particular about 410 hp, which is not always a sign of a luxurious car.