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Dmitry Butrin , Natalya Zubarevich Work of the Federation Council / cousil.gov.ru

The Committee of the Federation Council on Budget and Financial Markets plans to invite the government to consider the issue of enrolling personal income tax to the budget at the place of residence of the payer. “According to the results of the discussion, the committee prepared proposals for inclusion in the draft resolution of the Chamber“ On State Support for Socio-Economic Development of the Ulyanovsk Region ”. The government is recommended to consider [at the federal level] the issue of enrolling the income of individuals to the budget at the place of residence of the taxpayer, ”TASS quoted the press service of the committee as saying.

At the moment, personal income tax is credited to the budget of the region, where the employee company is located. If the organization creates for a period of more than a month jobs in another region, personal income tax working in this territorially separate unit will be credited to the budget of this region. However, if an employee simply comes to work in another region, the region in which he lives will not receive personal income tax. Thus, the Ulyanovsk region, according to the governor of Sergei Morozov, is not received by the inconsistent scheme of personal income tax of about 300 million rubles.

The deputy editor -in -chief for the economic policy of Kommersant Dmitry Nikolaevich Butrin shared his opinion on the proposal to change the payment of personal income tax with “Polit.ru”.

Dmitry Butrin

On the one hand, I would not say that I have a great enthusiasm for this idea. In principle, the most rational I would consider the crediting of personal income tax by the will of the taxpayer. A person who lives, for example, in the Smolensk region and travels on a work shift to Moscow, in reality lives between the two regions. And he is reasonable to spend his personal income tax as a financial base for local self -government not only in Moscow, but also at the place of his residence. He needs transport in Moscow and a school in Smolensk.

I would give a person a choice in this matter. It is difficult to say how this choice can be organized. You can, for example, be credited not at the place of residence, but by registration. And to explain to people that notifying registration at the place of residence leaves personal income tax in the region where they live, notifying registration at the place of work leaves personal income tax in the region where they work.

And then let people understand what budget to pay personal income tax. People themselves are able to evaluate where they create what load. Everyone can have their own considerations, local or, conversely, Moscow patriotism. Taxpayers will be able to decide quite quickly, and this will be the easiest way to solve the problem. Although, possibly, the most expensive, some administration costs may be required. But, I think, with electronic means it will be quite simple and not very expensive to do. I also admit the opportunity for a taxpayer to share personal income tax between the regions.

The ideal scheme in any case does not exist. On the contrary, it is possible to centralize the collection of personal income tax and introduce subsidies to equalizing the budgets of the regions. In this regard, you can recall the problem of Moscow garbage discussed now. With an attempt by Moscow to export this garbage to other regions. People who pay personal income tax in Moscow generate a lot of garbage, and you can arrange the redistribution of income using a fee for garbage collection.

Promotion on separate collection of garbage / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Lyubimov Andrey

It is important to understand that there can be no perfectly fair taxation system. The issues that we are discussing are ways to minimize harm and embarrassment from the current system. This is a domestic problem that should interest citizens from the point of view of the state as a whole, but not from the point of view of a separate piece, efficiency in one separate issue. What will not be enough money for the regional and municipal authorities depends on the scheduled distribution of powers. The system can also be organized so that the money is accumulated by the federal authorities, but they should do everything. Therefore, it is not so important which particular tax scheme to choose, it is important to paint the powers so that they go after the tax base.

The doctor of geographical sciences, director of regional programs of the Independent Institute of Social Policy, Natalya Vasilievna Zubarevich, shared his opinion on the proposal to change the payment of personal income tax with “Polit.ru”.

Natalia Zubarevich

This decision applies to two constituent entities of the Federation: Moscow and St. Petersburg. And there and there many people from other regions work and pays personal income tax there. This is especially pronounced in the capital, in Moscow there are more than a million such people. In St. Petersburg, of course, less. Therefore, the main resistance of this idea will proceed from Moscow.

The question arises “why are people who work in Moscow, but consume all social services in the Moscow region, leave their personal income tax in the capital?” On the one hand, this is unfair. And I rather agree with this. But, on the other hand, if you want to develop the territory in the Moscow region, so create new jobs. Link people working in Moscow in the region. When you will be successful, when you bring a lot of business and investments, there will be no such big renewal to Moscow.

The Moscow region should work so that everything is in order with personal income tax, and not live on the rent that the Podmoskvichi is transferred to the capital. But Moscow should not live on rent, which the Podmoskvichi, working in Moscow, pay to the Moscow budget. There is no good solution with either one or another format. Both have their own problems. And this means that the federal government will not bother, it will leave everything as it is.