Tax refunds for the self-employed were framed as a “presidential subsidy”

The tax refund for the self-employed, which the government promised as a measure of support during the COVID-19 epidemic, was presented in the My Tax app as a “presidential subsidy.” It is reported by Clerk.Ru.

The Project also writes about "presidential subsidies". “The authorities have no formal basis for such messages - the payments were approved by a government decree,” the Project clarifies.

The corresponding government decree ( .pdf ) was issued on May 29.

Screenshots of messages about "presidential subsidies" are published by Twitter users.

Meduza sent a request to the Federal Tax Service regarding notifications.

On the website of the Federal Tax Service on June 1, news was published about the start of payments of "subsidies and tax bonuses to the self-employed." "Presidential grants" payments are not called in this message.

• On May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed in a televised address to return the entire income tax for 2019 to the self-employed. At the same time, the head of state said that for individual entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises from the sectors most affected by the epidemic, all taxes and insurance premiums for the second quarter of 2020, except for VAT, would be written off.