Robbery on "Justice"

The St. Petersburg parliament agreed with the tax reform proposed by the Government of the Russian Federation, although Petersburg himself will not receive a penny from this

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On Wednesday, June 5, the St. Petersburg Parliament urgently approved two bills that the Russian government submitted to the State Duma. 39 deputies (“United Russia”, the LDPR, the “new people” and part of the Communist Party) voted “for”, two (“apple”) - “against”, eight (“Socialist -Revolutionaries” and part of the Communist Party) - abstained. We are talking about the “tax-budget package”, which was told by the “New Gazeta” and which provides for a significant change in the tax system-and if simply, then a significant increase in taxes.

Judging by the regime in which this issue was considered in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, and judging by the reaction of the parliamentary majority, “from above” was received an instruction that did not allow discussions or doubts: to approve!

Most likely, similar approval in the near future will be organized in all (or almost all) regions to create a “picture” of general support for government plans.

However, the regional budgets will not receive a penny from the implementation of these plans: the approval of the “tax-budget package” will not lead to an improvement in the life of the inhabitants of these regions.

The government bills that were proposed to approve are “comprehensive systemic change in the tax system parameters regarding the taxation of corporate and personal income on the basis of the principle of justice and the effectiveness of redistribution of revenues between different sections of the population and the sectors of the economy”, and “improving budget legal relations”.

• Firstly, to justice (the manifestation of which in the government is called the progressive scale of income tax), these proposals have nothing to do.

• Secondly, increasing income tax is not at all the main thing in these sentences.

• And thirdly, if we talk about “budgetary legal relations”, their “improvement” is that all the additional funds that are supposed to receive from the implementation of these proposals will go to the federal budget. Neither regions nor municipalities will receive anything.

The government and its propagandists, commenting on projects, focuses on almost exclusively on the progressive income tax scale (personal income tax). Because this allows us to talk about supposedly justice: the rich will pay more.

There will be, although not all (about which is lower).

But the main thing is that they will not get the poor at all from leaving part of the money from the rich.

As already mentioned, government proposals provide that all additional receipts from personal income tax will be sent to the federal budget. And the regions and municipalities, in which personal income tax, is one of the main sources of income, will not receive anything.

During the recent presidential message, Vladimir Putin spoke of the fight against poverty as the most important task. But the growth of personal income tax with the transfer of additional revenues to the federal budget has nothing to do with the fight against poverty, because social support programs are financed in the vast majority of regions and municipalities, and not by the federal center.

At the same time, according to the Doctor of Economics, Professor Evgeny Gontmamer,

Billionaires, whose surnames are heard from government plans, will not pay anymore. Because, as a rule, they receive not a salary, the taxation of which is proposed to increase, but dividends, as owners of large shares. And they, as it was 15% of the tax rate, will remain.

And one more thing: the feeling of justice is formed by the poor not when they see that the rich pay large taxes. And then, when their own welfare increases. And when they see that access to quality medical care and education does not depend on property security. But nothing and remotely like this is proposed - instead, only the words about the need for “struggle against poverty” ...

Now about the growth of income tax - from 20% to 25%.

• Firstly, he will make a new round of inflation completely inevitable: all his additional expenses for paying an additional 5% tax will immediately put the business in the cost of its goods and services.

• And secondly, all these additional 5% tax will also go to the federal budget, and the regions will not receive anything. He told his colleagues in the St. Petersburg parliament, speaking at the meeting: our city will not receive a penny from the fact that you want to quickly approve. To no avail.

The only answer that sounded: additional money is needed for the state to fulfill its obligations.

Minute. In January - May 2024, the Ministry of Finance reports that oil and gas revenues amounted to 4.951 trillion rubles, which is 1.7 times more than 5 months of 2023.

There is money - and in considerable quantity: what prevents “fulfilling obligations”? Why do you need to raise taxes?

Once again, I will quote the guntmamer: when economic growth is required not only at the expense of the defense complex, but also in high -tech, non -market, non -custody sectors, it is necessary to reduce taxes or at least their stability, and not an increase.

Meanwhile, the increase is proposed. Which, on the one hand, will strengthen the load on the business, and on the other, will increase the taxation of the middle class (it is it that falls under the “progressive” scale): ITSHNOV, lawyers, employees of high -tech industries, small and medium -sized businesses.

Yes, the government “package” promises a tax deduction for investments in R&D or Russian equipment. However, not everyone will be able to use it - because they are not connected with any R&D or the purchase of equipment (as a significant part of small and medium -sized businesses working in the field of services or trade). And they will find themselves under an additional tax “press” - but not in favor of the poor, but exclusively in favor of the federal treasury.

What tasks are now priority for this treasury is quite obvious (in fact, this is constantly stated): everything related to its own and even more militarization of the country's economy.

Here, apparently, all additional income will go. Or almost everything.

And not at all to improve the quality of life of Russian citizens.