Source: Russia’s Finance Ministry proposes return to progressive taxes on personal income — Meduza
Russia’s Finance Ministry has submitted legislation that would reintroduce progressive taxes on personal income. According to the newspaper Kommersant, which obtained a copy of the draft amendments, the progressive scale would begin with annual incomes exceeding 2.4 million rubles ($27,100) with the following brackets as income rises:
- From 2.4 million to 5 million rubles ($55,445) — 15 percent
- From 5 million to 20 million rubles ($225,785) — 18 percent
- From 20 million to 50 million rubles ($564,460) — 20 percent
- More than 50 million rubles — 22 percent
Higher tax rates would apply only to income earned within the stated brackets, not to the entire earnings. All earnings below the 2.4-million-ruble threshold would remain taxed at the current rate of 13 percent. Salaries and benefits paid to soldiers fighting in the invasion of Ukraine would not be factored into the new progressive income taxes.
According to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, the reforms are needed to secure “stable and predictable conditions” for individuals and businesses over the next six years. He added that the proposed progressive scale “should not affect the overwhelming majority of the population.” The newspaper Vedomosti has reported that the higher income taxes would likely hit three percent of the country’s working-age population — about 2.5 million people. Vedomosti also reported that officials plan to raise corporate profit taxes from the current 20 percent to 25 percent.
In a press release on Tuesday, the Finance Ministry said its proposal will be discussed at a legislative commission and in a government cabinet meeting. It’s not clear when this will take place.
In a state-of-the-nation speech on February 29, President Putin proposed “considering new approaches” to taxation to shift Russia’s tax burden “towards those with higher personal and corporate incomes.” On May 14, Finance Minister Siluanov revealed that his agency was exploring the introduction of progressive income taxes for individuals. Roughly a week later, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin clarified that any progressive income taxes wouldn’t touch the earnings of soldiers deployed to Ukraine.
俄罗斯财政部已提交立法，重新征收个人收入累进税。据《生意人报》获得修正案草案的副本，累进范围将从年收入超过 240 万卢布（27,100 美元）开始，随着收入的增加，将采用以下等级： 240 万至 500 万卢布（55,445 美元）——15%； 500 万至 2000 万卢布（225,785 美元）——18%； 2000 万至 5000 万卢布（564,460 美元）——20%； 超过 5000 万卢布 — 22%。增加的税率仅适用于在规定范围内赚取的收入，而不是全部收入。所有低于 240 万卢布起征点收入仍将按目前 13% 的税率纳税。支付给入侵乌克兰的士兵工资和福利不会计入新的累进所得税。 财政部长安东·西卢安诺夫表示，需要进行改革，以确保未来六年个人和企业“稳定且可预测状况”。他补充说，拟议的渐进范围“不应影响绝大多数人口”。 《Vedomosti》报报道称，更高的所得税可能会影响该国 3% 的劳动年龄人口，即约 250 万人。 Vedomosti 还报道称，官员们计划将企业利润税从目前的 20% 提高到 25%。 财政部在周二的新闻稿中表示，其提案将在立法委员会和政府内阁会议上进行讨论。目前尚不清楚这何时会发生。 在 2 月 29 日的国情咨文中，普京总统提议“考虑新的税收方法”，将俄罗斯的税收负担“转向个人和企业收入较高的人”。 5月14日，财政部长西卢阿诺夫透露，他的机构正在探索对个人征收累进所得税。大约一周后，国家杜马议长维亚切斯拉夫·沃洛丁澄清说，任何累进所得税都不会影响部署到乌克兰的士兵的收入。
