Transportation of goods and passengers in 2018. Will rise in price if the state does not retain tax incentives for RZD or resolve the issue with their compensation. About this, Russian Railways president Oleg Belozerov warned the supervising branch of the vice-premier Arkady Dvorkovich.

RZD is a well-known tax rebate. Until 2013. The company did not pay property tax at all. Then the government decided that it was time to change this online regime and announced a gradual departure from the benefits so that by 2019. The property tax rate for Russian Railways was 2.2%. However, as is often the case, changes have occurred in the process of applying the decision, and currently RZD enjoys a preferential rate of 1%, although it had to pay 1.3%.

However, according to new amendments to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, since 2018. The right to grant and revoke benefits for property acquired after 2013. , Moves from the federal to the regional level. Accordingly, each region of the country should voluntarily give up a tidbit - a tax with RZD. And where they do not agree, there the company will have to pay a full. If, of course, the government does not guarantee the company the extension of benefits or compensation for their cancellation.

The head of the Russian Railways reminded the Government of this in a letter at the end of March "On preserving the privilege on property tax at the federal level". His receipt of "Life" confirmed the official representative of Dvorkovich. Moreover, Belozerov made it clear that he would do so if the tax privilege does not work out: he will smash new expenses on tariffs towards increasing them, naturally.

There is another option for Belozerov: if some of the regions agree to live without tax with RZhD, and some are greedy, the company will transfer all property to regions with benefits.

This will lead to an uneven distribution of the tax base between the subjects of the Russian Federation and the "violation of the principle of the unity of the economic space," the chief for railway transportation in Russia intimidates.

The fact that according to the same amendments to the Tax Code, RZD received a reduction in the VAT rate for passenger transportation from 18% to 10% in 2016. , And since 2017. In general to 0%, the company for some reason did not remember.

Now RZhD's answer is being prepared in the Ministry of Transport.