Introducing a progressive scale of taxation in Russia is useless and even fraught with unpleasant consequences.. This was stated by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. According to him, "the rich are intelligent people and will find ways how to get around this decision". In particular, they can withdraw their money from the country, and then it will be worse for everyone. From this it follows that it is better to accept the fact that there is now, and not to expect that the oligarchs will begin to give the lion's share of their income to the treasury. Moreover, the 13% interest rate is “already settled”. "One cannot but agree that the difference in incomes, of course, creates tension in society. We are often told: let's raise taxes for the rich, - said Siluanov in the program "Posner" on Channel One. “In fact, we did it: we increased taxes on luxury property complexes, cars, yachts, apartments, and so on,” the minister reminded. And on this, he believes, while you need to stop. As for social stratification, this problem must be solved in another way: not to take from the rich, but to add to the poor, the minister said.

“Therefore, we are now talking about the need to tighten wages and pensions,” RIA FAN quotes Siluanov’s words. Earlier, Chairman of the Russian Union of Taxpayers Artem Kiryanov, commenting on the bill on the introduction of a special tax regime for self-employed, told how many Russians generally shy away from the obligation to pay taxes on income.

"Now out of 80 million able-bodied people who can be considered as taxpayers, only 50 million actually pay taxes.

The question remains, how do the remaining 30 million live? "- said Kiryanov. He recalled that the payment of taxes "is a constitutional duty of a citizen of the Russian Federation".

"There are certain articles of the Penal Code that provide for punishment for evasion and tax evasion. This applies to every citizen ", - NSN quoted expert words.