Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that personal income tax (PIT) will not change in the coming years. It is reported by TASS.

“I can definitely say that the Ministry of Finance has no plans to change the personal income tax for the coming years,” he said, answering a question from a journalist.

The head of the department also added that substantive discussions on the introduction of a progressive income tax are not expected this year.

In Russia, in 2021, a law came into force to increase the tax rate on personal income from 13% to 15% on income exceeding 5 million rubles. in year. The decision to increase the tax burden for wealthy citizens was made against the backdrop of a fall in budget revenues caused by the pandemic.

Last year, the budget system of the Russian Federation collected 636.4 billion rubles. tax at a rate of 15%. Technically, more than 553 billion rubles. of this amount went to the regional budgets.

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