Posted on 05/14/2024 7:48:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a planned tax overhaul would increase inflows to the state budget, benefit low-income families and provide long-term stability for Russian corporation
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Now the government is looking to raise taxes for almost the first time since Putin took over in 2000
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But with a war to fund, the Ministry of Finance (MinFin) intends to slowly move towards a more progressive system of taxes to boost revenues. At the same time Putin made expensive spending pledges to the population in March as part of the 12 National Projects that were launched in 2019 and need funding.
At the meeting, Putin assured Russia’s captains of industry that the changes would result in a fairer redistribution of the tax burden, particularly favouring low-income populations.
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Wow? No new taxes since 2000? Can the collective West say the same?
Americans should tally up all the taxes they have paid since 2000, and realize we are now paying $$$$$$$$$$$ 1 trillion ( 12 zeros) in interest payments every 100 days….no problem with senile Joe and our Congress giving the IRS 80,000 more goons to squeeze every single penny from Americans.
Taxation without representation , I didn’t vote to flush billions down the filthy
Ukrainian toilet, did you?
Russia’s going broke again!
Thank you very much for posting this!
Good news indeed. 👍
Any news on the cost of eggs and Putins latest cancer?
Childlessness tax, conscription evasion tax on top of the huge tax increase - must be taking lessons from JoeB or vise versa.
Good news that Russia had no new taxes since 2000!
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