Deripaska called the decision on contributions to the budget from big business “not ideal”

If the Central Bank proposes to compensate for the voluntary contribution of businesses to the budget through debt relief, such a solution will not be ideal, but balanced, the founder said. UC Rusal Oleg Deripaska. The fact that the Central Bank came up with the idea to write off the debt of companies to state-owned banks was previously reported by the Banksta Telegram channel.

“Although not ideal, it would be a balanced solution,” wrote in his Telegram channel Deripaska, referring to the publication in the channel of the Institute for the Economics of Growth. Stolypin, who, in turn, commented on the Banksta message.

As Banksta writes, the Russian regulator has made an “unexpected proposal” to ensure that companies that will pay contributions to the budget, write off part of their debt to state-owned banks in a comparable amount.

“Sounds pretty healthy. This is much better than simply taking money from the business, depriving the company of hundreds of billions of rubles. And at the same time, the Central Bank will not even need to reduce the key rate, ”the statement says. message.

The Institute also supported the possible adoption of such an option, stating that the initiative would allow “to solve the issues of filling the budget, increasing confidence in business and not increasing the tax burden.”

On February 8, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov announced that the government was discussing a one-time voluntary tax contribution to the budget with business. He clarified that this is not a tax increase, but the so-called windfall tax – a tax on windfall profits. The Ministry of Finance reported that the Russian government did not support the proposal of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) to increase the income tax rate instead of a one-time voluntary tax contribution to the budget.

The Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov specified that the Ministry of Finance expects to receive a total of about 300 billion rubles from business. According to him, the collection of a tax on profit growth in 2021 and 2022 is now being considered. compared to 2019 and 2020 Siluanov specified that the initiative would not affect the oil and gas sector and small businesses.

On February 17, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, said that discussions are continuing at the government level on the initiative on a one-time tax contribution from representatives of large businesses. The Kremlin spokesman stressed that the key word in the contribution initiative is “voluntary.” At the same time, he added, the interaction between the country’s leadership and business is “a two-way road.” It is necessary to understand the current realities and needs of the country, Peskov noted.