The debt on taxes and fees in 2022 amounted to 2.5 trillion rubles. – Kommersant

The total debt on taxes, dues, insurance premiums, penalties, tax sanctions and interest amounted to 2.5 trillion rubles. by January 1, 2023. The indicator increased by 545 billion rubles. or by 27.5% by January 1, 2022.

The debt to the budget for 2022 is indicated in the conclusion of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy for the implementation of the budget. “In the context of the budget deficit, the increase in the volume of debt is of concern to the committee. When conducting tax monitoring, it is necessary to predict the risks of tax arrears in the sectoral and regional context, ”the document says, excerpts from which are given. “News”.

The Ministry of Finance believes that the reasons for the growth of receivables in nominal terms “in many cases are one-time and are associated with the temporary reflection in the accounting of certain amounts.”

As stated in the conclusion of the committee, the indicator increased for several reasons: due to delays in paying VAT by individual companies, additional charges based on the results of tax audits on income tax and non-payment of current payments. Another reason was the non-payment by companies of payments for the use of natural resources, mainly in terms of the mineral extraction tax on oil. Non-payment of taxes under special regimes, excises and local taxes has increased.

On the execution of the budget in the first half of 2023 – in the material “Kommersant” “The budget did not reach the base”.

Leonid Uvarchev