The State Duma did not support amendments that would exempt large families from transport tax

The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes in its conclusion (published on the website of the lower house of parliament) recommended rejecting amendments to the Budget Code proposed by a group of deputies and senators from the LDPR. Parliamentarians have prepared a bill on exemption from transport tax for persons with three or more minor children who own cars and buses with a capacity of up to 150 hp. With. A similar benefit, but for passenger cars only, was offered if minor children in the family are raised by only one parent (the other died, went missing, etc.).

The deputies referred to President Vladimir Putin’s call to “more actively use tools to fine-tune the tax system in the interests of Russian families,” which the head of state said in his message to the Federal Assembly in February 2023.

The Duma Budget Committee recalled that the transport tax forms the revenue base for the budgets of the constituent entities of the federation. Regions, in turn, can already use their laws to establish benefits for paying taxes, including for large families. The Committee believes that new benefits cannot be introduced at the federal level without providing regions with compensation for lost income. The authors of the amendments did not indicate the sources of such compensation, the Russian government concluded. The authorities of the Astrakhan, Nizhny Novgorod regions, Altai Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia did not support the bill. The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation indicated that for the tasks outlined by the president, amendments to the Tax Code have already increased the maximum amount of social tax deduction for personal income tax in terms of expenses for education and treatment of children. The LDPR bill is scheduled to be considered at a scheduled meeting of the State Duma on February 20.

Ivan Tyazhlov