The government has not yet formed a position on the proposal to withdraw “profits” of the business
The government’s position on increasing the tax burden on metallurgical, mining and chemical companies has not yet been formed, the press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
“The President has agreed to it with the possibility of study of this question along the line of the Cabinet. Once the position is formulated, and we still don’t know what will be the articulated position, then we can talk about the formation of a position. While there is only the consent of the President on how to think about this issue”, — said Mr. Sands.
On August 9 it became known that the assistant to the President Andrey Belousov has made an approving resolution of Vladimir Putin on the development of the concept of exemption “super” metallurgical and chemical companies, but no final decision. Business criticized this idea. Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the government has no plans to force employers to share the windfall.