The government rejected the possibility of liberation of the poor Russians from personal income tax

The representative of the tripartite Commission under the government of the Russian Federation stated that at present not discussed the possibility of abolishing income tax (pit) for citizens with low wages. We are talking about the Russians, whose incomes after tax are below the subsistence level, the national average wage is less than 13 thousand rubles.

“The plan for the next six months, this issue does not appear” — leads TASS words of the representative of the Commission staff. The official pointed out that meetings on this subject are scheduled.

Previously, the newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to the RTK reported that the Cabinet can discuss the opportunity to release the poor Russians from income tax.

In Rosstat data there is no information about the number of citizens with incomes below 13 thousand rubles, but there is information about those whose earnings do not exceed 13.8 thousand According to the Ministry, in 2017 (for 2018 information not yet) to this category of citizens was treated with 15.2% of workers in the country, approximately 11 million people.

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