Wednesday, October 1, 2014

State Duma proposes offshore amnesty, write “News” – RIA Novosti

State Duma proposes offshore amnesty, write "News" – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, October 2 – RIA Novosti. A member of the Tax Committee of the State Duma Mikhail Serdyuk (CP) offers amnesty for offshore Russian businessmen, to motivate them to return the money in Russia against the background of the outflow of capital from the country, the newspaper ” News “with reference to the text of the bill.

The Bank of Russia expects that the total outflow of capital from the country in 2014 will amount to $ 90 billion, and in 2015 will drop to $ 35 billion. Ministry of Economic Development expects 100 billion and 40 billion respectively. According to Russian senators, for 20 years through offshore zones of Russia left more than 800 billion dollars.

“citizens who returned their money in Russia, according to the terms of the bill, will be exempt from liability for the commission of certain crimes, administrative offenses and disciplinary cases stipulated by the laws of the Russian Federation “, – the newspaper writes.

The bill is aimed at improving the tax relations, attracting financial capital in the Russian economy and the withdrawal of money from the shadow of an economic turn, said in a memorandum. The paper also explains that to return the money the bill proposes the establishment of special accounts in Russian banks legalization.

The MP said the publication that the legalization of funds is not intended to levy any taxes and fees. “In connection with the sanctions, other factors, there is a threat of safety of capital … The proposed law may help to hold offshore amnesty properly and actually get the money back into the Russian economy,” – he said.

Serduk plans to introduce a bill to the State Duma in the autumn session , if adopted, will operate the entire amnesty in 2015 – from 1 January to 31 December.

The fight against the use of offshore companies for tax evasion is one of the priorities of the Russian government, President Vladimir Putin called the problem of offshore epidemic the world economy. Their bills proposed by the Russian Ministry of Finance and the Senate. Several members of the upper chamber of a proposal to ban offshore companies to receive state support through Vnesheconombank and the mechanism of state guarantees and close their access to public procurement. Russia’s Finance Ministry is preparing a bill obliging the Russian citizens and legal entities to pay taxes on the income of their foreign companies.

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