The Ministry of Communications proposes to extend benefits to IT companies. Ministry of Finance against

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The Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications in the person of its leader Nikolai Nikiforov turned to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with a proposal to extend the benefits to IT companies. The proposed extension period is five years. According to the ministry, if the tax burden on domestic IT companies increases in 2018, they will not be able to compete with foreign corporations, including the possibility of inviting high-quality specialists to work, Vedomosti reports . And this, in turn, will affect the economy of Russia.

Now for Russian companies there is a preferential insurance premium rate of 14%, the validity period is limited to the end of 2017. Standard insurance premium for other companies is 30%. Previously it was planned that from 2018 the rate will rise to 21%, in 2019 - to 28%, and in 2020 - to 30%. Now the Ministry of Communications has proposed to extend the term of the 14% tariff up to the end of 2023.

The proposal of Nikolai Nikiforov has already supported the Ministry of Economic Development. But just three other departments oppose this initiative. We are talking about the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor. The main reason is the existing deficit of the federal budget, plus the budget deficit of social insurance and compulsory medical insurance.
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According to Evgenia Vasilenko, Executive Director of the Association of Software Developers ARPP Otechestvenniy Soft, a feature of IT companies is that about 80% of the costs of such companies are labor. And the tax, usually calculated on the basis of the size of the payment fund, becomes negotiable for such companies. And the increase in insurance premiums significantly reduces the opportunities of companies.