A new mechanism for paying taxes was discussed at a meeting of the Public Council in Sevastopol

CrimeaPRESS reports:

At an expanded meeting of the Public Council under the Federal Tax Service of Russia for the city of Sevastopol, on the basis of the Sevastopol regional branch of the public all-Russian organization «Business Russia», a discussion of topical taxation issues was held with representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. Opening the meeting, Alexei Mogila, Head of the Federal Tax Service of Russia for the city of Sevastopol, noted:

It has already become a common practice to discuss new projects and solutions with business in order to hear suggestions and establish effective feedback. There is a lot of interesting joint work ahead, which will ultimately make it possible to simplify the tax payment mechanism.

Olga Maklakova, Deputy Head of the Desk Control Department for Personal Income Tax and SV No. 2, spoke about the results of the campaign for declaring citizens’ incomes. She noted that this year more than 26 thousand declarations in the form of 3-NDFL were submitted.

Most of the declarations were submitted in connection with the sale of property: their number amounted to more than 10 thousand, which is almost 2 times higher than the number of declarations received by the Office in the previous year. She clarified that the tax service has reduced the period for checking declarations as much as possible, which allows citizens to receive a refund as soon as possible. Today in Sevastopol this period is calendar days. Let us clarify that earlier a desk audit and a refund was carried out within 120 calendar days.

Natalya Baluyeva, head of the office control department in the field of property taxation, noted that this year the consolidated tax notice, in addition to transport and land taxes, contains information on the property tax of individuals, which Sevastopol residents will pay for the first time.

She clarified that a reduction factor of 0.2 is applied to the amount of accrued tax this year. The tax is charged on the basis of Rossreestr data if there is information on the state registration of real estate objects. She stressed that in the absence of state registration of real estate in the legislative field of the Russian Federation, the authorized body on the territory of the city of Sevastopol — the Department for Property and Land Relations, will independently carry out measures to identify copyright holders, based on data obtained from various sources. Therefore, in order to avoid errors and inaccuracies, it is recommended that citizens register their rights to real estate on their own through the Multifunctional Center.

Andrey Krasnoperov, the head of the department for settling the state of settlements with the budget, informed the business community that from the new year all taxes and fees can be paid in one payment order. The taxpayer transfers the total amount of taxes — the single tax payment (UTP) to the single tax account (UST) opened with the Federal Treasury. You can transfer funds in the form of EPP at any time convenient for you, but you should be aware that by the 28 date of each month, there must be an amount in the account sufficient to pay off all tax liabilities. Organizations and entrepreneurs will have to submit notifications of the calculated amounts to the tax service. Upon notification, the tax service will determine how much funds and for which areas need to be credited. If, after offsetting all necessary payments, the taxpayer has an overpayment, it can be returned to the current account or set off against future payments. A single payment will avoid problems with outstanding payments and create more comfortable tax conditions for doing business, as well as allow businessmen to reduce costs.

After all the speeches, the members of the Public Council discussed the announced topics, and the invited guests were able to ask questions to all the speakers of the event.

During the meeting, the composition of the Council was re-elected. As a result of voting, Pavel Lebedev was elected Chairman of the Public Council under the Federal Tax Service of Russia for the city of Sevastopol, and Tatyana Krivolutskaya was chosen as his deputy.

Source: press service of the Federal Tax Service of Russia in Sevastopol