Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachyov has spoken out against radical reduction of taxes in Russia, Yuga.ru reports.
Tax pressure on Russian economy shares 35.6% of the GDP. Without oil and gas income, the figure drops to about 25.5%. It is similar to the US or South Korean level.
Nonetheless, certain tax changes are planned for 2015. Tax pressure on labour and capital will reduce, but will increase for consumers, purchasers of real estate, rent, resource estraction, switch to taxing real estate.
Tkachyov added that non-raw economy will not have higher taxing.
Tax benefits are planned for new equipment on January 1, 2013.
