MOSCOW, April 8 More than half of Russians have never filed a tax deduction, most often due to the complexity of the documents, according to a study of the financial marketplace Sravni, which is available at .
“According to Sravni, the majority (65%) of Russians are aware of the possibility of returning part of the tax paid, but more than half (54%) have never done this. 23% of respondents used this opportunity several times in their lives, 11% draw up a deduction every year Approximately the same number of people (10%) plan to try to return part of the funds,» the study says.
According to experts, the most popular reason (54%) for refusing a tax deduction is the complexity of paperwork, the second (17%) is the waiting time and bureaucracy, and the third (13%) is the lack of necessary documents and unofficial sources of income. At the same time, as noted in the study, the majority (52%) of those who will still file a tax deduction for 2022 plan to return more than 20 thousand rubles, but the rest of the respondents expect to return less than this amount.
As noted in the study, more than 50% of Russians plan to return the funds spent on education, medicine, sports, charity and insurance. Another third of the respondents expect to issue a property deduction, 12% will issue a standard deduction for children and special categories of citizens, and 3% — an investment deduction. «The majority (65%) draws up a tax deduction on their own, without the help of intermediaries,» experts point out.
«More than half (54%) of the survey participants will spend the money they receive on repaying loans and repaying debts, 19% will spend it on self-development, and another 13% on entertainment and vacations. The remaining 12% plan to invest funds or open a bank deposit with the money received,» it says. in an online survey conducted in early April among 1,200 respondents from all regions of Russia.
In March, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the social deduction is an important element of the state's social policy, which should be considered not as a discount, but as a procedure that is done at the request of a citizen. In February, the President of the Russian Federation proposed to increase the social tax deduction for the education of children from 50 to 110 thousand rubles, for their own education and medical expenses — from 120 to 150 thousand rubles. All officially employed citizens of the Russian Federation who pay personal income tax and are residents of the Russian Federation can apply for a tax deduction. //ria.ru/20230323/nalogi-1860217515.html» data-title=»The State Duma will be amended to automate the tax deduction»>