PROBLEMATIC ISSUES OF THE ADDED VALUE TAX

Abstract

The reform of the budgetary and administrative spheres of legislation at the present stage is inextricably linked with the direction taken at the state level to stabilize the economy in the country, as well as to stimulate its growth. Particularly important element of this phenomenon is taxes, which represent the main source of revenues in the country’s budget and financial system. Today in the sphere of economy and financial regulation there is a question of increase of taxes. The President of the Russian Federation has already signed a law, according to which from January 1, 2019 the VAT rate increases from 18 to 20%. At the same time, the existing VAT benefits in the form of an exemption from this tax, as well as the VAT rate of 0% and 10% remain. The reform of the law on VAT (in addition to the increase of budget revenues from tax amounts) intended to eliminate the economic failure of the application of VAT and simplification of VAT administration. It should be noted that the problems arising from the improvement of indirect taxation, in this case, affecting the value added tax, are currently relevant for Russia. Starting from 1992, when VAT was introduced in Russia for the first time, to the present day, there are clashes of opinions of the warring parties about the relevance of the value added tax. The problems affect the level of rates and the procedure for calculating tax liabilities, the volume and structure of benefits, the procedure for VAT collection in the movement of goods and services between foreign partners, as well as the probability of its replacement with sales tax or the establishment of a single VAT rate. And this is not the most complete list of problems arising from the reform of the value added tax.

Keywords

• russian tax system
• tax legislation
• value added tax
• vat
• indirect taxes
• tax rate
• tax burden
• tax deduction
• tax administration
• federal budget
• inflation
• online cash register
• cash registers