Sunday, October 23, 2011

For someone to hit a new tax on housing

Authorities say the introduction of a single tax on real estate since 1997. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin called 2013-2014 years. As an experiment, the new tax will "break in" in several regions of the country. In two of them it has already happened, and the result was not the way it represented the developers. In 2012, property taxes can only enter as an experiment in some regions of Russia, which held a full cadastral valuation of real estate, but not across the country. This is unrealistic as long as there is no system of assessing the market value of real estate. For this reason, the government plans to introduce a flat tax instead of the two existing today - on land and property - in 2013. The most important point - the tax rate will be determined by local authorities. "The tax will reduce the number of investment deals with housing, more apartments will go for rent, and relating to the categories of" budget ", and by increasing the share of" bad "rented apartments will increase the cost of rent for quality housing, as it will be less "Rosreestr reported on the completion of work in 12 regions. In the Kaluga region and Tatarstan during the transition from the current system of counting the cost to inventory cost has turned in an average fivefold increase in the tax base in the Kaluga region. In Tatarstan - 8-fold increase. This is reported by "Vedomosti", with reference to the report of the nonprofit organization "Soyuzexpertiza" at the Chamber of Russia. This significant increase has little in common with earlier estimates the Finance Ministry, whose experts have argued that the maximum tax rate on real estate at the federal level can be set at 0.1%. Local authorities will set their own rates, but not higher than at the federal level. However, if we understand that any tax is Fiscal essence, it is unlikely that local authorities will take less if you can, and more. To understand the specific amounts can give you an example: the owner of an apartment in Moscow in an area of ​​40 m and $ 8 million rubles will pay a tax of $ 8 thousand. Ministry of Economic Development proposes not taxing apartments, houses and plots a specific area: to introduce a zero rate for apartments with the area to 55 square meters of land for no more than six acres. Officials also propose to introduce monetary deduction of 3 million rubles, which corresponds to the average cost of an apartment in Russia. How much benefit from replacement of the property tax on land and property taxes, while difficult to predict, experts say. Now the property tax is calculated on the basis of property valuation BTI rate ranging from 0.1% to 2%. Base for land tax - the cadastral value of land. Rate determines the municipalities, the maximum is 0.3% for agricultural land and land occupied by housing, and 1.5% - for other areas. Valuation of property BTI below market value of the object. It applies the system of the 60s, which does not take into account the location of the apartment (in the center or outskirts), and takes into account the age and condition of property. For example, an old apartment in Moscow can be estimated from less than a new Ring Road. Experts consulting company "B.I.P.I." told LOOK-Real Estate, that will all depend on how market value will exceed the cost of inventory. For owners of property worth more than half a million rubles tax rate can reach 2%, ie tax cost of 10 thousand rubles. If the market value of the property under the new system will be at 2 million rubles, the amount of property tax at a rate of 0.1% will be for the owner is less than before - only 2 thousand rubles. "The main problem is not so much in the cadastral valuation of housing stock, - says CEO agency audit and evaluation of real estate capital Nikanorov Alex. - A very controversial position that it will contribute to the exit tax of the total housing market on the market, reduce the cost of square meters and generally will be "good" for all, but still have to pay will be less. In a market economy, this can not be. " "Whether the authorities themselves confused, or trying to confuse us - says the experiment in two regions of Russia with the introduction of new tax expert audit company" DomAuditKonsalting "Arkady Sviridov. - A new tax involves the so-called "tax deduction", through which the poor, pensioners, owners of large apartments and small incomes remain in their home and pay more than they are today will not. However, this position requires a very precise mechanism of calculation as the value of a particular meter in a concrete house and apartment, and also, how many meters do not have to pay. Will paying citizen living in the house, who had never seen repair, as much as the owner of the new buildings, or "strong Stalinka" - it is not clear. Will I have to pay, relatively speaking, a resident of the Urals as much for his "square" as the Muscovite - it is not clear. If it will be different amounts, what kind of social justice can there be? Tatarstan's experience has shown that the increase of the tax burden will be rather big at all. " While the final version of the collection is not a new tax. Minekonorazvitiya proposes the introduction of so-called "tax credit", the Ministry of Finance - taxation of the appraised market value of housing. The first type of tax requires that the area of ​​the apartment will be given a certain amount of credit, for which a person will not pay. For example, it will be equal to 50 square meters, and for all the surplus will have to pay extra. Depending on the type of housing and number of the registered people on this area. This option is aimed, according to its authors, is to live in cramped conditions, pay less. The second option does not require any privileges, but in fact, experts say, is absolutely a market, so much so that the country was to him just not ready. "The concept of" market price "is very arbitrary and not stable - the director of" Office of Information Support of investments "Victor Shcherbakov. - Authorities say a year tax rate will be reviewed. But do not say on what basis. The surest approach - to follow the contracts of sale of housing, but in our country long ago no one points out the real value of transactions - no more than 5% of the selling and buying contracts do not fit into the real numbers of the transaction, preferring to elaborate schemes to bank cells, that is, with a supplement " black cash ". The question is - how to determine the market value of this? "As regards the first option of calculating the tax, the government calm, declaring that the rights of the poor will be protected. It is assumed that the apartments of 55 square meters of land and 6 acres will be taxed at zero rate. That is, they do not have to pay anything. But in a database of BTI in Moscow, for example, the number of flats to 12%. If there are at least an inch, this means that still have to pay. Incidentally, the majority of pensioners living in that house. Recall that even a few tenths of a meter deprive the owners' tax immunity. " "For me it is not clear whether the tax is different for different categories of housing - the head of real estate company in Moscow Viktor Ovchinnikov. - How much will pay for economy class and a "business". Another difficulty - that is in Moscow "model" housing, such as apartment at 70-80 meters in the province is considered "expensive mansions." They will have to pay for the same or not? '"The position of" let the rich pay more, "too, is hardly fair, if the state says it is in terms of moral, - says Eugene Sviblov. - Why, in fact, "even though they pay more?" We must not talk about "more" and the objective assessment of square footage occupied housing, regardless of the number prescribed in one housing. But then the poor will have to pay. The state can not allow this, but sit on two chairs, too, can not. " According to the experts, real estate tax will have a significant impact on the entire housing market. First, the tax would inevitably lead to the fact that not very wealthy owners of the "extra" meters will be exchanged or sell homes. In Russia, the middle is footage of a man at the level of 18-20 square meters, which is 3-3.5 times lower than in Europe, and in 4.5-5 times - in the U.S.. A necessary and this figure is reduced. Another option for the majority there will be no, given the low incomes of Russians. "The tax will reduce the number of investment deals with housing - the director of the capital's real estate office, Svetlana Rastorgueva. - More apartments will go for rent, and relating to the categories of "budget". And by increasing the share of "bad" rented apartments will increase the cost of rent for quality housing, as it will be less. This category also spur housing sales prices in "good" homes. Hence, the tax will act as a "redistribution of the accelerator and the market", and not in favor of the poor. The concepts of "market" and "fair tax", which is simultaneously used by many government officials, trying to explain the "benefits" of innovation, diametrically opposite in fact. And do not engage in self-deception, but rather to clearly explain how and why it will pay. " It is believed that the tax benefit realtors and developers, as they will have additional leverage on the poor, with large apartments in prestigious areas of the city. Realtors - income from resale to builders - cheapening the cost of resettlement houses to be demolished and construction on their new location. But anyway, the market does not reduce the price of the redivision of it, and would tend to increase in prices, according to many respondents VIEW Real Estate Experts of the housing market.

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