A new tax on housing could appear in 2012

A single real estate tax, which will replace the fee for land and property, may be introduced before 2013, it is possible that he will appear next year in the 12 pilot regions of Russia. This was announced by Director of Economic Development and Trade Andrei Ivakin estate in an interview to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". "The experiment with the real estate tax can be started in 12 regions, where the summer to end the mass valuation of real estate cadastre, - noted the official. - Then, before the end of the year can be made at the rate calculations. And since 2012 the tax will "run in". Then, when ready, it will be introduced in other regions. " The measure now under discussion by the Ministry of Economic Development, Treasury and the Federal Tax Service. As it became known to the newspaper, the experiment can begin with Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Krasnodar and Krasnoyarsk territories, almost odnovermenno - in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Samara, Tver region. "The authorities seem willing to push for an indefinite time, the formation of uniform properties, which consist of land and buildings on it. And accordingly, one object of taxation. It is possible that the tax for land and buildings will be calculated separately, although for the same rate "- the director of the Real Estate Department of Economic Development. According to him, will remain the main sense of innovation - levy a tax on houses and apartments are not on the inventory and the cadastral value. Recall that Vzglyad Realty repeatedly informed about the reality of the introduction of new tax and the attitude towards innovation on the part of experts. To date, the tax base, from which he calculated tax is the cost of an apartment or house to assess the BTI. It's no secret that this estimate is very far from reality. "The introduction of a new tax on real estate suggests that as the tax base will be used by the cadastral value", - says CEO of audit firm "Smal and Partners" Svetlana Liliputina. Another thing is that the cadastral value does not coincide with the market price, but, in fact, much closer to it than the assessment of BTI. Even worse is that the market price - a rather relative concept, too, that today "square" is worth 5,000 rubles, and the next day - 125 ... .. And hardly a cumbersome bureaucracy to keep track of market prices. However, the very category of "inventory" does not imply its changes in accordance with these or other changes in the real economy, many experts believe. Note that the effective tax rate varies from 0.1% to 2%. Despite the fact that lawmakers plan to reduce it to 0.1-1%, the total amount of tax may be increased at times, as calculated from it will be very different amounts. In addition, the cadastral value, in contrast to the assessment of BTI includes the entire property complex that is houses, plots, apartments, cottages, garages and other buildings. Example: The cost of the standard two-room apartment of 60 square meters for evaluation of the BTI is now in Moscow, about 250 thousand rubles, and the tax rate - 0.1%. Payment is 250 rubles. But the market value of the same apartment - 10-11 million. That is the new tax will amount to 1-1.1 thousand rubles. To this amount should be added the cost of the land on which there is your house. Averaged over a range from 200 to 800 rubles from the apartment. However, if local authorities decide to introduce the coefficient is not 0.1%, but, say, to the maximum - 1%, you have to pay is an order of magnitude larger. The developers of the new tax does not conceal the fact that the tax rate on land would be "floating" in the range of 0.3 to 1.5%. There are among the bill's authors proposed the parallel introduction of tax credits for low-income people to the apartment up to 55 square meters and a maximum of six sections acres taxed at zero rate. Plus the fact, it is proposed that if a person owns an apartment in the 70 square meters, will have to pay tax only "excess" of 15 meters. There is also a proposal to introduce a monetary deduction for each apartment and land: any real estate is cheap to 3 million rubles will be subject to zero tax. Anything above 3 million - again, at a rate of 0.1-1% depending on the will of local authorities. "There is another" brake "in addition to risk a social explosion - says LOOK-Real Estate expert director of" Naousa "Yefim Talykin. - Single tax authorities can not enter, as in Russia often land and buildings may belong to different owners: land - state house - private. Making the home owner can not buy land. So declared an experiment - an experiment and there. " A month earlier, in no uncertain terms about the need to introduce a new tax advocated, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. "It will increase the load on the household, is an evolutionary process, but it is inevitable" - he said, noting that Russia a number of acute problems, such as demographics and support the country's defenses, so you have to decide "balanced budget". Apparently, some Kudrin sees the new property tax is such a tool. According to market experts surveyed VIEW properties, if the developers will introduce tax "with the mind" that is, of well-defined differentiation in tax rates, the innovation can be a good market regulator and motivational tool for effective management and property management. But there is a likelihood that affected, for example, single pensioners living in large apartment in central Moscow, or those who will inherit the apartment, but could not at that time to pay it. In this case, if a "care in the shadow" of tenants and the mass migration from the center to the suburbs, which could trigger social tension. The law should certainly take into account the interests of the citizens actually living in their apartments and houses. There are among the proposals and quite original - for example, start the experiment by putting a new tax Rublevka ... However, it comes from bloggers, not the bureaucrats. Which is not surprising. Curiously, as shown in the report, polls, 47% of Russians reacted positively to the introduction of a new tax on housing. And among the inhabitants of Moscow and St. Petersburg, the number of those who are satisfied with the new tax is 66%. At the same time share the same negatively evaluate the proposal - 37%, and among Moscow and St. Petersburg only 22%. In a survey of experts opinion polls have found the Russians that the authorities should take to reduce speculation in the housing market. The most effective measure of respondents believe the tax increase for those who have more than one apartment. What is important is the number of supporters of this method is constantly growing. "The task of government should be a competent presentation and explanation of who and how to pay let's say" tomorrow "- the director of consulting" Bureau of Information Support of investments "Victor Shcherbakov. - Housing and Utilities - is that every time a serious "bet" on a pocket of every citizen. On how realistic calculation of the new tax will depend on many things, including his collection. "