Taxes on real estate, entrepreneurs and income

This summer, the authorities are going to raise the tax on the first apartment.

Earlier it was announced that the increase would be 10%, but the bill envisages an increase of 11.1%.

Officials also want to raise the tax for entrepreneurs and individuals who work without registration of an IP.

For example, for tutors in Minsk it will increase from 82 to 164 rubles per month, for builders the tax will increase from 292 to 438 rubles.

Also, raise the income tax.

In 2023, it will be equal to 20% (now 18%).

Taxes for mobile operators

The increased income tax remains for mobile operators next year.

It has increased since January 1, 2021 from 18% to 30%.

It was introduced to "consolidate revenues for the fight against COVID-19".

Now the authorities want such a tax to be valid until January 1, 2025, which is also recorded in the updated Tax Code.

Excise rates on cigarettes and alcohol

Over the summer, they plan to increase excise duty rates on alcohol and cigarettes.

Now, for the first price group of cigarettes, the excise rate is 43.56 rubles per 1,000 cigarettes, and for the second - 91.36 rubles.

In the draft amendments to the Tax Code, it was written that from January 1, 2023, the excise duty rates for cigarettes of the first price group will rise to 55.6 rubles, from April - to 66.25 rubles, from July - to 78.97 rubles, and in October - to 95.59 rubles.

For the second price category, the increase will be 107.93 rubles in stages (from January), 119.09 rubles (from April), 131.38 rubles (from July), 147.03 rubles (from October).

Taxes on dogs

Fees from dog owners are also increasing.

Owners of dogs older than 3 months must pay the fee, it must be done once every 3 months.

Now the rate of such a fee is 9.3 rubles, and for potentially dangerous breeds of dogs - 46.5 rubles.

In the draft of amendments to the Tax Code, it is proposed that these fees should increase to 11.1 rubles and 55.5 rubles, respectively.

Land tax

They also plan to increase the land tax.

This will affect both citizens and businesses.

Growth will be about 19%.

For example, they want to raise the land tax rate for a residential multi-apartment zone to 14.71 rubles per hectare (now 12.32 rubles per hectare).

Business fees also want to increase.

Now the tax for car markets, gaming establishments, shopping centers and markets is 184.52 rubles per hectare.

It is going to be raised to 220.32 rubles.

How the tax increase is explained by the authorities

Despite a number of taxes that will increase this summer, the Minister of Finance of Belarus Yury Seliverstau believes that "the tax burden will even decrease a little."

"In general, if you look at all these measures that we have taken for a number of years, they are of such a delayed plan.

And the tax burden will even decrease a little, despite the fact that we propose to increase the income tax by 2 percentage points," said the Minister of Finance.