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Benjamin Franklin once said that the only two things that are inevitable in the world are death and taxes. True, a person dies once, and he pays taxes again and again.
Some of them seem to ordinary people a little strange and inappropriate, and some - ridiculous and absurd.
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The new year has just begun, and Japan has already pleased with the new tax. The Land of the Rising Sun introduced a 1,000 yen ($9.20) exit tax.
It came into force on January 7 and applies to both local residents and tourists. The good news is that you won't have to go to Japanese tax: the amount will be included in the price of a return ticket for a plane or sea vessel.
An exception was made for a very few: an additional 1,000 yen will not need to be paid for those who stay in the country for less than 24 hours, children under two years old, as well as foreign ambassadors and government guests.
The additional funds received (and according to preliminary calculations, this is neither more nor less - almost half a billion dollars) the Japanese authorities promise to spend on the development of infrastructure on the eve of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, which will be held in 2020.
In addition, additional funds will be used to speed up migration procedures, install equipment for cashless fares in public transport, and install a face recognition system at airports in major cities in Japan.
Social networks and blogs: expensive pleasure
Social media is evil! The authorities of Uganda rightly decided so, and from June 1, 2018 they introduced a tax on social networks in the amount of $ 0.05 for each day of use. It was explained to the citizens of the country: there are so many gossips in social networks (including about the local government) that a lot of money is needed to cope with their consequences.
And in March 2018, Tanzania introduced a tax on blogs. Want to blog in Tanzania? Pay a tax of $440 a year - and sleep well! For non-payment, severe punishment is provided: a fine of $ 2,500 or 12 months in prison.
In the footsteps of Prince Lemon
It is possible that in Venezuela, before introducing a special tax for passengers flying from Maiquelia International Airport in Caracas, they re-read the famous tale of Gianni Rodari.
The government said the tax is needed to offset the cost of the airport's newly installed air filtration system. The system sanitizes and deodorizes the airport and stops the growth of bacteria, thereby protecting the health of all passengers, and this tax is popularly known as the "breath tax".
However, as is known from the same fairy tale, the irresponsible inhabitants of a fairy-tale country began to breathe less after the introduction of a tax on air, which Prince Lemon was extremely indignant at. And, therefore, there is a need to expand the tax base. Moreover, there is a positive experience of "colleagues".
The sun tax is paid by all tourists coming to Mallorca, Menorca and other Balearic Islands. Its size is 1 euro per day, and the money is spent on improving the tourist infrastructure. Considering that about 10 million people visit the islands every year, the amount is quite substantial.
The shadow tax is valid in Venice. Fortunately, it is not tourists who pay for their own shadows, but establishments whose shade from umbrellas and awnings falls on urban lands.
And the Armenian authorities have recently introduced a tax on dust. Everyone who owns a living space is obliged to pay 2 drams (about 12 kopecks) per square meter.
Witchcraft "in law"
Witchcraft and divination are good business in Romania, where there are many superstitious people. For many years this business was not recognized by the government and therefore was not taxed, but the sweet life of sorcerers and fortune tellers came to an end.
The fact is that the Romanian economy is going through hard times, and in order to get more money, the government has imposed taxes on several previously neglected professions, including sorcerers, fortune tellers and astrologers.
Optimistic sorcerers even found some positive in this, because by taxing them, the government actually recognized their "legitimacy". However, most representatives of the occult sciences were not happy with the innovation and threatened to cast bad spells on the government. Witches warned: they regularly gather at the top of the Danube River and throw a mandrake plot into the water in order to curse the politicians who accepted this tax.
You can spoil the air. But for money
It may sound like a joke, but there is indeed a tax on cow farts in Estonia. Moreover, it was introduced not so long ago - in 2008. In a country where there are not a large number of large enterprises polluting the atmosphere, the owners of cows decided to impose an "environmental" fee.
Estonian parliamentarians considered the main air pollutants to be local cows, which emit methane into the atmosphere in the course of their vital activity. At the same time, pigs, horses and other animals were not taxed. And people can still spoil the air for free.
HOW IT WAS
Money doesn't smell
The Roman emperor Vespasian got a country that was pretty ruined by a civil war, and he had to somehow get out - mainly through the introduction of new taxes.
One such innovation was the tax on public toilets, unheard of in Rome. I must say that even his own son Titus was deeply outraged by such an ignoble way of making money. To which the emperor immediately shoved a coin under his nose and asked if it smelled. Having received a negative answer, Vespasian remarked with surprise: "Strange, but she is from urine." This conversation gave rise to the phrase "money does not smell", which is still popular today.
In ancient Rome, there was a so-called free tax, which had to be paid if a slave was freed. Sometimes this tax was paid by the owner, but in most cases by the exempt himself! Imagine the situation: the slave barely collected money for his release, and then it turns out that he still has to pay for the fact that he became free.
The Ottoman Empire was famous for the revelry of the all-powerful bureaucracy, which tirelessly raised its own standard of living at the expense of the people. In particular, local bureaucrats ate a lot, including sweets, because of which they had big problems with their teeth, and the services of Ottoman dentists were expensive. Without thinking twice, these hardships were shifted to the population by introducing a tax on the wear of the teeth of officials.
COMPETENT
Ukraine lacks tax on nepotism
A tax on leaving the country, following the example of the Japanese, could also bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the treasury, given the scale of migration, - analyst Oleksiy Kushch noted in a commentary to KP in Ukraine. - In Ukraine, the field for taxation is almost limitless. For example , you can introduce a tax on fat on a special scale, depending on how many fingers the thickness of a piece is, or an excise tax on "general's" with a slot.
You can introduce a tax on the "Russian-language cultural product" in the western regions of the country or a duty on chanson in minibuses. Personally, I would introduce an additional tax on "nepotism": if you want your godfather to become officials or a deputy, pay an additional 5% of turnover!
As for the most senseless tax in Ukraine, in my opinion, today it is a real estate tax on apartments over 60 square meters. In the conditions of unfilled state registers, it looks like a local exotic: the payer has to run pretty hard to be "overlaid".
In the 19th century, a tax that had been in place for several centuries was abolished in Britain. It was a very strange tax by our standards: on the windows. It was introduced in 1696 King William III of Orange. The fact is that only wealthy people could afford glass windows in the 17th century, and it was simply impossible to hide them from strangers. The British window tax is, in fact, an analogue of modern luxury taxes: you have a good income and the opportunity to buy glass (or even its most expensive type: solid, not made up of pieces), please, share it with the state.
Nowadays, people deduct taxes from their salaries, pay for apartments, cottages, cars. But the world is full of strange, at first glance, contributions, like the British tax on windows. And they still operate.
USA: Drugs, tattoos, fast food
In the US state of Tennessee, a tax is levied on psychotropic drugs. These include marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and other drugs. Contributions are collected on condition of anonymity by the Internal Service. At the same time, drugs, of course, are generally prohibited in the state. Interestingly, if state police catch a drug dealer and he shows them a receipt confirming the payment of taxes on cocaine or marijuana, then he can count on a reduced sentence for drug distribution.
Another unusual tax that is levied on Americans is the fee for piercings and tattoos. It operates in Arkansas. Fans of decorating the body and face with tattoos and / or earrings are required to pay a special fee to the treasury in the amount of 6% of the cost for each tattoo or piercing.
This tax was introduced in 2005, it is part of the American campaign against tattoos: the authorities fear that unprofessional tattooing carries the risk of contracting various infections, including HIV and hepatitis.
America has several taxes on food and drink. In particular, in New York there is a fee for semi-finished products, and sliced bread is taxed twice: first as a food product, and then as cooked. But in California there is a tax of 33% (!) On fresh fruit sold in vending machines. In Chicago, candies that contain flour are taxed at 1%, while sweets without flour are taxed at 6.25%.
Great Britain: not behind the windows, so behind the TV
In Britain, by the way, the matter was not limited to the window tax alone. For example, in the 12th century, the kingdom had a tax on ... cowardice: if an Englishman liable for military service refused to participate in the war, he was obliged to pay for it. Over time, there were so many "cowards" that the king had to triple the tax. We can recall another example: the tax on hats in the XVIII-XIX centuries. Then every man in England wore a top hat, cap or bowler hat and paid a fee for his hat.
These days Britons don't pay for every hat, but for every TV they have in their home. The tax on a color TV is higher than the fee for a black-and-white one (if someone else still has those). Blind owners of "boxes" are allowed to pay only half the amount.
Italy: shadow tax
In summer, the air temperature in Venice can warm up to 40 degrees, and then exhausted tourists (and Italians themselves) seek refuge in the shade. In 1993, the government of the city on the water introduced a shade tax, which must be paid by the owners of shops, restaurants and other commercial facilities, the shade of which falls on city land.
Some entrepreneurs considered such a fee unreasonable and abandoned awnings and canopies on the facades and roofs of their establishments. Those who agreed with the demands of the authorities pay the tax not only in sunny weather, but also in cloudy weather, when there are no shadows.
Balearic archipelago: paying for a place in the sun
But travelers coming to the Balearic Islands pay a tax on the sun. It has been operating since the 2000s. Guests of Ibiza, Menorca, Mallorca and other resorts deduct 1 euro for each day of their stay on the island.
The money received from the "tax on the sun" is directed by local authorities to the development of infrastructure for tourists: to clean the beaches from garbage and restore the ecological situation. In fact, this is a "resort fee", but it is designed precisely as a tax on the sun's rays.
Austria: plaster tax
Visitors to Austria pay contributions not for the sun, but for ... injuries. The fact is that every winter hundreds of thousands of tourists come to the ski resorts of the republic. Many of them get injured and end up in the hospital.
The Austrian authorities have obliged snowboarders and skiers to pay a special ski fee: it is necessary to treat unfortunate skiers who have broken limbs on the slope for something.
Republic of Guinea: no war, paying for peace
Despite the fact that no hostilities are being conducted on the territory of the Republic of Guinea, the already poor inhabitants of this country pay a peace tax. Annual deductions to the state treasury cost a citizen of Guinea 17 euros, which is a considerable amount for the inhabitants of this country.
At all times, since the formation of the first states, the authorities tried to introduce taxes, through which it was possible to replenish the treasury. In most cases, taxation was quite logical and did not raise questions from people. However, there were times when the desire to get rich won common sense.
We invite you to learn about taxes that can safely be called strange.
Gypsum tax (Austria)
Austria is known for its ski resorts, which attract hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. Most of these people come not only for a portion of fresh air, but also for extreme sensations. The Austrian government considered that the health insurance that every tourist entering the country does not fully cover the state's expenses for endless dislocations and fractures of people. In this regard, it was decided to include an additional amount in the cost of ski services, which is intended to cover the cost of plaster, if a tourist suddenly breaks any part of the body.
Prostitution tax (Holland)
At some point, the news from Holland stopped shocking the whole world. It would seem that the peculiar way of life in this country no longer surprised either local residents or tourists, when suddenly the country's authorities decided to impose a tax on shop windows, behind which women who sell their bodies demonstrate their charms. The government claims that in this way it was possible to raise a budget that will be used to pay for additional patrols in neighborhoods where prostitution is common. Sex workers are categorically against the new tax and intend to defend their case in court.
Sparrow tax (Germany)
The tax on sparrows was invented in one of the cities of Germany in the 16th century. Local authorities have found no better explanation for the unexpected fundraiser than that the poor birds are chirping too loudly and disturbing sleep. Every inhabitant of Württemberg had the opportunity to bypass the payment of tax by killing a dozen sparrows, for which he also received 6 kreuzers. If the owner of the house did not hand over the bodies of dead birds by the required date, then he had to replenish the state treasury by 12 kreuzers. The laziest residents of the city bought dead birds from underground sellers.
Peace Tax (Republic of Guinea)
Back in the 11th century in England, knights had to pay funds to the state for all the time that the country did not participate in the war. Such a tax existed for about 300 years, then it was replaced by another one, which allows replenishing the treasury at the expense of the troops. Today, paradoxically, there is a similar tax. Residents of the Republic of Guinea are forced to pay a peace tax, although there is no military action in the country. Despite the fact that most of the inhabitants of the Republic of Guinea are below the poverty line, the authorities continue to collect a fixed amount from all people.
Tax on cow farts (Estonia)
In 2008, the Estonian authorities introduced a tax on the emission of methane by cows, which pollutes the air. The tax was imposed only on those farms where there are cows. Farmers who raise chickens, pigs, or other animals were exempt from fundraising. The fact is that the country does not have a large number of enterprises that pollute the air, so cows were chosen as the worst polluters.
Sun tax (Balearic Islands)
The tax on the sun was imposed not on local residents, but on tourists. Every foreigner who comes to the resorts of Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and several other islands must pay 1 euro per day for staying under the sun on a foreign land. The authorities claim that all the funds raised are spent on improving the infrastructure of resort areas, cleaning beaches and restoring the ecological balance of the environment.
Hat tax (UK)
From 1784 to 1811, the British government managed to significantly replenish the state treasury, one might say, without much effort. All it took was a tax on hats. In those days, both rich men and poor men could not imagine their lives without a headdress. The only difference was that a rich gentleman had several varieties of hats, for which the tax had to be paid higher than a poor man who had only one headdress.
Barbecue tax (Belgium)
Residents of the Belgian region of Wallonia, since 2007, must pay a tax on the use of grills. One can speculate for a long time why the authorities decided to introduce just such a tax, but it is unlikely to be able to guess the true reason. The fact is that in a similar way the Belgian government is fighting global warming. In their opinion, every time a Wallooner fires up coals on the grill, a large amount of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, which, in turn, affects climate change. For each use of the barbecue on his site, a person must pay the state 20 euros.
Tax on tattoos and piercings (USA)
A person who decides to pierce any part of the body or apply a tattoo in the US state of Arkansas should stock up on additional funds. This place has a body modification tax, and the Arkansas resident must pay 6% of the cost of the amount of the procedure that he will receive. The authorities claim that in this way they are struggling with an unprofessional approach to tattooing. In their opinion, such a tax will help prevent the spread of various kinds of diseases.
Dust tax (Armenia)
In Armenia, it was decided to introduce a tax on dust. More specifically, the government felt that there was too much dust in the courtyards of the country, and organizations that monitor cleanliness could not cope. The official appeal to the citizens of Armenia reads: "Having discussed the issue of removing excess dust in the yards by sanitary-cleaning organizations, the Ministry of Economy decided: the population must pay the cost of dust removal at the rate of 1.91 drams per 1 square meter."
Shadow tax (Venice)
In Venice, back in 1993, a strange tax was introduced, which is still in effect today. Every owner of a shop or cafe whose building shade falls on municipal land must replenish the state treasury. Many owners dismantled the facades of buildings to get rid of paying the tax, but there are those who still pay the money. It is noteworthy that the collection of money does not depend on the number of sunny days in the city.
Civil marriage tax (China)
You will not surprise anyone with a civil marriage these days. Some are supporters of such relations, others are ardent opponents. For example, in many European countries, more than 60% of couples live together without registering their relationship. The authorities of the Chinese city of Tianjin in 1996 decided to oppose such relationships and announced a tax that applies to couples in love. Now cohabitation without formalization of relations costs a thousand yuan a year.
Cowardice tax (England)
The cowardice tax was levied on knights or citizens liable for military service if, for some reason, they did not want to take part in the wars for their country. In fact, such a tax was an official bribe and enabled the coward to pay off all the dangers that could await him in the war.
Mind Expander Tax (USA)
Paradoxically, in 2005, the US state of Tennessee introduced a tax on psychotropic substances. Authorities offer drug dealers to anonymously pay a certain amount of money for the opportunity to distribute their goods. If the drug dealer is arrested, he can produce receipts showing that taxes have been paid on time, which will allow the drug dealer to defend himself in court.
Tax on disposable chopsticks (China)
All lovers of Asian cuisine know what disposable wooden sticks are used for. What can we say about the inhabitants of China, who at the meal unanimously prefer this simple and ingenious invention. Few of the lovers of Chinese cuisine have thought about how many trees are cut down so that a person, using chopsticks only once, throws them away. The Chinese authorities not only thought about this issue, but also introduced a tax on the use of disposable chopsticks. Now the people of China must pay 5% of the sale of each pair of wooden sticks to the state treasury.
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As you know, taxes appeared with the first states. And if at first they were levied on land, livestock and workers, then over time rather strange and simply ridiculous fees appeared, such as, for example, a tax on the use of public toilets in Rome under Emperor Vespasian, or a tax on eye color introduced in Bashkiria in the 17th century. th century. We invite you to learn about the strangest taxes that currently exist in different countries of the world:
Sun tax in the Balearic Islands
This tax was introduced in the early 2000s. Since then, every tourist who comes to the archipelago (Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and other islands) is obliged to pay one euro for each day of their stay here. The funds collected through the "solar" collection are used to clean up the coastal zone and beaches from garbage, restore the ecological balance, that is, to improve the tourist infrastructure. I must say that the treasury is replenished with decent amounts: only during 2012, about 10.400.000 tourists visited the Balearic Islands.
Tax on cow farts in Estonia
No, this is not a joke, such a tax has indeed been introduced in the country, and more recently, in 2008. There are not so many large enterprises in Estonia that pollute the atmosphere, so the parliamentarians "appointed guilty" cows (releasing methane into the atmosphere in the process of life), and their owners were obliged to pay a tax. Interestingly, horses, pigs and other living creatures, in their opinion, do not "threaten" the country's ecology.
Peace tax in the Republic of Guinea
Residents of one of the poorest countries in West Africa, already living below the poverty line, still pay a peace tax every year ... even though there is no military action in the country. For each peaceful year of life, a citizen of the country is obliged to pay 17 euros - a very tangible amount for a Guinean. To understand how tangible: 1 kg of coffee costs only 50 euro cents.
Gypsum tax in Austria
As you know, this country is one of the most popular countries in Europe among lovers of ski holidays. The authorities of the country came up with an unusual tax, which they decided to impose on skiers and snowboarders who come here from all over the world. In addition to the medical insurance that a tourist must have, they considered it necessary to introduce a mandatory ski tax, which subsequently received such a name.
According to statistics, almost 150,000 tourists are injured while skiing in Austria every year, who then end up in Austrian hospital beds. The calculated total amount of their treatment convinced the authorities of the need to charge them an additional tax (it is included in the price of ski services). These funds are transferred to medical institutions in Austria for the treatment of injuries and fractures, that is, it turns out that the skiers themselves are "dumped" both for their own treatment and for the treatment of fellow extreme athletes.
Barbecue tax in Belgium
This tax was introduced in 2007 by the authorities of the Walloon Region, which includes five southern provinces with a population of about 4 million people. It was decided to start the fight against global warming with a barbecue tax. According to environmentalists, 50-100 g of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere during grilling, which is the cause of climate change. Therefore, every time a Walloon resident wants to use a grill on his own lawn, he must pay a tax of 20 euros. Moreover, it will not work to dodge, since the heat source is immediately "caught" by thermal cameras installed in helicopters patrolling the territory. Everything is grown-up.
Tax on tattoos and piercings in the United States
The tax was introduced in the state of Arkansas in 2005. In addition to paying for the services of a tattoo artist, residents of the state must pay 6% of the cost for each tattoo applied to the body and for each puncture. Probably, the tax was introduced as a means of combating non-professionals who apply drawings in violation of all hygiene rules, as a result of which the risk of contracting certain dangerous diseases (HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis) increases.
Tax on disposable chopsticks in China
Since 2006, the Chinese have been paying a special tax for being able to use chopsticks. A 5% tax on the sale of each pair of sticks was introduced to protect forests from deforestation. According to statistics, about 45 billion pairs of disposable sticks are used (and therefore thrown away) every year in the country, for the production of which about 25 million trees are destroyed. Realizing that at such a pace in the next 10 years, China could be left without forests at all, the authorities imposed a tax on their use. By the way, bamboo products are also taxed in China.
Consciousness expander tax in the US
The authorities of the country managed to find a way to replenish the treasury even with illegal drugs. In the state of Tennessee, in 2005, a tax on psychotropic substances was introduced, which included ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana and others. Drug traffickers can pay taxes anonymously, and if they are arrested, upon presentation to the court of evidence that they have paid the tax, they can count on leniency.
Shade tax in Venice
The tax was introduced in 1993. All owners of urban establishments, whose buildings shade falls on municipal land, are required to pay a certain fee. Some of the businessmen immediately dismantled the canopies and canopies from the facades of their buildings, while others preferred not to change the appearance of their establishments, replenishing the city's budget every year. By the way, the tax must be paid not only on sunny days, but also on cloudy days, and there are much more of them in Venice.
Civil marriage tax in China
This tax, introduced in the mid-90s, is an attempt by the country's authorities to fight civil marriages, which are perceived as a dangerous trend. Since then, every couple cohabiting without official registration has to pay 1,000 yuan per year (about 120 euros). The tax is levied according to the "denunciation" method: local authorities are "reported" that someone lives together without signing, and this couple is obliged to replenish the treasury.
(according to Forbes.ru)
You will be surprised how many strange taxes are offered in Russia. Some have not yet been introduced, but some of them may soon become a reality. Tsargrad has collected the most amazing fiscal proposals.
"Air tax"
Back in June of this year, Anatoly Chubais, head of the Rosnano state corporation, proposed introducing a new carbon tax for businesses in Russia. The idea of introducing an "air tax" was commented on by the economic observer of Tsargrad, Yuri Pronko.
According to him, among the current Russian elite there is a separate category of people who should "keep quiet and not draw attention to themselves," but who cannot restrain themselves, so "they try to be clever and provoke in order to evaluate the reaction later." It is to this category of people that the "nanoswindler" Chubais belongs, Pronko believes.
“Personally, it’s obvious to me: Chubais is not just provoking, he and his partners are probing us for, excuse me, “lice”. Will they swallow it or not? Will they remain silent or will they be indignant? - Pronko said on the air of the Dry Residue program in Tsargrad.
The expert emphasized that if the "Chubais extortion" is introduced, it will once again be withdrawn from the wallets of Russian citizens, as was already the case with the increase in VAT, an increase in excise taxes on fuel and other "initiatives". And this is in a situation where the incomes of Russian families have been falling for six years in a row, and the tax burden is only growing, Pronko points out.
Chubais's idea found its continuation in the bill on "carbon collection". The Ministry of Economic Development proposed its own version of the document. However, so far it has only attracted criticism.
So, the Federation Council put forward their objections, which, as they write "", have already been sent to the head of the apparatus of the Russian government, Konstantin Chuichenko. Senators believe that a new payment for enterprises for exceeding the quota for greenhouse gas emissions may adversely affect the dynamics of the country's economic growth.
The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), like Pronko, fears that the "carbon fee" will provoke an increase in housing and communal services tariffs for Russian residents and increase inflation.
"Mushroom Tax"
The term "mushroom tax" or "mushroom tax" appeared after it became known that the Ministry of Agriculture would take control of the collection and circulation of wild mushrooms and berries. In addition, the department's specialists will also monitor the collection of birch sap, seeds, nuts and medicinal plants. That is, the collection of so-called "wild plants" - what grows in the forest.
The government nods at the uncontrolled collection of wild plants. But only the export potential of the mushroom market was previously estimated by the same Ministry of Agriculture at $ 2 billion.
“But if you look at the price of wild plants, then a simple layman may be surprised. How is it that salted mushrooms at 1000 rubles per kilogram are low economic motivation? - MK could not resist the irony. - Although most likely it means the creation of an enterprise. So that pickers do not they only harvested mushrooms and berries, but they also paid taxes where they should.
The draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers states that "products based on wild food resources have a high export potential, and therefore giving the Ministry of Agriculture the authority to determine state policy in the field of processing wild plants will entail, among other things, the development of production and an increase in the supply of processed products for export."
"What kind of money will it be, and how are they going to control whether people have a license? Or will they put riot police behind every tree to check our licenses?" - the Swedish newspaper Dagens nyheter quotes the interviewed summer residents from the Moscow region.
"Water tax"
In Bashkiria, starting from the new year, they are preparing to introduce a tax on water from a well - "for water supply from underground sources." This innovation will concern horticultural associations.
Now, in order to pump groundwater, they will need to obtain a special license from the Ministry of Ecology. Until January 1, 2020, this document can be issued free of charge.
At the same time, local deputies assure that the tax will not affect individuals. We are talking about collective gardening and dacha partnerships, where wells have been drilled to provide plots with water. According to the subsoil law, wells and wells for personal use - drinking and watering - are not subject to any payments. But here the officials are either being cunning or do not want to ask the obvious question: where will the partnerships get the money for these taxes from? The answer suggests itself - from summer residents and gardeners. Whether this will be the case - time will tell.
"From January 1, 2020, there comes a mandatory requirement for gardening partnerships to issue a license. Until today, a license was not required for the use of groundwater. And taxes were not paid either. From January 1, 2020, this requirement becomes mandatory," the deputy minister of nature management and ecology quotes Republic of Ildus Yakhin edition of bash.news.
childlessness tax
By the way, Bashkiria has distinguished itself with another tax initiative. For the sake of increasing the birth rate in the region, they decided to turn to the experience of the Soviet Union and proposed to introduce a tax on childlessness. Konstantin Tolkachev, chairman of the State Assembly - the Kurultai of Bashkiria, wrote about this on his Facebook page.
"Since the Constitution of the Russian Federation proclaims Russia a social state, the question of the tax on childlessness, which existed in the Soviet Union until its collapse, should not be removed from the agenda," the politician explained his thought, noting that he was closer to the initiative to reduce the amount of taxes paid for parents.
"Death Tax"
In 2017, the Ministry of Construction proposed to oblige the citizens of our country to save not only for a "prosperous old age", but also for a "worthy funeral." The department announced the need to introduce the so-called "death tax" in Russia. This refers to a certain amount of money that citizens will monthly transfer to the state in order to provide themselves with a worthy farewell to the other world.
According to specialists from the Ministry of Construction, citizens of our country should have one more obligatory document - a certificate of compulsory death insurance.
Money for a "rainy day", according to officials, could be automatically deducted from the salary, by analogy with taxes, as well as insurance and pension contributions. It was also assumed that the "pod" would be on a special account. That is, not only for retirement, but also for death, money from citizens would be centrally collected by the state.
How about in the Union?
By the way, the Soviet Union also had a lot of amazing and strange taxes. For example, the "bachelor tax", also known as the tax on childlessness, which was introduced in 1941 and was canceled only in the early 1990s. Childless men aged 20 to 50 and childless married women aged 20 to 45 had to contribute 6 percent of their salaries to the state.
