Matvienko proposed to cancel the VAT exemption for lobsters and lobsters

The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko called for the abolition of benefits at the rate of value added tax (VAT) on delicatessen products, including oysters and lobsters. According to her, the budget would receive from the cancellation of benefits about 6 billion rubles. The speaker believes that the proceeds could build schools or children's hospitals.

Ms. Matvienko complained that the work on the inventory of tax benefits “is not very active.” She recalled that for delicate goods, including oysters, lobsters, langoustines and lobsters, a discount is set at the value-added tax rate - instead of 22%, 10% are paid for them.

The cancellation of this benefit will lead to additional revenues to the federal budget in the amount of about 6 billion rubles. We are told: “Well, think about it, 6 billion,” you wouldn’t think, a chicken pecks at a grain. For these funds, you can build, for example, two new schools or a children's hospital, and lobster lovers, I think, will not suffer much from this, they simply will not notice, the speaker said at a hearing on the parameters of the three-year budget.

On September 24, the Ministry of Finance submitted to the government the draft federal budget for 2027 and the planning period of 2028 and 2029. The budget policy is designed to meet social obligations, finance defense and security, support for the participants of the SVO and their families, as well as the development of technological leadership. The main items of budget expenditure in 2027 were National Defense and Social Policy.

Details - in the material "Kommersant" "Budget froze.".