Petrozavodsk revenues from the tourist tax can give 20 million in the budget next year

The draft budget of the city in the first reading was considered at a joint meeting of the Petrograd Council Commission on Economy and Finance and the Commission on Health, Ecology and Social Development.

The main issue of the upcoming session will be the adoption of the main parameters of the budget of the Karelian capital for 2027, as well as the planning period of the next two years. Namely, the projected revenue and expenditure parts, the deficit or surplus, the upper limit of municipal debt.

According to the project, the projected revenues and expenses of the Karelian capital will amount to more than 12 billion rubles. And the possible deficit is 93.5 million rubles. At the same time, the support of the republic and the federal center will play a significant role in the formation of the budget of Petrozavodsk. Intergovernmental transfers will amount to 6.2 billion rubles. At the same time, the city’s own tax and non-tax revenues amount to 5.9 billion rubles.

Chairman of the Petrograd Council Elena Malysheva at the meeting asked to provide information on the dynamics of income from the tourist tax introduced in Petrozavodsk in 2025. According to the administration, by the end of this year, the city budget will receive 34.8 million rubles, which is 12.2 million rubles more than in 2025. And, due to the gradual increase in the tax rate, the forecast of financial revenues from the tourist tax in 2027 is 52 million rubles.