Abstract: The subject of this research is the experience of incentivizing the activity of industrial clusters in the Russian Federation. The author examines the tools uses as the support measures of their activity, and notes that at present tax instruments are practically out of use. The applied direct methods for supporting the activity of industrial clusters (subsidies) are insufficient and have a number of shortcomings; however, the supplementary indirect methods (tax reductions) are capable of increasing the overall effectiveness of implemented measures. As the indirect support measures, the author recommends using the tax instruments in form of the zones with preferential tax regimes. The information framework for this study contains normative and legislative acts, electronic resources, reports on realization of government programs, and statistical data. The main conclusions consist in the following theses: 1) insufficiency of direct support measures of the activity of industrial clusters (primarily due to the limited circle of receivers); 2) pertinence of using integrated tax measures for incentivizing the activity of industrial clusters; 3) most acceptable, from the author perspective, form of incentivizing the activity of industrial clusters is the extension of special economic zones regime to them.  

Abstract: The subject of the research is the experience of income taxation in a number of foreign states (Island, France, Germany, Great Britain, USA, Mexico, Check Republic, Bulgaria). The author of the article analyzes the main features of income taxation in the aforesaid countries in terms of their possible use in Russia in order to eliminate the disparity of different levels of income in the country. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author summarizes and analyzes the main elements of the income taxation in the foreign states and comments whether it is possible to use it in Russia in order to smooth the income disparity of different population levels. In her research the author has used general research methods such as observation, comparison, collection, summary and analysis of data, deduction and induction. The information base of the research includes legal acts, regulations and Internet resources. The main conclusions of the research are the following: the progressive scale that is widely used in income taxation abroad does not guarantee a better distribution of income between different layers of Russian population. In order to maintain an equal distribtion of income, it is better to use other elements of income taxation such as establishment of non-taxable minimum, socially oriented deductions, implementation of family taxation, etc.