Aguzarova L.A., Morgoeva A.Kh. Some Features of the Taxation of Natural Resources in the Russian Federation

Abstract: The subject of the research is some features of taxation of oil industry. The authors also prove the need for imposing tax on financial result for taxpayers and state budget in general. In recent years there have been many debates on oil industry taxes because these are the revenues that fall under income producing revenues. There are constant attempts to reform the process of taxation in the oild sector. In this regard, the authors suggest to introduce a draft law about imposing tax on financial result. The authors prove that this tax will allow to replenish the state budget by imposing tax on excess profits from extracting highly profitable oil resources and to guarantee profitability of extracting from the fields that are at the late stages of their development as well as of extracting resources difficult to recover and resources from the fields without infrastructure facilities. Through scientific, inductive, deductive and analytical methods of research the authors have investigated the role and place of the influence of tax on financial performance of oil companies in particular and the economic system of the Russian Federation in general. The authors consider the impact of the aforesaid tax on the profitability of investment projects, oil input and level of tax burden on oil companies. The question whether it will be useful to include the corporate profits tax into the structure of tax on financial result is of particular scientific interest. According to the authors, their recommendations to transform excess profits tax into tax on financial result, to include corporate profits tax into the structure of tax on financial result and to provide a free choice of the tax system will guarantee the economic stability of the country in the sphere of taxation of natural resources and allow to overcome the growing difficulties of tax legislation. These questions become especially important under the conditions of our country's economy being dependent on raw materials and stiff balance of the oil market.  

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