One in three Russians considers the issue of the amount of personal income tax scandalous

One in seven respondents considers a high personal income tax to be a sign of the taxpayer’s high income. In 63% of cases, respondents reported that they have almost no friends whose personal income tax after the passage of the law is more than 15%.

According to the survey, 46% of citizens would like to exempt public sector workers from personal income tax. Major industries include healthcare, military, and law enforcement.

Three-quarters of respondents have a neutral or positive attitude towards the progressive personal income tax. 37% would potentially be willing to contribute more money to the Federal Tax Service for certain development programs. Russians consider the program for the development of small and medium-sized businesses, infrastructure and support for sports to be a priority. More than half of the respondents are willing to contribute an additional 5,000 to 10,000 rubles monthly to these programs.

The survey was conducted in June 2024 using an online survey among 1.2 thousand Russians from more than a million cities in Russia aged 20 to 55.

• At the end of May there will be a package of bills to change the tax system. They will affect citizens with incomes of 200 thousand rubles per month. In addition to individuals, the department proposes increasing the income tax for companies, from 20 to 25%.