Mintsifra proposed to return part of the income tax to operators

To do this, the ministry considers it necessary to extend the investment tax deduction to such companies. This will allow operators to upgrade communication systems without additional funding,

The Ministry of Digital Development proposed to extend the investment tax deduction (INV) to telecom operators, according to the ministry's TELEGRAM channel. This will help them recover part of their income tax and "maintain the quality of communication without attracting additional funding." The department will send a corresponding letter to the Russian regions.

INV allows you to reduce the amount of income tax on expenses related to the acquisition, manufacture and modernization of fixed assets from January 1, 2018. Income tax payers can use it until the end of 2027, provided that such an opportunity is enshrined in regional law.

Laws providing for INV have been adopted in 60 constituent entities of RUSSIA, but the infrastructure of telecom operators is not provided for in them, the Ministry of Digital Development explains. “Russian regions should have a mechanism for attracting investments for the development of a modern telecom infrastructure,” they say. The agency points to the need to maintain operators' investment in the operation and modernization of communication systems through regional support measures.

Operators were allowed not to store the traffic of TV channels and radio Technology and media

On March 19, the government approved almost all measures to support the telecom industry from the package proposed by the Ministry of Digital Development. It included the suspension of the requirement of the "Yarovaya law" to increase the storage capacity of information by 15% and the obligation to store video traffic, the introduction of a mechanism for fair indexation of telecom operators' tariffs, taking into account the growth in consumer prices, the possibility of sharing the infrastructure of the communication network by operators. The Ministry of Digital Development proposed to establish by the end of 2024 a tax rate on income tax for telecom operators in the amount of 3%, introduce a moratorium on contributions from operators to the fund from which telecommunications services are financed, and also provide operators with preferential loans for the purchase of equipment, replenishment of working capital and support communication infrastructure.

At the end of March, RBC sources reported on the Ministry of Digital's recommendation to mobile operators to "exclude unlimited consumption of communications" and introduce restrictions on unlimited tariffs. The ministry advised to "balance the amount of consumed traffic" for subscribers.

The ministry explained the recommendation by increasing the load on communication networks: the Internet traffic of operators is growing by more than 50% annually, and in order to maintain the volume and quality of services, it is necessary to build new stations and improve old ones. Given the shortage of equipment in the face of sanctions, these problems may arise, the Ministry of Digital Development said. The exclusion of unlimited tariffs with an "irrelevantly low price" will allow operators to maintain the cost of current tariffs for all customers, the message says. The ministry promised, together with the FAS, to monitor the growth in the cost of tariffs so that it does not exceed the growth in the inflation rate.

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