PRESS RELEASE*
The following issues are scheduled for discussion at the Government Presidium meeting on July 29, 2010
1. Draft guidelines of budget policy for the federal budget for 2011 and the 2012-2013 planning period
2. The main characteristics of the budgets of state off-budget funds of the Russian Federation for 2011 and for the 2012-2013 planning period
Materials on this issue have been submitted by the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development
A. Pension Fund of the Russian Federation
The revenues of the Fund's budget in 2011 are forecast in the amount of 5.1 trillion roubles, of which the distributed part is 4.69 trillion roubles; in 2012 at 5.59 trillion roubles, of which the distributed part is 5.11 trillion roubles; and in 2013, 6.14 trillion roubles, of which the distributive part is 5.59 trillion roubles.
The volume of interbudgetary transfers from the federal budget to the Fund for financial support of the payment obligations it administers: 1.46 trillion roubles in 2011; 1.6 trillion roubles in 2012; and 1.71 trillion roubles in 2013.
Federal Budget disbursements to cover the Fund's budget deficit: 890.93 billion roubles (17.5% of budget revenues) in 2011; 980.36 billion roubles (17.5% of budget revenue) in 2012; 1.11 trillion roubles (18.1% of budget revenue) in 2013.
The amount of transfers has increased as follows: for additional federal payment (by 9.51 billion roubles in 2011, by 10.62 billion roubles in 2012); for payment of compensation to those who have disabled persons in their care (by 15.6 billion roubles in 2011 and by 26.77 billion roubles in 2012); for compensation of revenue shortfalls due to the use of reduced insurance premium tariffs under mandatory pension insurance schemes (by 17.54 billion roubles in 2011 and by 18.4 billion roubles in 2012); to cover the Fund's budget deficit (by 228.53 billion roubles in 2011 and by 250.26 billion roubles in 2012).
The overall change in Federal Budget resources is to be as follows: plus 206.72 billion roubles in 2011 and plus 220.53 billion roubles in 2012. These amounts must be included in the draft federal budget for 2011 and for the 2012-2013 planning period.
The Fund's budget spending in 2011 is forecast at 4.8 trillion roubles, of which the distributed part is 4.69 trillion roubles; for 2012, 5.24 trillion roubles, of which the distributed part is 5.11 trillion roubles; for 2013, 5.75 trillion roubles, of which the distributed part is 5.59 trillion roubles.
The Fund's budget expenditure includes the resources to increase labour pensions: in 2011 (by 7.0% as of February 1 and by 0.5% as of April 1); in 2012 (by 6.5% as of February 1 and by 1.4% as of April 1); in 2013 (by 6.0% as of February 1 and by 2.3% as of April 1).
The second increase in labour pensions in 2011 will cost 13.8 billion roubles.
State pensions are to be raised as follows: in 2011 (by 7.0% as of April 1, by 1.3% as of July 1); in 2012 (by 6.5% as of April 1 and by 1.8% as of July 1); in 2013 (by 6% as of April 1 and by 2.4% as of July 1).
As a result of the above measures the average size of the labour pension will be 8,412 roubles in 2011. The average labour pension in 2013 will increase by 80% on the 2009 level. The ratio of the size of the old-age labour pension to the average wage in the Russian Federation in the forecast period will be maintained at the level of 39% (29.8% in 2009 and 39% in 2010); the ratio of the old-age labour pension to the pensioner's subsistence level will be 182% (136.7% in 2009 and 181.5% in 2010); the average size of the social pension will be at least equal to the pensioner's subsistence level.
The spending on monthly payments to certain categories of citizens will take into account the indexation of such payments as of April 1: 6.5% in 2011; 6.0% in 2012 and 5.5% in 2013.
The accumulative part of the Fund's budget for 2013 takes into account federal budget outlays for co-financing of pension savings in the amount of 10.0 billion roubles.
B. Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation
The Fund's budget forecast for 2011 is 457.1 billion roubles, the spending forecast is 455.0 billion roubles, of which mandatory social insurance against temporary disability and maternity is 308.0 billion roubles and 307.1 billion roubles respectively.
The revenue target for 2012 is 494.4 billion roubles, the spending target is 491.6 billion roubles, of which mandatory social insurance against temporary disability and maternity is 335.1 billion roubles and 334.6 billion roubles respectively.
The revenue target for 2013 is 532.0 billion roubles and the expenditure target is 527.9 billion roubles, of which mandatory social insurance against temporary disability and maternity is 358.7 billion roubles and 358.7 billion roubles respectively.
Thus, the Fund's budget in 2011 is to have a surplus in the amount of 2.1 billion roubles; the surplus in 2012 is to be 2.8 billion roubles and in 2013 4.1 billion roubles, of which mandatory social insurance against temporary disability and maternity is 0.8, 0.5 and 0.06 billion roubles respectively.
The spendings on the performance of state functions through inter-budget transfers to the Fund's budget are forecast at 86.4 billion roubles in 2011, 91.1 billion roubles in 2012 and 98.8 billion roubles in 2013, of which, the Federal Budget will provide 68.4, 72.1 and 75.8 billion roubles respectively and the Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Fund will provide 18.0, 19.0 and 23.0 billion roubles respectively.
C. Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Fund.
The revenues of the Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Fund are targeted at 328.54 billion roubles for 2011 and at 357.38 and 378.93 billion roubles for the planning period of 2012 and 2013 respectively.
The Fund's budget spending in 2011 is targeted at 328.54 billion roubles, and for the planning period of 2012 and 2013 at 357.38 and 378.93 billion roubles respectively.
The Fund is not expected to have a deficit in 2011 or in the planning period of 2012 and 2013.
The Fund's budget in 2011-2013 will transfer subsidies to the territorial health insurance funds to finance the fulfillment of the programmes of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation within the framework of the basic mandatory health insurance programme.
The proceeds from the increase of insurance premiums for mandatory health insurance from 1.1% to 3.1% (217.5 billion roubles in 2011 and 242.5 billion roubles in 2012) will be used to strengthen the material and technical base of healthcare institutions, introduce modern information systems in healthcare, maintain the standard of medical services delivered and to finance, together with regional budgets, the cost of medical assistance to non-working pensioners.
Transfers from the Federal Budget to the Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Budget in 2011-2013 will be used for:
The amount of inter-budget transfers from the Federal Budget to the Federal Mandatory Health Insurance Fund will be 20.81 billion roubles in 2011; 23.07 billion roubles in 2012 and 11.6 billion roubles in 2013.
3. The list of federal targeted programmes to be financed from the federal budget in 2011 and the 2012-2013 planning period
The draft list of federal targeted programmes to be financed from the Federal Budget in 2011 and in the 2012-2013 planning period has been submitted by the Ministry of Economic Development.
The draft list includes 42 current federal targeted programmes, the drafts of 15 new FTPs and the drafts of three new state programmes. Thus, 60 programmes are to be implemented starting in 2011 (in 2010 53 FTPs are in progress).
The Ministry of Economic Development proposes the following amounts to finance the programmes: 880.3 billion roubles in 2011, 806.6 billion roubles in 2012 and 750.1 billion roubles in 2013, of which:
● for current FTPs: 791.1 billion roubles in 2011, 705.6 billion roubles in 2012 and 653.7 billion roubles in 2013;
● for new draft FTPs (subprogrammes) and state programmes: 89.2 billion roubles in 2011, 101 billion roubles in 2012 and 96.4 billion roubles in 2013.
The following priority programmes will be started in 2011: High Technology Development, Housing, Transport Infrastructure, the Far East, Rural Areas, Social Infrastructure, Security, Regional Development and the Development of State Institutions.
Financing of programmes in 2011 is expected to increase by more than 25% for the following priorities: Regional Development, Security, Social Infrastructure, High Technology Development and the Development of State Institutions. At the same time, financing is to be cut by about 20% for the Housing and the Far East priority programmes.
Financing is to be cut for a number of priorities in the period of 2012-2013 (compared with 2010). In 2013 the total spending on the programmes will be 1.5% less than in 2010.
4. Draft federal law On introducing amendments to part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (On the Procedure for Accounting the Income and Expenditure of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in Rendering Financial Assistance to Them)
The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Finance.
Under Article 17 of the Federal Law On the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in the Russian Federation, financial support to small and medium-sized businesses is distributed through subsidies and budget investments, including from the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and from local budgets.
The granting of subsidies to legal entities (with the exception of subsidies to state or municipal institutions), private businessmen and natural persons who are providers of goods and services is regulated by Article 78 of the Budget Code whereby subsidies to the said categories of persons are granted free to compensate for the cost of the entrepreneurial activities they incur.
At present the financial resources transferred to small and medium-sized businesses from state and municipal funds in support of entrepreneurship are taken into account in determining the tax base for the profit tax of organizations as part of their overhead. The costs incurred by the said subjects with the use of these financial resources are also taken into account in determining the tax base of the profit tax. This procedure of tax registration of revenue and expenses does not lead to the increased taxation of the subsidies received.
At the same time the resources allocated to support small and medium-sized businesses may reach the tax payers at the end of the period when profit tax is payable or may be intended to support the projects whose implementation extends beyond the framework of a single tax period. In that case the receipt of funds and the disbursement of spending may take place in different tax periods which leads to the creation of a tax base under the said tax.
Under the draft law the financial support resources will be included in the revenue in proportion to the amount of the said resources spent, but not for more than two tax periods since the date of receipt. If, at the end of the tax period, the sum of resources received exceeds expenses from these resources, the entire difference between the said sums is included in the revenue of the corresponding tax period.
The establishment of the special procedure for accounting the revenues and spending of small and medium-sized businesses which receive financial support will help to prevent the creation of a tax base for the income tax of natural persons, the agricultural tax and the tax paid under a simplified taxation system in the event financial support and its spending occur at different tax periods.
5. Draft federal law On introducing amendments to Article 11 of the federal law On Higher and Postgraduate Professional Education
The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Education. The draft law introduces an amendment to Clause 4, Article 11 of the federal law On Higher and Postgraduate Professional Education whereby the term of study at postgraduate (and military postgraduate) state and municipal higher education institutions, further professional education institutions and research organizations is prolonged for certain science specialties in the technical and natural sciences by a year and may not exceed four years within a full-time format and five years if by correspondence.
The amendment is prompted by the fact that in a number of technical and natural sciences the authenticity of results obtained requires mandatory experimental proof. Not infrequently exclusive experimental equipment has to be developed and built to carry out an experiment. Furthermore, the results of dissertation studies in the above mentioned specialties must be tested and introduced in practice, which dictates an increased term of postgraduate studies.
6. Draft federal law On introducing amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in connection with the transfer of certain state control functions to the customs agencies of the Russian Federation
The draft federal law has been submitted by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The draft law is aimed at reducing the number of state supervisory bodies at crossing points while retaining all the types of control at crossing points consistent with the country's legislation with due account of their character in terms of the type of goods and cargoes moved.
The draft law would transfer to the customs bodies the powers to carry out a full inspection of vehicles at crossing points as well as the powers to check the documents for sanitary-quarantine, veterinary and quarantine phyto-sanitary control at crossing points and introduce corresponding amendments to the following laws: On the State Border of the Russian Federation, On Veterinary Affairs, On State Control of International Transport by Road and Liability for Violating its Procedure, On Sanitary-Epidemiological Well-being of the Population, On Plant Quarantine and On the Quality and Safety of Foodstuffs.
In addition, under the decision of the State Border Commission the draft law includes provisions that would exempt the catches of water biological resources and goods imported by physical persons for their personal needs from the list of products that can be imported into the territory of the Russian Federation only through specialized crossing points.
The adoption of the draft law will optimize the system of state control at border crossing points, eliminate unnecessary administrative barriers and reduce the time of various types of state control at border crossing points.
7. Draft federal law On the accession of the Russian Federation to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures of May 18, 1973 as amended by the Protocol On Introducing Amendments to the International Convention On the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures of June 26, 1999
Under Clause 1, Article 12 of the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures of May 18, 1973 the scope of obligations of the Russian Federation when joining the Convention are limited by the General Annex to the Convention.
The General Annex to the Convention determines the following: the principles of defining customs control based on the system of risk analysis and management; the use of customs audit as part of customs control measures; active interaction of the customs service with the participants in foreign economic activity and the use of simplified customs procedures; the principles of calculating, collection and payment of customs duties and taxes; the use of corresponding international standards; the procedure of appealing against the action or inaction of the customs service.
The Convention envisages a transitional period (three years) for each contracting party during which it is to introduce amendments to national legislation in accordance with the Convention.
The draft federal law On Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation prepared by the Federal Customs Service is currently pending approval by the federal executive bodies and organizations.
8. Draft federal law On ratification of the agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in joint control of the Russia-Kazakhstan state border
The draft federal law has been submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Customs Service. The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in joint control of the Russia-Kazakhstan border was signed in Orenburg on September 11, 2009.
The agreement seeks to reduce formalities and the time of control at Russia-Kazakhstan border crossing points without prejudice to the purposes of control and without making it less effective.
Joint control is to take place through the exchange of information on the persons, means of transport, cargoes, goods and animals crossing or being moved across the border, on the results of control and mutual recognition of the means of identification and documents used by the parties for control purposes.
Joint control on the Russia-Kazakhstan border is consistent with the Plan of Transferring Certain Agreed Types of State Control to the External Border of the Customs Union approved by the EurAsEC Customs Union Commission.
The Agreement is subject to ratification under Article 15 of the Federal Law On International Treaties of the Russian Federation.
Moscow, July 28, 2010
9. Draft federal law On Introducing Amendments to the federal law On the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation
10. Draft federal law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Mongolia on the Creation of a Joint Limited Liability Company Dornod Uran
Moscow, July 28, 2010
* Press releases by the Department of Press Service and Information contain the materials submitted by the executive federal bodies for discussion by the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation
