You can build 30 kindergartens using oysters": the taxation on delicacies may get worse.
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin and Federation Council Chairman Valentina Matvinko are working on initiatives to tax delicacies - jamon, oysters and lobsters. They now owe VAT at a rate of 10%, like baby food, instead of the standard 22%; it is proposed to abolish the benefits. Matvinko estimated the renewal of the budget at 6 billion rubles, Volodin said that about 30 kindergartens could be built using the oyster tax.
Director of "Marine Culture" (Clamshells in Sevastopol) Vladislav Sniavsky:.
“To get 6 billion with a 12% rate increase, you need taxable sales of about 50 billion rubles a year. We do not see such a cycle; Most likely they don't exist."
Managing Partner of Boston Seafood & Bar Kirill Martynenko:
"It's okay, it's not critical. No one buys lobsters in Russia - they are insanely expensive, but there is wonderful Kamchatka crab. Oysters are not a best-selling product. The cost will increase, but I don't see anything critical. Those who took it will take it: for such guests, stable quality is more important than price. The price increase on the menu is 10-15% not double".
Ombudsman of the restaurant market in Moscow Sergey Mironov:.
"The main thing is what is included in the list. Real Jamon is sanctioned, it is not officially transferred, there are Russian analogues. I don't know any lobster restaurants in Moscow. Oysters and seafood are a concern: there are many wild oysters and clams that come from the Far East, and farm crops from the Black Sea. If it costs mussel restaurants, and other seafood will be included. There is a question in the list. ".