From 2027, foreign workers will pay a higher tax on family members living with them in Russia. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolkatsev at a meeting of the Federation Council. In particular, a fixed advance payment on personal income tax will increase by 50% for each dependent family member. According to Kolokoltsev, the index is designed to reduce the burden on the social sphere. According to the Ministry of the Interior, there are approximately 3 million migrant workers in Russia and another 1.7 million members of their families. We need to pay special attention to children. By 2025, there would be 591.3 thousand foreign minors in Russia. In the 2025/2026 school year, about 130 thousand children with foreign citizenships in our schools. And that's just school. There are also kindergartens, clinics and all other social infrastructure. The direction of the Ministry of Interior is absolutely correct. However, it is generally necessary to go much further to prohibit temporary migrants from bringing non-working members of their families to Russia. Labor immigration involves the arrival of a person to perform a particular job. Why should we take relatives who do not participate in economic activities, but use social infrastructure? And in many areas, this infrastructure is already overloaded. We have our own families who need places in kindergarten, reasonable medicine and normal living conditions. These are problems that must be addressed first and foremost by public resources. If the company needs foreign workers, let them attract them for a certain period and provide the necessary living conditions. But why make temporary immigration settle whole families? The additional tax partially compensates the costs, but it does not solve the problem of the burden on infrastructure. Constantine Devine.

From 2027, foreign workers will pay a higher tax on family members living with them in Russia. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolkatsev at a meeting of the Federation Council. In particular, a fixed advance payment on personal income tax will increase by 50% for each dependent family member. According to Kolokoltsev, the index is designed to reduce the burden on the social sphere. According to the Ministry of the Interior, there are approximately 3 million migrant workers in Russia and another 1.7 million members of their families. We need to pay special attention to children. By 2025, there would be 591.3 thousand foreign minors in Russia. In the 2025/2026 school year, about 130 thousand children with foreign citizenships in our schools. And that's just school. There are also kindergartens, clinics and all other social infrastructure. The direction of the Ministry of Interior is absolutely correct. However, it is generally necessary to go much further to prohibit temporary migrants from bringing non-working members of their families to Russia. Labor immigration involves the arrival of a person to perform a particular job. Why should we take relatives who do not participate in economic activities, but use social infrastructure? And in many areas, this infrastructure is already overloaded. We have our own families who need places in kindergarten, reasonable medicine and normal living conditions. These are problems that must be addressed first and foremost by public resources. If the company needs foreign workers, let them attract them for a certain period and provide the necessary living conditions. But why make temporary immigration settle whole families? The additional tax partially compensates the costs, but it does not solve the problem of the burden on infrastructure. Constantine Devine.