On October 29, the State Duma will discuss a bill developed by the Ministry of Finance to combine active and passive income of citizens in order to apply to them a single five-step tax scale from 13% to 22%, Kommersant writes. Starting January 1, 2027, they plan to compare dividends, interest on deposits, profits from transactions in securities and the sale of real estate to salaries. According to the department, the new rules will affect 4 million people and bring about 1.35 trillion rubles to the budget over three years.