Write-off of debts of an individual entrepreneur – tax amnesty law, amount and time frame

The content of the article

• What is tax amnesty for entrepreneurs in 2019
• Legal regulation
• Who gets tax amnesty
• Debt Amount
• For what period of time amnesty for IP is declared
• What debts will write off IP in 2019
• Taxes to be written off on all tax systems
• Amnesty for insurance premiums
• Payments to the budget not subject to tax amnesty
• Debt cancellation procedure IP
• How to find out about the completion of the procedure and the amount of amnestied debt

According to the government, at the beginning of December 2017, the amount of arrears in the payment of fees and taxes to the country’s budget was more than 40 billion rubles. In view of this, a fiscal amnesty is planned in 2019. State Duma deputies have already managed to introduce into the Tax Code of the Russian Federation all the required official amendments and changes, thanks to this, part of the accumulated debts that have arisen from individuals and small businesses will be canceled. Write-off of tax debts of IP will be held in the manner prescribed by regulatory legal acts in a short time.

What is tax amnesty for entrepreneurs in 2019

The term refers to the release of a certain category of taxpayers from obligations to pay mandatory fees and the removal of administrative and social responsibility from them, which occurs as a result of non-payment of fees and contributions established by applicable law. An amnesty is a series of measures aimed at providing individuals-citizens of the Russian Federation and business entities with the right to pay mandatory fees for which the deadlines established in regulatory legal acts have expired.

In the history of the Russian Federation, debts and taxes were written off to individuals and individual entrepreneurs three times, and practiced measures cannot be called large-scale, since the country’s government demanded that the debtors either repay the debts in full without paying fines, or submit a declaration. A fiscal amnesty in 2019 is not just a New Year’s gift from the government to business entities, but a life preserver from bankruptcy. He is able to prevent the liquidation of many small firms and organizations that, in the current economic situation, cannot successfully conduct their business.

Factors that provoked an increase in the debt of business owners to the budget and necessitated the cancellation of debts of individual entrepreneurs in 2019:

• difficult economic situation,
• the imposition of sanctions against most Russian firms and companies,
• national currency fluctuations.

Legal regulation

In the course of the amnesty in 2019, debts of individuals recognized as hopeless will be completely written off without the need to pay them off after a certain time. The reason for this is Federal Law No. 436-ФЗ “On Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts”, signed on December 28, 2017. The main provisions of this document entered into force on the day after its adoption, a later deadline is set for certain provisions.

The main advantage of the adopted federal law is not only that all bad debts are subject to cancellation. The Government of the Russian Federation undertakes to forgive all fines and penalties that have been formed due to the delay in making mandatory state fees to the budget. If the collection of obligatory payments from individual entrepreneurs has already been carried out before the adoption of the law, no refunds will be made.

Who gets tax amnesty

Legal entities are not subject to tax amnesty. Groups of citizens whose debts are to be written off are indicated in the applicable federal law No. 436-FZ. They are as follows:

• individuals who have debts on the payment of transport, land tax, property tax (all amounts arising by January 1, 2015, including interest that has arisen due to non-payment of mandatory fees, are taken into account;
• Individual entrepreneurs and individuals who in the past were sole proprietors, but for certain reasons moved away from the business (all debts, including penalties and fines arising before January 1, 2015 due to non-payment of tax fees, with the exception of some of them) are subject to write-off. ;
• business entities, former sole proprietors, notaries, lawyers, other private practicing individuals (the entire amount of debt arising from insurance premiums paid before January 1, 2017, fines and penalties that arose due to their late payment are debited, provided that the amount of insurance contributions were calculated at eight times).

All interested citizens can find out detailed information about the arrears and the procedure for writing off debts through the website of the Federal Tax Service, having one of these access options, such as:

• qualified electronic signature;
• registration card for entering your personal account (to get it you need to register on the IFTS website);
• Gosuslug portal account.

Debt Amount

The main feature of the amnesty for entrepreneurs in 2019 is that the maximum and minimum taxes are not limited to specific indicators. All arrears formed for the period established by law will be written off. So, let’s say an individual or individual has a debt of 240 thousand rubles. In addition, fines and penalties of 23 thousand rubles were calculated for late payments. The total debt of the citizen to the budget is 263 thousand rubles. All this amount is debited..

For what period of time amnesty for IP is declared

Federal Law No. 436-ФЗ adopted on December 28, 2017 clearly defines the specific time frame during which debts of individuals and individuals will be written off. Amnesty applies to such types of debt:

• unpaid insurance contributions to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (PFR), penalties and fines on them, formed before January 1, 2017;
• debts on obligatory tax contributions arising from individuals or entrepreneurs on the simplified tax system, general taxation system, taxation system and other taxation systems as of January 1, 2015.

What debts will write off IP in 2019

An amnesty in 2019 involves the cancellation of bad debt, which arises from the fact that a citizen does not fulfill his obligations to pay taxes and fees provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation. It includes:

• property tax debts, fines and penalties,
• debts on obligatory fees related to doing business, with the exception of mineral extraction tax, excise taxes, taxes on export and import operations, penalties and fines.

Debts on insurance contributions to the Pension Fund for the period up to January 1, 2017 are subject to write-off only if insurance contributions were calculated according to the following formula:

• C = 8? Minimum wage? T H, where: minimum wage is the value of the minimum wage, which is valid in a certain tax period, C is the amount by which the indebtedness of the individual to the budget will decrease, H is the number of months of doing business, T is the insurance premium rate..

Failure to pay these types of assessed contributions can lead to the formation of bad debt:

1. For individuals:

• transport (every citizen for whom the vehicle is registered is obligated to pay this fee);
• on property (levied on all property owners without exception, which is considered an object of taxation and is located in the Russian Federation);
• land (this collection is levied on land owned or owned by the right of unlimited use).

2. For SP:

• depending on the fiscal mode used.

The reasons for the formation of bad debt are as follows:

• the entrepreneur does not have material or financial capabilities in order to fully repay the arrears;
• recognition of an individual entrepreneur bankrupt;
• bailiffs ordered the completion of enforcement proceedings;
• an individual is excluded from the USRIP;
• the statute of limitations has expired;
• liquidation of a company or organization;
• the debtor died;
• an individual is imprisoned.

Taxes to be written off on all tax systems

Individual entrepreneurs in Russia use one of five fiscal regimes. The type and amount of fees directly depend on which system is used. The table shows the entire list of obligatory payments that the taxpayer agrees to pay to the budget at a certain fiscal regime:

The tax amnesty in 2019 involves the complete cancellation of debts of individual entrepreneurs arising as a result of non-payment of the listed taxes on the date indicated in federal law. In addition, businessmen are exempt from paying fines and penalties, which will be charged for late payments and unfulfilled obligations on time. There are no conditions regarding the amount of debt. FSN is obligated to automatically cancel the entire amount of debt incurred by the entrepreneur before January 1, 2015.

Amnesty for insurance premiums

If the debt to the state at the IP arose due to non-payment of contributions to the FIU and the FSS, then the tax inspectorate will write it off, but for the period until January 1, 2017. The penalties that are calculated for non-payment of mandatory contributions to the budget are also subject to write-off. Only those entrepreneurs who did not conduct business and did not submit reports to the tax inspectorate can count on tax amnesty for contributions. Under such conditions, mandatory fees were calculated to the maximum extent in accordance with the laws on compulsory insurance..

The FIU to calculate the amount of contributions for individual entrepreneurs when they do not provide data to the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation uses the following formula: 8 minimum wage x 26% (insurance premium rate) x 12 (number of months in a year). In this case, the amount of compulsory payment may exceed 154 thousand rubles per year. A tax amnesty will help ease the financial burden of a businessman. If contributions were paid before 2017, and reporting to the tax service was timely, but one or more required payments are missed, then insurance debts will not be written off from the individual entrepreneur.

Payments to the budget not subject to tax amnesty

Federal Law No. 436-FZ clearly defines the debt that the tax inspectorate can cancel. Debts of an IP of this type are not subject to cancellation:

• Excise taxes. Every month, businessmen whose activities are related to the sale, production and other operations with excisable products – alcohol, tobacco products – are obligated to pay a certain amount of tax to the budget. Excise duty is an indirect charge, the entrepreneur pays it initially, and only after that it is included in the price of the goods. The amount of mandatory payment to the budget depends on interest rates, fixed rates, in certain cases it is determined in a combined way. An advance on excise taxes must be paid no later than the 15th day, the final payment date is up to the 25th day.
• Mineral extraction tax, except for common ones (sand, gravel). Its size can be calculated as a percentage of the tax base, which is defined as the cost of the extracted material, in rubles per 1 ton. Entrepreneurs are required to pay tax every month to the budget at the place where the site is located where minerals are produced, no later than the 25th day of the month following the reporting one. If the bowels are located outside the country, contributions are paid at the place of registration of the businessman.
• VAT when transporting goods across the border of the Russian Federation. This tax is paid to the customs authorities in the usual manner. If a businessman is not a VAT payer, he undertakes to pay import tax. Doing business on a simplified taxation system will not help avoid the IP obligation to pay the specified fee.
• Insurance premiums for employees.
• Insurance premiums for themselves, the amount of which is fixed. This includes contributions to the FIU, for compulsory health insurance. Their size is set every year. In order to timely pay insurance premiums to the budget, payment must be made before December 31.

Debt cancellation procedure IP

Debts of existing and former businessmen are canceled by tax authorities at their place of residence. Amounts to be debited are determined on the basis of information available to the state structure. In accordance with federal law, an individual entrepreneur must submit an application to the tax inspectorate at the place of residence. It can be made in any form. Mandatory information that must be indicated in the application – surname, name, patronymic of the debtor; his TIN; debt to be debited.

The state body (tax inspectorate at the place of circulation of the individual entrepreneur), having studied the application and the information received, takes an objective decision regarding the possibility and legality of writing off the debt. The terms during which this decision should be taken are not specified in the regulatory legal acts, therefore such uncertainty can lead to a delay in the procedure.

How to find out about the completion of the procedure and the amount of amnestied debt

The President of the Russian Federation set the task for the executive bodies to bureaucraticize the tax amnesty procedure in 2019. As a result of this, tax services have come to the conclusion that they will make decisions related to writing off debts independently, without the participation of entrepreneurs. On the one hand, this simplified the procedure, but on the other hand, it led to concern for entrepreneurs, who for a long time are forced to live in complete ignorance..

In order to receive timely information about debt cancellation and to get rid of the financial burden as soon as possible, an individual entrepreneur may contact the tax service with a request to clarify the procedure and timing for making a decision on canceling a debt. After the tax authorities have accepted the application, they undertake to review it and send a response to the applicant within 30 days. Having received a notification from the tax service, the businessman will be able to navigate the time required to write off debts in his case.