This article describes the calculation and payment of insurance premiums to the Pension Fund, Compulsory Medical Insurance fund and Social Security in 2014.
In 2014, amendments, relating to the calculation and payment of insurance premiums to extrabudgetary funds took effect: the basis for assessment were indexed, benefits to certain categories of taxpayers were extended. At the same time, though the size of a fixed fee was reduced for entrepreneurs, which is especially beneficial for small businesses, but they were obliged to pay an additional 1% of the income, exceeding 300 000 rubles per year. The general rate of insurance contributions in 2014 is 30%: to the Pension Fund is 22%, to the Compulsory Medical Insurance fund is5.1% and 2.9% to the Social Insurabce fund. We believe that we should not abandon the savings part of the pension , as it forms the future retirement of the employee. When forming savings pension, different approaches to its accrual is liquidated. Pension officials and other employees will depend on the length and size of the salary. Citizens must choose where to invest your savings for future pensions themselves. Amendents in the legislation on compulsory insurance premiums for individual entrepreneurs gives certain benefits to small entrepreneurs in comparison with previous years, as they reduced the size of the fixed payment, but the same time were obliged to pay an additional 1% of the income, exceeding 300 000 rubles per year. This may affect on their business, striving to hide their income and make tax offenses and go to the “shadow”." Considering the average wage in Russia, per capita income of the country, we consider it necessary to increase the size of the standard income up to 500 000 rubles per year or reduce the rate of contribution to the excess amount to 0.5-0.7%.
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