OREANDA-NEWS The Ministry of Industry and Trade did not include premium vehicles such as Tesla Motors Model S, Mercedes Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC Limousine L and Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport into the list of expensive cars from which the vehicle tax is paid with a multiplying factor.

The transport tax with a multiplying factor is valid for cars with a cost of more than 3 million rubles. The list of expensive cars is placed annually by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. For example, for 2019, it included Ferrari FF, Lamborghini Aventador S Coupe, Rolls-Royce Wraith, etc.

“The list did not include such premium class representatives as Tesla Motors Model S, Mercedes Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC Limousine L and Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. And for some “payroll” machines, the multiplying factor is not applied in the first year of production, ”the auditors stated in the release“ Regions of the Russian Federation receive less property taxes. ” Transport tax is regional and is charged to the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation.

The Accounts Chamber considers it necessary to simplify the procedure for paying tax on expensive cars at a higher rate. “We considered the results together with the tax service and came to the general opinion that it is necessary to improve the mechanism for calculating the tax on expensive cars." Sergey Shtogrin, an auditor said.