Putin: increasing the collection of taxes can be supported without increasing the tax burden

"We can achieve positive trends and support them without increasing the tax burden - I mean the introduction of new equipment, administration, the avoidance of gray schemes", - the president told that to the Head of the Federal Taxation Service Mikhail Mishustin during a visit to the tax service.

The Head of the Federal Taxation Service said that 4.2 trillion rubles received to the consolidated budget of the Russian Federation for the three months, which is 30.8% more than in the first quarter of 2016. 2.4 trillion rubles with an increase of 45.5% received  to the federal budget.

Russian Federal Taxation Service has started administering insurance fee since the beginning of the year. The first results indicate a positive dynamics in the collection of contributions: the increase in income was 104.6% in February, in March - already 107.1%.