It is necessary to link the mechanism of providing relieves with the terms of use of the funds released, as well as
with the abidance by particularly stipulated conditions. For example, at granting relieves to business entities at
the regional and local levels, it is not sufficient to require compliance with one criterion (the type of industry or
activity) – it is advisable to perform such specific conditions as reduction of arrears on tax payments to the
budget, use of local raw materials in the production process, development of local natural resources,
implementation of regional programs, etc. The intended purpose and the conditions for granting relieves should
be particularly defined and listed in the decision of the authority, granting the tax relief.
In the current circumstances, more attention is paid to calculations of the tax potential of regions based on their
Tax Certificates (the official document, which in a systematic manner provides information of general and
special nature, which is needed for evaluation of the tax potential of the region). Tax Certificates may be of
practical value if their data are sufficient to reflect the actual tax burden and tax potential of the regions.
Currently, in the Tax Certificate of the subject of the Russian Federation, there is the section "Relieves by
individual administered revenues”. However, it indicates the amounts of budget losses caused by submission of
tax relieves to be credited in full or in part to the regional and local budgets for only two types of tax exemptions:
the reduction of the tax rate and the release of individual categories of taxpayers from payment of the tax. For
example, the Tax Certificate does not contain information on the losses of the regional and local budgets because
of provision of deductions from the personal income tax. In our opinion, the Tax Certificate should contain
detailed description of all types of tax relieves, including tax deductions and tax exemptions. Generally, it is advisable to introduce a special reporting form specifying all kinds of tax relieves for both federal, regional, and
local taxes indicating the amounts of actually used by taxpayers due to the granting of the tax relieves, which
would solve the problem of insufficient and fragmented information for more accurate evaluation of the tax
relieves efficiency.