Russian road tax plan

The Russian Government looks set to draft new laws covering funding of the road network.
March 5, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The Russian Government looks set to draft new laws covering funding of the road network. The new funding model will be set up to finance construction and maintenance of Russia's highway system and may be adopted in the March-April 2011 period, ready for the new fiscal year. The draft laws lay out a new scheme of financing, which will simplify procedures to pay for road construction. The plans specify that a percentage of excise taxes from oil and lubricants and transport will be used as a source for regional road funds. Russia's Federal Road Fund has a fixed budget of €6.33 billion (US$8.62 billion). The rest will be transferred to the fund at the expense of additional fuel excise taxes. The predicted tax being collected in 2011 is expected to reach €2.1 billion, ?2.2 billion in 2012 and €3.51 billion in 2013. The road companies Rosavtodor and Avtodor will benefit from the Federal Road Fund.

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