... AI-92 brand is currently trading at a more modest 67,620 rubles per ton. The peak of 70,446 rubles per ton, reached in September 2023 at the height of the fuel crisis, remains unbroken. However, the issue is that the subsidies for oil companies from the budget—based on providing fuel to the domestic market at prices below export levels (damping mechanism)—are defined by the AI-92 grade. Under current regulations, the damping payment is nullified if the average price for the AI-92 grade exceeds 66,...

... maximum established price for one type of fuel will not affect payments for the other type. The damping mechanism compensates part of the difference between the indicative fuel price set by the government and its export price. It is paid from the budget to oil companies for wholesale fuel supplies to the domestic market with a deviation from the indicative price (on average for the month) of no more than 10% for gasoline and no more than 20% for DF. Currently, if either of these values is exceeded,...

... times in the first half of 2024, rising from RUB 403 billion in January–June 2023 to RUB 1.042 trillion in January–June 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Finance. Over the same period, the share of AIT in the structure of oil and gas budget revenues grew from 12% to 18%. Unlike the Mineral Extraction Tax (MET), AIT is calculated not based on the volume of extracted resources but on the revenue from their sale minus production and transportation costs. The introduction of AIT coincided ...

... claim participation in management or a share of the profit. Gradual repayment and ease of planning. Most business loans are repaid gradually according to a payment schedule (monthly or quarterly). This allows you to plan the burden on the company's budget. With proper planning, loan payments fit into the expense structure, and the funds received are already working to increase income. Tax advantages. Interest on loans is usually included in the business expenses, thereby reducing taxable income....

... told Izvestia on September 5 that the growth in revenue from the mineral extraction tax (MET) and export duties on gas is likely to persist in the coming months, as gas transit through the Sudzha gas metering station remains stable. "Federal budget revenues from MET and export duties on gas in the first eight months of 2024 increased by 9% compared to the same period in 2023, or by 98 billion rubles in absolute terms, according to the Ministry of Finance. A key factor was the increase in ...