- Russian businesses are raising prices in response to a VAT increase from 20% to 22% and expanded VAT requirements for small businesses.
- Price hikes have already occurred across sectors: logistics (10-20%), food service, fitness, healthcare, education (8-10%), and IT/digital services (5-7%).
- Businesses cite higher labor, rent, utilities, fuel, and equipment costs, as well as inventory shortages, as reasons for the increases.
- The Finance Ministry expects the tax changes to generate an additional 3.2 trillion rubles ($40.96 billion), mainly for defense and security spending.
- Inflation is expected to rise modestly, with the Central Bank forecasting 4-5% by year-end.
Source: themoscowtimes.com
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