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Victoria Galdina, Financial Director of Svyaz VSD LLC (Linx), agrees with Ilya Bublik. She called the 5% rate for the IT sector a significant advantage compared to 20% in other industries and noted that its change will not affect the development of domestic IT products or decisions on reinvestment or business direction.

"I don't think that this change will cause an increase in the final cost of products and services. Even if a number of companies decide to partially shift these costs to clients, the change in cost will be insignificant. At the same time, the preferential rate for insurance premiums is set on an indefinite basis, and it is a much more significant support for IT companies, since employee salaries are one of the main expense items for developer companies," said Victoria Galdina.

system and application slovenia whatsapp resource software, ALMI Partner LLC, noted that over the two years of the zero rate, IT companies have not reduced the cost of products and have been able to accumulate sufficient financial reserves to avoid raising prices for software and IT services in the highly competitive Russian market. However, in his opinion, some vendors may use the rate increase as justification for new prices for products and services.

"IT companies in the Russian Federation are closed within the contours of the domestic IT market, which makes a mass increase in prices for software and IT services unlikely. This does not exclude the possibility of price increases by individual IT companies that provide exclusive services or sell unique software. But in these individual cases, the price increase is most likely not connected with the 5% increase in profit tax, but with the special position of individual vendors in the market," noted Dmitry Parshin.

Dmitry Krivosheev, CEO of the digital platform for organizing business trips and managing expenses "Raketa", drew attention to the fact that the increase in the tax rate does not apply to companies operating under the simplified tax system (STS), including "Raketa", since they did not use the zero rate benefit. He is much more concerned about the possible introduction of value added tax (VAT) for companies operating under the STS.

"From 2025, VAT will probably be introduced for companies operating under the simplified tax system. These amendments will affect many organizations and most IT companies and will certainly increase the tax burden on them. Some organizations will probably have to raise prices on IT products and services to cover tax expenses," concluded Dmitry Krivosheev.