俄政府拟提高石油税收来减少明年预算赤字

据美国彭博新闻社9月18日莫斯科报道，两名熟悉此事的消息人士日前在莫斯科表示，为了减少明年预算的赤字，俄罗斯政府可能对其主要收入来源原油生产商提高税收。

两名消息人士因信息还没有公开要求不透露他们的名字。其中的一名消息人士说，俄罗斯政府已开始与石油公司讨论有关修改原油开采税计算公式。

俄罗斯政府总理的女发言人娜塔丽娅·季马科娃在电话采访中说，俄罗斯政府各部委时下正在提出各种增加预算收入和减少支出的措施。政府官员应同意把这些措施纳入明年的预算中。俄罗斯政府预计将在10月25日前提交明年预算草案。

由于油价暴跌，世界最大的能源出口国俄罗斯时下正努力摆脱其6年来第一次经济衰退。俄罗斯政府大约一半的预算收入依赖能源，原油开采税和出口税占到收入的大约32%。今年前7个月收入大约380亿美元，比去年同期水平减少了16%。

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原文如下：

Russia Said to Study Oil-Tax Increase to Shrink 2016 Budget Gap

Bloomberg

Friday, September 18, 2015

The Russian government may raise taxes on its its main source of revenue -- crude producers -- to narrow its budget deficit next year, two people with knowledge of the matter said Friday.

The state has started discussions with companies about changing a crude-extraction tax formula, one of the people said. Both asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public yet.

Different ministries are now suggesting various measures to increase budget revenues and reduce spending, but there’s no final decision yet, Natalya Timakova, the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman, said by phone Friday. Officials should agree on the measures to include them into the next year’s budget, she said. The government is set to submit the draft budget by Oct. 25.

The world’s biggest energy exporter is struggling to shake off its first recession in six years after a slump in oil prices. Russia relies on energy for about half of its budget earnings, with taxes on the extraction and export of crude accounting for about 32 percent of revenue. These earnings were 2.49 trillion rubles ($38 billion) from January to July, 16 percent lower than last year’s level.