The government compensates for the costs of security of fuel and energy complex facilities
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The authorities will help oil companies offset the costs of ensuring the safety of fuel and energy complex facilities from attacks: companies will be provided with subsidies or financial assistance. This issue will be considered and resolved individually on a case-by-case basis. This is stated in the materials of the Cabinet of Ministers, which were reviewed by Izvestia.
According to an interlocutor of Izvestia familiar with the situation, for the first time the issue of additional protection of fuel and energy facilities and the resulting costs was discussed at a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee in 2022-2023. In 2024, Rosneft submitted a proposal for tax compensation to the Cabinet of Ministers. The organization asked to consider the issue of reimbursement of such costs by deducting from income tax, mineral extraction tax (MET), or by increasing the tax deduction for excise taxes on petroleum raw materials.
According to the materials of the Ministry of Energy, which were preparing for the strategic session on the development of the oil and coal industry until 2050, chaired by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Mikhail Mishustin, the results of the work of the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Finance, which dealt with this issue, were published.
"The Government of the Russian Federation has decided that the issue of compensation for such expenses should be considered on a case—by-case basis at the level of the prime minister in the form of subsidies or other inter-budget transfers, provided there is documentary evidence of the actual costs incurred, without the use of tax incentive measures," the document says.
As noted in the materials, according to the Ministry of Finance, the costs of ensuring security and anti-terrorist protection can be attributed to the cost of production. In addition, the report, in response to Rosneft's appeals, also notes that all taxpayer expenses, including those related to ensuring the safety of production facilities, are taken into account when determining the income tax base.
Experts believe that the state will have to develop and apply a universal mechanism to ensure an equal level of protection for such facilities, regardless of the financial capabilities of the owner.
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