According to the deputy, this measure at the legislative level would be redundant.
“Because today everything is regulated by the market.
We often now visit hospitals and other medical institutions, and in the halls of stationary and semi-stationary organizations, as a rule, there are retail outlets where they sell essential goods,” Bessarab said.
Commenting on the idea of exempting goods from VAT, she noted that now in Russia there is a measure to reduce the payment of VAT.
“For example, for medicines or goods for children.
Therefore, in my opinion, if we assume that such reductions will be in outlets at medical organizations, then this will be a violation of trade competition.
Which in turn can lead to fraudulent activities, ”the RT interlocutor added.
She also noted that in Russia there are charitable and volunteer organizations that can help those citizens who do not have the opportunity to independently purchase essential goods for themselves.
“There are quite a lot of organizations that deal with this issue.
And it would be convenient if the administrative staff of the hospitals could inform the charitable organization that there are people who need help,” the parliamentarian concluded.
Earlier, Anton Orlov, director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Politics, proposed creating shops for essential goods at medical institutions, the price of which would not include VAT.