Joseph Kobzon asked to pay taxes on corporate events

Singer and Duma deputy Iosif Kobzon believes that a law banning lip sync should finally earn, and artists need to. Paying taxes on royalties for performances at corporate level "As legislators passed a law there on consumer protection, the prohibition of the actors lip sync there is such a law, but it does not work because the prison is not developed This is necessary to prosecute a state, as I sing to keep, is to create - .. Under recording or not, and so on, "- said Tuesday Kobzon RIA" Novosti ". He cites the example of American artists that do not allow that lip sync. The singer gave the example of Whitney Houston concert at the Kremlin Palace, went with the family. "She flew from St. Petersburg, where very cold, and the scene here in the Kremlin huge - .. Is it anything you want to be lip-sync, and it has such a wonderful device, it could easily go and fascinate us, but they contract where there is no right to lip sync and she was crying and I was crying in the hall, you sang, wheezing somewhere for an hour, this is the law that governs all things. "- .., the actor said. Joseph Kobzon out today not to Kobzon Russian artists do not pay taxes at the corporate level presentations, but no fault of their own, but this due to lack of regulations. "And this is an enormous sum of artists are now huge in the market economy charges -. For 100,000 euros or more. But they do not pay taxes because there is no law, "- said the singer He remembered a few years ago defended Philip Kirkorov, who was charged with tax evasion Kobzon then come Serdyukov, a former head of the Federal Tax Service ..." I Serdyukov offered 100 thousand dollars, say I want to pay taxes. To which he replied that I did for the first time the certificate, which she paid me. And then take them to the tax office, and then on the basis of this reference with me. "But I voluntarily brought the money, I want the taxes and drive on good roads to pay and live in a civilized city. Give me the opportunity to pay the tax," I said. And he told me the answer: "There is no law," - said the actor. In his opinion, "it is necessary to act on the system of laws of the United States, Switzerland or France to be converted for Russia." "Who killed the art of corporate events where artists invited. I sinner. Artist she sings gets the money in an envelope and leaves without paying tax. This terrible situation. This is when you take the popular artists, but we charge . in envelopes everything and everywhere to receive the entire country, there is a colossal amount, can and should draw on the culture, this is the poorest sector in our country. "- says Kobzon.