Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sergey Drobyshevsky Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Drobyshevsky Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Tatiana Malinina Author-Name-First: Tatiana Author-Name-Last: Malinina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Sinelnikov-Murylev Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title:MAIN DIRECTIONS OF TAX SYSTEM REFORM IN THE MEDIUM TERM Abstract: In the next decade the Russian tax system will face tremendous challenges, due to both objective factors (significant dependence of the Russian economy on foreign trade conjuncture, etc) and a number of decisions in the field of fiscal policy. Viewing these challenges the authors examine three objectives of reforming the tax system: a balanced budget, improving equity and efficiency of taxation and the development of fiscal federalism – as well as the corresponding measures of tax policy in the medium term. Length:18 pages Creation-Date: 2012 Revision-Date: 2012 Classification-JEL: H2, H21, H25, H71 Keywords: tax system, fiscal policy, balanced budget, fiscal federalism File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/0046Drobyshevsky.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:0046