Innovation in Traditional Sectors to

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Knowledge Economy Forum III
Innovation in Traditional Sectors to Improve
Competitiveness of Russian Economy
Optimizing the Relationship between Oil Exporters
and the Government
Yaroslav Kouzminov, Higher School of Economics
Moscow, Russia
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Energy resources
are main items of the federal budget
UKOS
Lukoil
8.3 million
Production
Surgutneftegas
barrels per day
TNK
3.4 million
Export
Sybneft
Tatneft
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Reasons for inefficiency
Low effectiveness of executive authorities
Poor regulation of officials activities
(terms, jurisdictions etc)
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A custom
2. Export confirmation
3. An application for VAT return

• An application
• for an export
• confirmation

5. VAT Return
The Department of Taxes Duties
4. An order for the Treasury
The Treasury
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Export confirmation process at present
10
days

(according to the law)
Export
Export custom
confirmation
Up to 3 months In fact
Export office
Export
Permission
Internal custom
to export
180
days
VAT
for application to DTD
in price
VAT return
4
-
5
Exporter
days
Application
Purchase
Custom
Application for
for export
of ???
declaration
confirmation
2
-
3
VAT return
weeks
The decision about VAT return is being taken
Order to treasury
DTD
Payment confirmation
Up to 3 moths
Bank
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Exporters problems
Consequences for exporters

• The period between the date of export and the
  date of VAT return can be up to several weeks
• A temporary withdrawal of funds from circulations
  damages exporters and, finally, Russian economy
  on the whole.

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Exporters problems
Analysis of the situation

• Difficulties combination of problems
• poor regulation of inter-departmental interaction
• VAT returns procedures were handled by request
  only
• manual technologies of information sharing
  based on hard copy documents

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Electronic administrative regulations
Analysis of the situation

• Solutions
• The organization of inter-organizational
  electronic document circulation
• The use of electronic administrative regulations

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documents in digital form which describe the
order of planning, organization and registration
of operations, aimed at achieving organizations
goals
EAR
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EAR development
Goals and tasks of activity
Standard acts and legal documents
Duties, authorities, jurisdictions,
responsibilities, scope of work, instructions
???
EAR
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Expected results of the project of The State
Customs Committee and The Department of Taxes
and Duties
25 Billion rubles
Savings of economic agents
90
Time savings
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Conclusions about the causes of the problems

• Mechanical integration of departmental
  procedures. Lack of understanding of a complex
  character of inter- departmental interaction.
• Lack of systemic methods and formal analysis.
• Insufficient knowledge of modern information
  technologies.