Russians began to move from small and medium-sized businesses to self-employed. This is stated in research RANEPA and SME Corporation. The FTS said, what is the share of IP, switched to tax on professional income (NPD), - less 5%. And the Ministry of Economics emphasized: the number of employees in small companies remains stable, although in the first quarter their number decreased by 60 thousands.

The tendency for SMEs to become self-employed is an alarming sign, because they pay less to the budget, considers Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Support of the Market Economy of the RANEPA, Head of the Expert Center for Criminal Law Policy and Enforcement of Judicial Acts at Delovaya Rossiya, Expert Analytical Alliance Ambassador Ekaterina Avdeeva.

The outflow can also mean the unwillingness of citizens to do business., but it is entrepreneurs who are the basis of economic development, noted Ekaterina Avdeeva. SME Goals Correlate with Strategic Objectives, facing the Russian economy: development of new technologies, development of import substitution, job creation, she added.