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«Налоги на грех»: историко-правовой анализ налогообложения «сомнительных доходов»
The article is devoted to the problem of the admissibility of the state extracting income from certain "dubious" sources (otherwise - the exploitation of vice). A centuries-old discussion around this problem exists both within the framework of economic science and the science of financial law, and remains relevant today.
It is proposed to distinguish several groups of "sin taxes," including, firstly, those that correspond to ethical values and express the concern of the government for the health of the citizen and (or) the protection of the environment. Secondly - absolutely unacceptable (from the trade in heavy drugs, slave trade, military aggression, others). Negative attitude towards these phenomena is based on basic values (life, health, safety). Of course, repressions with the aim of redistributing property (historical "proscriptions," "expropriation," etc.) are negative to. Thirdly, some profitable sources exist in a state of "semi-recognition" due to historical, economic, cultural reasons (trade in alcohol, tobacco, organization of gambling, others). Such dubious (inflationary) sources of income negatively affect the prospects for the development of human capital.