Very often a person who is going to start a business hears a lot of terrible things about the state on the Internet. Taxes are terrible, stifling immensely, you will give half of every ruble to the state. Checkups and fines are constant, come all those who are not lazy and extort .... In general, there is no life for a Russian man.
Taxes.
If, without jokes, we have a very liberal tax code for small businesses: payments are transparent, low and easy to count. Rent, PE, turnover, advertising, etc. - At the initial stage, this is an order of magnitude headache.
Three variants of taxes, choose which one suits you best.
Simplification of 6% - from the total official turnover pay 6% to the state. Simplification of 15% - you pay 15% to the state from the official difference of income minus expenses. The rates may vary from region to region, they are average.
Imposition (UTII) - the state estimates how much you earn from your business and imposes a certain tax on you, and whether you earn it or not. There is no difference to it.
Here is an example: we opened a shop of 100 m2 with shoes. The tax office has calculated (based on the area, location) and issued a tax, even 10K / month. So you will pay for it. And how much you earn zero or a million of it does not matter. For each official employee for his white PZ you have to pay taxes in fact it is:
1. PERSONAL INCOME TAX -13%
2. Insurance premiums 22+5.1+2.9=30%
Taking into account the structure of accrual 1.13*1.3=1.469 This is 47%
That is, from every 10K to every 4.7K the government employee has to deal with.
Of course, there will be dissatisfied people here, they say that the employee pays PIT, and the employer of insurance pays it. But the change of places, the sum of money does not change. It does not matter where the money comes from.
And now the most interesting thing is that I emphasized the words officially and white. Due to the specifics of small business, it is always gray. There is always unaccounted for, incomprehensible costs, expenses, black sails.
Also, the tax authorities know very well that it is economically inexpedient to check the "trifle" qualitatively. (It is necessary to allocate people, time, etc.) Therefore, trifles and their violations are always looked through the fingers. If you show a small plus (it's important that the plus), then your leftist doesn't matter to anyone in the tax office. This rule is valid approximately up to a white turnover of 1-10M/month depending on the region.
You will only be checked by the tax office if you make a big mistake. All kinds of cashing schemes, etc. quickly lead to close attention. Well, and there as you prepare. If competently, it is possible to be displayed. But keep in mind that the presumption of innocence does not work in such schemes. You will prove it.
Conclusions: Taxes at the initial stage, this is probably the smallest headache. They are not high, they are easy to count, black accounting is simple, checks are extremely rare.
Checks.
Depending on the business, very different services can be checked. Cafe-SanPiN, fuel and lubricants warehouse... Look at the specifics of the business, usually, there are 1-2 main checkers, as a rule, do not go, there is no sense. The same SanPiNu - check the point of sale of Christmas-tree toys makes no sense.
But... Absolutely the same as the tax authorities to check you for this unprofitable and uninteresting activity. (You are too shallow). The husband has a moratorium on checks. Therefore, to come to you will be in the following cases.
Asked competitors.
Here the principle is different. The inspector tries to punish as much as possible. More intimidate, promise to close the business, criminal case ... from the strangeness of it is difficult. Especially for the first time.
Strange as it may seem, these checks are some of the simplest. While you are most afraid of everything, almost tomorrow you will sit down.
Usually such checks have very weak grounds or no grounds at all, (asked for) no one to make noise. The maximum penalty is easily contested (almost always). Promises to close the business and plant are passed by.
And if you start to actively counteract, very often the protocol with violations, just disappears. I even have cases when the inspector came to "put up". This is the opposite of a bribe.
How not to be jammed.
Do not create a joint that cannot be eliminated in any way. Suppose you don't have a toilet (and it should be) and you can't do it, there's no room at all. Anyone checked it will see it, and you will get to the list of "dairy cows". Not necessarily in your pocket, but just to check. Why go looking for violations when you have it exactly and you can't fight back.
Conclusions. If you are not too afraid to be afraid of checks there is no sense. All problems are solved quickly enough and with small money.
The conclusion is general.
At the initial stage, the state and interaction with it is probably the smallest problem of your business.