Last year, the citizens of stolen goods in supermarkets in the amount of more than 638 million rubles. On this evidence, official statistics of the Federal Tax Service (there are at the disposal of "Izvestia"). These are, according to officials, the losses "from the shortage of wealth in trade, manufacturing and warehouses in the absence of the perpetrators." This is 12% more than a year ago - then customers have taken out of the stores of goods to 568 million rubles.

Most stolen in Moscow: in the capital accounts for 412 mln rubles stolen - this is 65% of all thefts nationwide. In second place - Samara region (stolen goods by 97.9 million rubles), the third - St. Petersburg, where he was made goods by 38.6 million rubles.

According to statistics, the most honest Russian regions are in the North Caucasian District and the Far East: in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Magadan, and in some other regions of the loss of commercial enterprises "in the absence of the perpetrators" are zero. In this case the past two years the damage from theft in Moscow has grown by almost 50%: in 2011 it was stolen tons in MoscowCarlsbad "only" to 287.9 ​​million rubles, which was only 38% of all Russian theft.

As he told "Izvestia" Director of External Relations "Dixie" Catherine Group Kumanin, most of the shops and medium-sized steal expensive items: the elite alcohol, sausage and fish specialties, coffee, eggs, perfumes and cosmetics. Do not overlook shoplifting thieves and cheaper goods checkout area - chocolate, shaving machines, etc.

- It is logical that the highest turnover of chain stores are in Moscow, and therefore there is the maximum amount of theft, - the analyst believes IFC Markets Dmitry Lukashov. - This is, unfortunately, a significant risk factor for their activities, laid down in the very core of this retail business.

However, according to experts, the official statistics - is just the tip of the iceberg. After all, it only takes into account cases where supermarkets attract law enforcement, said chief legal expert center TaxAdmin.ru Artem Nikolaev.

- To reduce the income tax due to the shortage of goods, it is necessary toinability to establish the perpetrators has been confirmed by police. That is, must be prosecuted and then the investigator must sign the order for the termination of criminal proceedings due to the fact that the offender is not identified, - he said. - Many people simply prefer not to mess with it.

Head of Public Relations of X5 Retail Group Vladimir Rusanov noted that growing numbers of thefts reported tax service, as with each year an increasing number of chain stores across the country.

- Loss from theft in retail chains remains at about 1.5% - it is several orders of magnitude greater than the official statistics, - Rusanov said. - X5 Retail Group has been fighting with the theft in their stores, but fails to eradicate the problem.

- Almost every week in each of the store "Dixie" officers detain thieves. Over the past year the company managed to prevent almost 50 thousand. Offenses. About 1 thousand. The situation has become the basis for the initiation of criminal cases, many of them indicted nrigovory - adds Catherine Kumanin.

In addition, according to asset manager of FC AForex Sergei Kavzharova, statistics do not reflect the theft from the store employees. This is important, that a significant proportion of staff in the capital's commercial networks hold migrants.

- The C unscrupulous employee of retail chains prefer to deal on their own, without the involvement of the police, - he says. - In addition, capital is always a very attractive place for unwanted social elements that are most often involved in stealing on the job.

To retailers were able to write off losses from theft, without the participation of the police, it is required to amend the Tax Code (NC) indicates Nikolaev.

The government in April 2013, the Ministry of Finance submitted to the State Duma a draft law, which was developed with the active participation of trade networks. The project included the amendment in Art. 265 and 272 of the Tax Code, on which retailers with self-service area of ​​at least 70% can be taken into account losses from the theft of 0.75% of revenue in the expenditure part. To check that the goods were actually stolen, a musts, according to the bill, the auditors - they confirmed that indeed there has been a theft of unidentified persons, and not, for example, the natural decline in the commodity. But the profile of the State Duma Committee gave a negative opinion and recommended that the Ministry of Finance to reject the project. The deputies did not believe that tax relief have a positive impact on prices at retail, in addition, by their calculations, it would have led to budget losses of 10-15 billion rubles.

However, it is possible that the agency will come back to the issue, since, according to the mechanisms to allow classification of the expenses for income tax purposes "The main directions of tax policy for 2014 and the planning period of 2015-2016" in the NC must be provided loss that can not be attributed to the perpetrators.