Impact of taxation on the living standards of the Russian population

In most developed countries of the world, taxes are one of the key processes of life support of society and have a significant impact on the level and quality of their lives, including the impact on the social security of the poor. The article discusses the main directions of the impact of the tax system on the standard of living of the population, the ways of improving the tax system to improve the quality of life of the population. It is proposed to introduce a progressive scale of taxation of personal income, which will solve a number of important socio - economic problems, including improving the welfare of the population of the Russian Federation