Information agency Credinform has prepared the ranking of the largest public catering enterprises in Russia on the net profit ratio.

Earlier we referred to enterprises of this industry in our publications: “Return on assets of restaurant business”.

Enterprises having the largest revenue (TOP-10) for the last available in the Statistical register period (2015) and operating on the public catering market no less than three years were taken for the ranking. Further, they were ranked in the descending order of the net profit ratio (Table 1).

The net profit ratio (%) is calculated as a ratio of the net profit (loss) to sales revenue. The ratio shows the rate of companies’ sales profit.

There aren’t any standard values of the indicator. It is recommended to compare companies belonging to one industry or change of the ratio with time by a certain enterprise.

The negative value of the indicator shows that there is a net loss. The more the value of indicator is, the more effective the enterprise works.

In order to get the full and fair picture of the company’s financial situation, it is necessary to pay attention to all the available complex of ratios, financial and other indicators.

In 2015 the average value on the net profit ratio in the group of companies TOP-10 amounted to 2,41. The same indicator in the group of companies TOP-100 amounted to 1,7, while the industry-average value is 4,15.

Nine companies of the TOP-10 were given high and prime solvency index Globas-i, which bears evidence to their ability to meet debt obligations timely and in full.

LLC BURGER RUS was given satisfactory index Globas-i due to information about being a defendant in debt collection arbitration proceedings, unclosed writs of execution and loss in the balance sheet figures.

The total revenue of the TOP-10 in 2015 amounted to 135,6 billion RUB, which is by 18% more than in 2014. At the same time the total net profit in this group of companies decreased by 31%. Seven companies of the TOP-10 tolerated decrease of net profit amount in 2015 in comparison with the previous period, and three companies also decreased the revenue amount.

In group of companies TOP-100 the increase of the total revenue for the same period amounted to 26%, during decreasing of the total net profit by 64%.

Nine companies of the TOP-10, as the industry in the whole, have the positive values of the net profit ratio. It refers to higher profitability of the industry operation. However, there is a visible trend to growth rate reduction in recent years. It is confirmed by the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) (Figure 2).

The total sales revenue amounting to 548 billion RUB in 2007 increased by 2015 by 2,4 times and amounts to 1 305 billion RUB.

According to the same data of the Rosstat, at the stated period the index of actual turnover volume of public catering has also a trend to decrease over the last years (Figure 3).

The public catering enterprises gravitate to a significant extent to the largest country’s agglomerations – Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. It is confirmed by the data of Information and Analytical system Globas-i, according to which 100 public catering enterprises largest by the revenue volume for 2015 are located in 22 regions of Russia.

Thus 63% of the industry-largest companies are situated in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.

We have already discussed in our publications the patent system of taxation: «Patent system of taxation in 2015».

According to the Federal Laws of 21.07.2014 №244-FL and of 13.07.2015 №232-FL, individual entrepreneurs whose average number of wage workers is not more than 15 employees for the tax period and that sales income amount does not exceed 60 mln RUB, can use the patent system of taxation. These requirements remain unchanged in 2016.

Changes in the application rules of the patent system of taxation concerned in 2016 the kinds of activity list that was raised from 47 to 63 kinds of activity. You can learn full list of activity kinds in the Tax Code of the RF and on the web-site of the Federal Tax Service of the RF.

For example, the following kinds of activity were included to the new list that came into force since January 1, 2016: caring for retired and disabled people, activities related to computer hardware, manufacture and repair of goods made of natural leather, manufacture of bakery, confectionary and dairy products.

As before, in order to account for the tax authorities, it is necessary to keep the income ledger.

In 2016 the growing popularity of the patent system of taxation among individual entrepreneurs was not once mentioned by the mass media. For example, almost 40 thousand patents were acquired for the first half of 2016 in Moscow that is 80% more than for the 6 months of the previous year. Besides, more than half of patents are related to the sphere of retail trade. Growing interest is observed for patents on the right to carry out activities related to public food services, home renovation and other services.

As a result, according to experts, patent system as one of kinds of simplified taxation system becomes ever more effective instrument of tax policy of the Government.

Data from the Federal Tax Service of the RF of assessment and collection of taxes imposed with implementation of the simplified taxation system (Picture 1) confirm the above-mentioned information.

*) – the forecast is based on growth rates for 6 months of 2016

Besides, growth rates of collection of such taxes are recently decreasing because of the macroeconomic situation (Picture 2).

*) – data for 6 months of 2016 are given to the corresponding period of 2015