Abstract
The article considers the modern level of development of the administrative responsibility institute of legal entities. Special attention is given to the substantiation of the necessity to adapt this institute to the modern state of business environment and to the purposes of stimulation of economic growth. The negative impact of the growing administrative burden on the entrepreneurial environment, the controversial nature of the formed level of penal sanctions imposed on business is consistently substantiated. In the article there is a classification of problems of administrative responsibility of legal entities, the author's approach to grouping them based on akin traits is given. Structural problems of the level of administrative burden on business, state of parity of interests of power and business community are singled out in a separate group of problems. The author of the article concludes that the modern state of the administrative responsibility institute of legal entities has a clear dominance towards the interests of the state and does not fully reflect the interests of the entrepreneurial community. The article concludes with detailed consideration of specific problems, elaboration of recommendations on improving the system of administrative responsibility of legal entities in the sphere of entrepreneurial activity.