Increasing personal income tax will not affect those who work from abroad under an employment contract

The amendments to increase the personal income tax rate to 30% in the case of remote work in the Russian segment of the Internet will not affect employees working under an employment contract. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

“These amendments do not affect employees who work under employment contracts; for them, the current tax conditions do not change in any way,” — says in the message.

The Ministry of Finance drew attention to the fact that the bill is still being finalized at the site of the Russian government. Earlier today, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov also stressed that the government is continuing an “expert process” on this initiative.

In a conversation with Vedomosti, Andrey Isaev, deputy head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma, member of the labor committee declaredthat the tax regime will also apply to those working under a civil law contract. At the same time, he noted that he had not yet read the text of the bill, but was based only on the retelling of the media.

Earlier today, the government submitted a bill to the State Duma, according to which Russian companies will have to collect 30% of personal income tax on the income of workers who have gone abroad if they use the domestic segment of the Russian Internet or hardware and software and hardware. If passed, the bill will enter into force on January 1, 2024.