Interfax: The Ministry of Finance abandoned the idea to increase taxes for Russians working abroad

Interfax: The Ministry of Finance abandoned the idea to increase taxes for Russians working abroad


The Russian Ministry of Finance will not change the rules for taxing income for Russians who left the Russian Federation, but continue to work for Russian companies, said "Interfax" source. In July 2022, the Ministry of Finance proposed a bill that would introduce personal income tax for non-residents working remotely (have not been in Russia for 183 or more days over the past year).

Now citizens of the Russian Federation who have lost the status of a tax resident of Russia, but work for a Russian company, are exempt from paying income tax on the salary they receive, since it is already income from a source outside the country, provided that their employment contract mentions working abroad. While 183 days of work abroad have not yet passed, such an employee is obliged to independently pay tax for this period at a rate of 13% by submitting a 3-personal income tax return to the Federal Tax Service at the end of the year.

In July, the Ministry of Finance prepared a bill amending the Tax Code, according to which a Russian employer is obliged to withhold personal income tax 13% from a tax resident working abroad, and 30% from a non-resident. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the Ministry of Finance decided to abandon this initiative, but to apply the appropriate method of taxation among freelancers who left Russia, who work in the Russian segment of the Internet, or using hardware, software and hardware located in the Russian Federation. At the same time, the interlocutor of the agency noted that freelancers working abroad in the status of self-employed or individual entrepreneurs will also not be affected by the innovations.

November 24 Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov declared, which leans towards not changing the residency status for Russians working abroad. Thanks to this, they would be able to pay taxes at the same rate as employees in the Russian Federation - 13%. In December, Andrey Isaev, deputy head of the United Russia faction, spoke about the submission to the State Duma of a bill that proposes to increase the income tax of non-resident Russians in the status of self-employed from 4-6% to 30%.

Read more about the proposal to raise taxes for self-employed people who left Russia - in the material "Kommersant FM" “Russians who have left are treated individually”.

Erdni Kagaltynov



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