“Position not finalized”
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the government has not yet decided what to do with the taxation of Russians working from abroad. According to him, the decision should not have a negative impact on business.
According to Siluanov, the government is considering the proposal of State Duma deputies, but “the situation has not been finalized.”
“We can probably say that by providing some services from abroad on the territory of the Russian Federation, a tax can be levied on this. And we actually want to ensure that taxes are paid without creating any negative incentives. Therefore, we are considering the proposals of the MPs and the government will decide on his position,” he said.
He fears that if the government introduces “special taxation procedures”, a situation may arise where “business is not interested in paying the Russian budget”.
Siluanov suggested that the departing Russians may not be settled and may pay nothing.
“(They -” socialbites.ca “) can register a company, serve in the territory of the Russian Federation, respectively, there is no personal income tax, nothing will happen,” said the Minister of Finance.
“It will be fair”
On December 25, State Duma spokesman Vyacheslav Volodin called the issue of taxation of Russians leaving the country “a matter of justice” on his Telegram channel. “There are those who believe that it is necessary to give preferences and benefits to those who left Russia so that they can “return,” he said.
“This is not true. It is completely understandable why they fled. Those who realized that they made a mistake have already returned. The rest should understand: the vast majority of society does not support their actions – they believe that they have betrayed their country, relatives and friends, ”wrote the Chairman of the State Duma.
Volodin noted that the departing citizens “not only work remotely in Russian companies, but also enjoy all the advantages that the country provides to them in accordance with its legislation.”
“It is right to cancel the preferences of those leaving the Russian Federation and introduce a higher tax rate for them. That will be fair. “We are working on appropriate changes to the legislation,” he said.
On December 26, Andrei Isaev, deputy chairman of the United Russia Duma group, told Interfax that the changes being developed in the State Duma ensure the abolition of the self-employment regime for those leaving Russia.
“In our country, preferential tax regimes have now been established for self-employed and individual entrepreneurs. The self-employed actually pays 4-6%. State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin suggested that preferential regimes be canceled for them in order to avoid abuse of this by people going abroad, ”said the head of the State Duma.
According to him, the initiative assumes that Russians leaving the country “either have to draw up employment contracts, and then their taxes will increase, or they will have to register as individual entrepreneurs”. In the second case, they will not be able to benefit from the benefits determined for this category in the legislation.
Ministry of Finance Proposal
On July 26, the Ministry of Finance proposed a law that employees of Russian companies working remotely from abroad must pay taxes in the Russian Federation. The Ministry has prepared appropriate amendments to the legislation.
The ministry explained that the initiative proposes to establish that “wages paid by domestic employers’ organizations to remote workers abroad relate to income from Russian sources”.
At the same time, citizens who stay outside the country for more than 183 days a year will lose their Russian tax residency. However, amendments to the legislation were not submitted to the State Duma.