The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is ready to discuss the reduction of personal income tax for Russian employees working remotely from abroad, said Alexei Sazanov, deputy director of the department.
Previously, the agency proposed to force non-residents to pay income tax at a rate of 30%.
“We just want to keep the income of the subjects. We are not doing this on purpose to collect the 30%, we just want personal income tax revenues that went into the subjects’ income to be preserved,” Sazanov explained the Finance Ministry initiative (quoted by Forbes).
To a clarifying question about whether the department was ready to lower the rate, the official replied in the affirmative: “In the event that they are Russian citizens, Russian tax residents, of course, we are ready to discuss this.”
Currently, employees who have left Russia for more than six months are exempt from personal income tax. Under the new rules prepared by the Ministry of Finance, the payment exemption will be canceled, and the employer will be obliged to withhold 30% of the salary of a remote employee if he is not a tax resident.
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anastasia mariana
Source: RB
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