The government withdrew the bill on the 30 percent tax for Russians who left

The Government of Russia has withdrawn from the State Duma a bill on raising the income tax from 13% to 30% for Russians who have lost their tax residency.

The document was withdrawn “for clarification”, the press service of the government said.

It became known on Monday, April 24, that the draft law was introduced in the State Duma. The amendments assumed that Russians who live abroad for more than six months and have lost their tax residency must pay a higher tax rate when working in Russian companies. The changes concerned everyone who uses the Russian segment of the Internet for work or “technical, software and hardware” located in Russia.

Currently, personal income tax is levied at the rate of 13% for tax residents of Russia; 15% — for non-residents working in Russia or if the resident’s hourly income exceeds 5 million rubles. All other income of non-resident individuals is taxed at a rate of 30%.

• Last summer, the Ministry of Finance of Russia proposed a bill to increase personal income tax to 30% for Russians who left. However, in November, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that he was inclined not to change the status of tax residency for Russians working abroad. In March, an Interfax source claimed that the Finance Ministry had rejected the idea of ​​increasing taxes for Russians working abroad.
• After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and then after the announcement of mobilization, hundreds of thousands of Russians of working age left the country, including businessmen, IT specialists, researchers, doctors and musicians. How many of them remained abroad is not reliably known.