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EAEU countries’ citizens can work in Russia as self-employed
In accordance with the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On the experiment to establish a special tax regime "Professional Income Tax", citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union countries who render services or perform work (babysitters, tutors, taxi drivers, cooks, seamstresses, hairdressers, electricians, plumbing specialists, etc.) through their own effort can voluntarily register in Russia as self-employed. The self-employed status is the receipt of legal income without the risks of being held liable for illegal business activities.
Registration as self-employed constitutes grounds for extending the period of legal stay in the Russian Federation.
A taxpayer identification number (INN) and a user account in the Taxpayer's Personal Account is enough to become self-employed. It is required to download and register in the "My Tax" mobile application using a login password from the personal account. There is also a web version of the self-employed account.
If there is no INN, it can be obtained in any tax inspectorate rendering services to citizens within five business days. An application and a passport are required to do this. A login password from the personal account can be obtained there after getting INN. It will only take 15 minutes.
One can also register as self-employed by contacting authorized banks. The list of authorized banks has been published on the website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia https://npd.nalog.ru/credit-orgs/.
The self-employed pay taxes in the amount of:
- 4% when rendering services/performing works to natural persons;
- 6% when rendering services/performing works to juridical persons or individual entrepreneurs.
Detailed information on the issue can be obtained on the website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia at: https://www.nalog.gov.ru/rn77/news/activities_fts/8261361/
The self-employed are persons who are not employed, have no managers or employees. Along with that, they conduct small business or render services to the population and companies of any size, and pay taxes to the state from the income received.
