OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing a single personal income tax rate for employees working remotely for Russian companies both in Russia and abroad. It will be 13-15 percent. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.

The Law amends the Tax Code. It refers to Russians who work for Russian organizations under employment contracts or under civil law contracts (GPH). The personal income tax rate for them remains at the standard rate of 13 percent (with earnings of more than five million rubles per year — 15 percent), regardless of the status of their tax residence.

For full—time employees, the norm will take effect from next year, for freelancers - from 2025.

As RIA Novosti reminds, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Sazanov said that the use of a single rate will make it much easier to administer personal income tax for tax agents, that is, employers. Now companies must independently determine the personal income tax rate depending on each specific situation. At the same time, in the case of remote workers, it is difficult for the employer to check their tax residency. Now the taxation rules will be unified.

At the end of June, the LDPR developed and sent to the government a bill on the abolition of personal income tax for citizens earning less than 30 thousand rubles a month. According to the authors of the initiative, this will help low-income Russians to improve their standard of living.