The government has extended until the end of 2027 the experiment on VAT compensation to foreign citizens when exporting goods purchased in Russia.
The corresponding resolution No. 1471 dated 01.11.2024 was published on the Official Internet portal of legal information.
Recall that the Tax Code of the Russian Federation allows foreign citizens to refund VAT when exporting goods purchased in Russia outside the EAEU.
The tax refund system applies to goods, including appliances, food, clothing, jewelry, books, medicines purchased within one day in the amount of at least 10,000 rubles. Tax Free does not apply to excisable goods.
At the same time, a tax refund is allowed for goods purchased in stores in territories included in a special government list.
This list was approved by Resolution No. 105 dated 02/06/2018 (with amendments and additions). Since the beginning of 2013, the list of such pilot territories includes 21 regions. The regions eligible for the Tax Free system include Moscow, St. Petersburg, Buryatia, Tatarstan, Mordovia, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Zabaikalsky, Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, Amur, Volgograd, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Moscow, Leningrad and Novgorod regions.
It was previously established that the pilot project on VAT refunds to foreign citizens is valid until December 31, 2024. It has now been extended until December 31, 2027.
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