Do freelancers have to pay taxes?

Question

Freelance

If I live in Russia, work as a freelancer with clients from the CIS and Western countries, do I need to pay taxes and how can I do it?

Answer 1

Submit a declaration at the end of the year for 13% as an individual
Or register as an individual entrepreneur pay at the end of the year ~ 20k rubles + 6% of income

Answer 2

Need. VAT - definitely.
How? Call the tax office and ask. In short - just submit the declaration on time and pay through the bank.

Answer 3

Need. Register IP and work. All the paper - one working day a year barely runs. Yes, even without leaving home.

Answer 4

The income received regularly is an entrepreneurial activity, and it is necessary to register as an individual entrepreneur / LLC - this is what the law says.
And in general, it’s not comme il faut to pay 13%, when you can pay 6% as an individual entrepreneur in a simplified way

Answer 5

You need to hire an accountant. The cost for such activities will not be large, but there will be a minimum of hemorrhoids with bureaucratic red tape.

Answer 6

Of course you need.

Answer 7

In short - not necessary, but obliged!
The question is, is it cost-effective for you. With income below 10 tr. per month, I personally think not. For example, if you freelance as a part-time job in the evenings/weekends. In that case, I personally wouldn't bother.
If you earn from 30 tr. per month, then I think it's worth it. The following two links, I think, will help you:
1. Preparation of documents for registration of an individual entrepreneur / LLC
2. All paperwork in electronic form, sent via the Internet
Note: both services are paid, if it is important for someone

Answer 8

I'll give you a hint. The goal of an entrepreneur is to maximize profits. And paying taxes reduces profits ... Then think for yourself;)

Answer 9

If you sell goods or provide services, then do n’t even think of any personal income tax, all your financial transactions are registered (except for cash). These are reports against you that will pop up if necessary (suddenly get into politics). For the sake of interest, come to work to your familiar tax specialists and you will see how they track all the money flows of all legal entities. individuals and individual entrepreneurs, and even some physicists in automatic mode.
You cannot, as a physical a person to provide services and sell goods for a fee and earning income on an ongoing basis. And it's only a matter of time, until the moment when they ask you - where do you get the money or why do they regularly come from ... so-and-so?
The tax department separates "revenues" by source:how and why they were obtained. If you receive from a bank deposit, or a co-founder of a legal entity. persons and received dividends - you are an individual and submit personal income tax. If you receive income by providing services or selling goods - you are an entrepreneur and surrendering personal income tax is a tax fraud. When you are registered in a city with a million population, there may not be a tax case before you for a long time, but if you are registered in a regional city, then you will be shaken as soon as there is a budget deficit (checked) in taxes or social programs.
Today, everything is quite simplified for an IP and I think they will simplify the work even more. (I myself have been an IP for 15 years, I also have an LLC)
In addition, you will make it easier for your future clients to work with you. Especially now, when the number of cheap cash withdrawal schemes hides every day.