Work for a Russian IT company remotely in the state while living abroad. What is the legal side of the issue?

Question

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Friends, please share your experience.

The question is whether it is possible to legally work for a Russian company while being in the state remotely, actually living abroad, in particular, in Georgia. What are the nuances of taxation, what are the subtleties from the point of view of the law (prohibitions, features)?

Or is this only possible with employment through individual entrepreneurs / self-employment?

All in advance the deepest merci.

Answer 1

Russian citizen?
In general, no
well - there may be graters in the company, there are a couple of discrepancies in accounting, but the Duma promises a law on remote work - so in general it will be 100% legal

Answer 2

Not at all. I am not an expert BUT - if a citizen of the Russian Federation is absent for more than 180 days a year in the country, then he is considered a tax non-resident (according to the latest laws, all citizens of the Russian Federation are currency residents - but this is not the same as a tax resident), then pay tax at a rate of 30 % alas and ah. Sadness. It seems that the Ministry of Finance had a more than reasonable initiative to make the same tax for non-residents as for residents, those 13-15%, but something has died out there. Again, I could be wrong. Those work 100% legally, but the question is how much taxes will you pay. Again, if you are not sitting on a tourist visa, but have a residence permit in another country, then you may need to report to the local tax authorities. Let's say the owner of a green card in the US is already a full-fledged US taxpayer and you will be kind. It doesn't matter where the income comes from.

Answer 3

Well, apart from the fact that you lose your tax residency and have to pay personal income tax of 30 instead of 12, there seems to be nothing like that.
But you have to report the loss of tax residency yourself, but I have never done this in ten years and no one in the tax office has found out that I am not a tax resident of Russia