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Russia tax rates 2026
There is no wealth tax and no inheritance tax, and personal income runs a five-band scale to 22%. Against that, corporate tax is 25%, VAT rose to 22% in January 2026, and treaty relief with most Western countries has been suspended since 2023.
The taxes
| Personal income (top) | 22%Progressive since 1 January 2025: 13% on the first RUB 2.4m, 15% to RUB 5m, 18% to RUB 20m, 20% to RUB 50m and 22% above. Dividends, deposit interest and property sales sit in their own base on a separate 13%/15% scale, so each runs its own threshold. Non-residents pay 30%, with carve-outs at the resident scale for highly qualified specialists, EAEU citizens and remote workers on Russian employment contracts. |
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| Corporate income | 25% |
| Capital gains | 13%/15% for residents. A property sale is exempt after five years of ownership, or three in listed cases, and that exemption is open to non-residents too. Miss the holding period as a non-resident and the charge is 30% of the gross sale price with no deduction for what you paid. |
| VAT / NDS, raised from 20% on 1 January 2026 by Federal Law No. 425-FZ. Reduced 10% on food, children's goods and medicines. | 22% |
| Dividends (WHT) | 15% |
| Interest (WHT) | 25% |
| Royalties (WHT) | 25% |
| Social security (employee) | 0% |
| Social security (employer) | 30% |
| Wealth tax | None |
| Inheritance / estate | None. Abolished in 2006; heirs pay only a notarial duty of 0.3% capped at RUB 100,000 for close relatives, or 0.6% capped at RUB 1m for everyone else. |
| Property tax | Cadastral, 0.1% to 2%, and up to 2.5% on objects worth more than RUB 300m. Moscow bands run 0.1% to 0.3% by value. |
| Other | Employer contributions are 30% up to RUB 2,979,000 per employee per year and 15.1% above it, plus 0.2-8.5% for injury cover. Accredited IT companies pay 5% corporate tax to 2030. |
How the system works
- Tax system
- Worldwide (residence-based)
- Foreign income
- Taxed (worldwide)
- Taxes by citizenship
- No
- Exit tax
- No
- CFC rules
- Yes
- CRS
- Participating
A special regime for new arrivals
International holding company status in the two special administrative regions, at 0% on inbound dividends and 5% outbound, behind a substance test of fifteen staff, local premises and RUB 300m of investment. Separately, the CFC fixed-profit election costs RUB 5m a year for one company and about RUB 25m for five or more.
Rates checked August 2026: the top marginal income tax rate, the standard VAT rate and the main corporate rate.
Ways to relocate to Russia
The residency and citizenship routes that lead here, weighed against the tax picture above.
Russia Investor Residence
Residency by investment
Russia ВКС
Employment
Decree 702 Visa
Talent & extraordinary ability
Decree 883
Talent & extraordinary ability
Russia Ancestry Route
Citizenship by descent
Russia Naturalisation
Citizenship by naturalisation