Informaţii utile
Informații privind implementarea sistemului Tax Free în Federația Rusă (în limba engleză)
Unofficial translation
Annex 1
Information on the Implementation of the Tax Free System
in the Russian Federation
Dear guests of the Russian Federation,
Since April 2018, the value-added tax refund system (Tax Free System) has been launched in the Russian Federation.
To be eligible for a VAT refund, you must be a citizen of a foreign country outside of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU – the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation).
To receive a tax-free service, you should purchase goods for no less than 10,000 roubles (in national currency), tax included, from a single retailer during one day at retailer locations approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. Certain retailers provide VAT refund services in the following cities:
-
Saransk (the Republic of Mordovia);
-
Kazan (the Republic of Tatarstan);
-
Sochi (Krasnodar Krai);
-
Volgograd (Volgograd Oblast);
-
Kaliningrad (Kaliningrad Oblast);
-
Krasnogorsk (Moscow Oblast);
-
Nizhny Novgorod (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast);
-
Rostov-on-Don (Rostov-on-Don Oblast);
-
Samara (Samara Oblast);
-
Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk Oblast);
-
Moscow;
-
Saint Petersburg.
VAT refund is not applicable to excise goods, including alcohol and tobacco.
To receive a refund, export your purchased goods through border crossings approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.
I. Road border crossings
-
Mamonovo-Grzechotki
II. Air border crossings
-
Vladivostok (Knevichy Airport)
-
Volgograd (Gumrak Airport)
-
Ekaterinburg (Koltsovo Airport)
-
Kazan
-
Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo Airport)
-
Moscow (Vnukovo Airport)
-
Moscow (Domodedovo Airport)
-
Moscow (Sheremetyevo Airport)
-
Nizhny Novgorod (Strigino Airport)
-
Rostov-on-Don (Platov Airport)
-
Samara (Kurumoch Airport)
-
Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo Airport)
-
Saransk
-
Sochi
III. Sea border crossings
-
Bolshoi Port, Saint Petersburg
-
Vladivostok
-
Passenger Port, Saint Petersburg
Individuals can claim a tax refund within a year after the purchase provided that the goods are exported within three months from the purchase date.
For more details, please contact Tax Free operators in Russia:
-
HI.SKY (http://hiskytaxfree.com/);
-
Global Blue (http://www.globalblue.com/);
-
Premier Tax Free (https://premiertaxfree.ru/).