Even 22% will not always allow you to level the price," experts on new taxes on goods from abroad The government has abandoned plans to introduce a customs tax of 100 rubles on foreign online purchases under 200 euros from next year. The Ministry of Finance intends to remove this provision from the bill until the second reading. Instead, we will discuss the introduction of a 22% VAT on all purchases abroad. The authorities do not plan to collect taxes and duties at the same time. The founder of the Marketplace Partner Club, seller Ilya Bokhrin, believes that a fixed fee will hit cheap goods especially hard. For example, for a package worth 500 rubles, an increase of 100 rubles means a 20% increase in costs. The introduction of VAT, in turn, can reduce the price gap between Russian and foreign sellers. The latter may have to raise prices to maintain profits. "We shouldn't expect foreign goods to go up directly by exactly this 22%, as if instantly in one day. They will still partially throw away, and reduce their profits to maintain their market share." The founder of the consulting company "WOW-Strategy", an expert in the field of electronic commerce, Sergey Petrenko, believes that waiving customs duties will prevent an excessive burden on foreign purchases. "If a customs duty is added there, then there will be such a serious deviation at the present moment." Moreover, even a 22% VAT does not guarantee equal conditions of competition. Chinese goods are often sold at subsidized prices, and the markets themselves are interested in attracting foreign sellers and may provide them with additional benefits. "Even 22% will not always make it possible to compare the final fixed price."

Even 22% will not always allow you to level the price," experts on new taxes on goods from abroad The government has abandoned plans to introduce a customs tax of 100 rubles on foreign online purchases under 200 euros from next year. The Ministry of Finance intends to remove this provision from the bill until the second reading. Instead, we will discuss the introduction of a 22% VAT on all purchases abroad. The authorities do not plan to collect taxes and duties at the same time. The founder of the Marketplace Partner Club, seller Ilya Bokhrin, believes that a fixed fee will hit cheap goods especially hard. For example, for a package worth 500 rubles, an increase of 100 rubles means a 20% increase in costs. The introduction of VAT, in turn, can reduce the price gap between Russian and foreign sellers. The latter may have to raise prices to maintain profits. "We shouldn't expect foreign goods to go up directly by exactly this 22%, as if instantly in one day. They will still partially throw away, and reduce their profits to maintain their market share." The founder of the consulting company "WOW-Strategy", an expert in the field of electronic commerce, Sergey Petrenko, believes that waiving customs duties will prevent an excessive burden on foreign purchases. "If a customs duty is added there, then there will be such a serious deviation at the present moment." Moreover, even a 22% VAT does not guarantee equal conditions of competition. Chinese goods are often sold at subsidized prices, and the markets themselves are interested in attracting foreign sellers and may provide them with additional benefits. "Even 22% will not always make it possible to compare the final fixed price."