Ordered a price increase: How the new tax will hurt foreign purchases The government abandoned the 100 ruble fee for each foreign package, but intends to introduce a 22% VAT starting in 2027. How much will you have to pay too much? If the tax is completely passed on to buyers, then: an order of 3000 rubles will cost 3660 rubles. Purchase for 5000 rubles - 6100 rubles. Product for 10,000 rubles - 12,200 rubles. These are preliminary calculations. The actual price increase will depend on the tax calculation mechanism and the sellers' decisions. Why was VAT introduced? The Ministry of Finance expects to receive about 75 billion rubles a year, and Russian sellers will be able to compete with Chinese sellers on more equal terms. However, Nubia Izvestia experts disagreed. Economist Maxim Chirkov believes that the tax will help domestic producers: "These are relatively soft instruments of protectionism that slightly increase the cost of foreign goods and make Russian goods more competitive." But the Doctor of Economic Sciences Mikhail Delyagin warns: the increase in import prices alone will not help Russian industry. "Imported goods will become more expensive through the Internet, but this will not automatically give Russian manufacturers the opportunity to develop their production." At the same time, the innovation will affect cross-border purchases - when goods are sent directly from another country. If a Chinese product is already in the warehouse of a Russian seller, the tax situation will be different.

Ordered a price increase: How the new tax will hurt foreign purchases The government abandoned the 100 ruble fee for each foreign package, but intends to introduce a 22% VAT starting in 2027. How much will you have to pay too much? If the tax is completely passed on to buyers, then: an order of 3000 rubles will cost 3660 rubles. Purchase for 5000 rubles - 6100 rubles. Product for 10,000 rubles - 12,200 rubles. These are preliminary calculations. The actual price increase will depend on the tax calculation mechanism and the sellers' decisions. Why was VAT introduced? The Ministry of Finance expects to receive about 75 billion rubles a year, and Russian sellers will be able to compete with Chinese sellers on more equal terms. However, Nubia Izvestia experts disagreed. Economist Maxim Chirkov believes that the tax will help domestic producers: "These are relatively soft instruments of protectionism that slightly increase the cost of foreign goods and make Russian goods more competitive." But the Doctor of Economic Sciences Mikhail Delyagin warns: the increase in import prices alone will not help Russian industry. "Imported goods will become more expensive through the Internet, but this will not automatically give Russian manufacturers the opportunity to develop their production." At the same time, the innovation will affect cross-border purchases - when goods are sent directly from another country. If a Chinese product is already in the warehouse of a Russian seller, the tax situation will be different.