Russia decided not to introduce a fee of 100 rubles for foreign parcels ⠀.
The government plans to abandon additional customs duties on orders from foreign online stores, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Szanov said in the State Duma. According to him, there are no plans to introduce the tax and the VAT at the same time, as reported by Vedomusti and Kommersant.
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The amendment to waive the fee is going to be presented for the second reading of the bill on amendments to the tax law. Initially, it was proposed to charge 100 rubles for packages worth up to 200 euros.
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At the same time, plans remain to introduce a 22% VAT on foreign online orders from 2027. According to Kommersant, the authorities previously discussed gradually increasing the tariff, but then abandoned that option. Russian online platforms will have to pay the tax.