Russia global ess supplier

Do foreign ESS vendors have to pay VAT in Russia?

This is an official recommendation of the Federal Tax Service of Russia (FTS). 1 Under the current Russian VAT regime on B2B ESS, foreign ESS vendors must collect and directly pay VAT to the Russian budget.

Does Russian VAT apply to B2B ESS?

Under the current Russian VAT regime on B2B ESS, foreign ESS vendors must collect and directly pay VAT to the Russian budget. The FTS recommendations appear to allow facilitating the VAT payment in cases when making a payment from a foreign bank account to the Russian treasury becomes difficult or impossible, including due to applicable sanctions.

Do Russian B2B purchasers pay VAT?

Russian B2B purchasers should self-assess and pay to the Russian budget VAT on electronically supplied services (ESS) purchased from foreign vendors. This is an official recommendation of the Federal Tax Service of Russia (FTS). 1

Can a foreign vendor challenge a Russian VAT recovery?

If the Russian purchaser self-assesses and pays VAT, the Russian tax authorities must not require the foreign vendor to pay this tax and must not challenge the VAT recovery by the purchaser. Earlier in 2019, the FTS has already referred to such mechanism as acceptable 2 ( see our Legal Alert dated 26 April 2019 ).

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