Tax Free in Russia
Dear guests of the Russian Federation,
Tax Free system in the Russian Federation started to function in the Russian Federation from April 2018.
The citizens of foreign states not being members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia) have a right to refund the value added tax.
To receive Tax Free a person needs to purchase goods from one retailer within one day for the sum of minimum 10 000 rubles (VAT incl.) in the retailers’ locations set forth by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Tax Free services are provided by many retailers located in the following regions:
Republic of Buryatia
Republic of Mordovia
Republic of Tatarstan
Khabarovsk kray
Krasnodar kray
Krasnoyarsk kray
Primorie kray
Zabaikalie kray
Amur oblast
Irkutsk oblast
Kaliningrad oblast
Leningrad oblast
Moscow oblast
Nizhni Novgorod oblast
Novgorod oblast
Rostov oblast
Samara oblast
Sverdlovsk oblast
Volgograd oblast
City of Moscow
City of St. Petersburg
VAT refund does not apply to excisable goods (such as alcohol and tobacco products).
To receive the refund, the goods have to be exported through the border checkpoints according to the list set forth by the Government of the Russian Federation:
I. Vehicle checkpoints
Brusnichnoye
Ivangorod
Kraskino
Kyakhta
Mamonovo (Gzhekhotki)
Svetogorsk
Torfyanovka
Zabaikalsk
II. Air checkpoints
Chita (Kadala)
Ekaterinburg (Koltsovo)
Irkutsk
Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo)
Kazan
Khabarovsk (Noviy)
Krasnoyarsk (Emelyanovo)
Moscow (Domodedovo)
Moscow (Sheremetyevo)
Moscow (Vnukovo)
Nizhniy Novgorod (Strigino)
Rostov-on-Don (Platov)
Samara (Kurumoch)
Saransk
Sochi
St. Petersburg (Pulkovo)
Ulan-Ude (Mukhino)
Vladivostok (Knevichi)
Volgograd (Gumrak)
Zhukovsky (Moscow oblast)
III. Sea checkpoints
St. Petersburg Large port
St. Petersburgh Passenger port
Vladivostok
IV. Mixed checkpoints
Blagoveshchensk
Persons may apply for tax refund within one year after the goods purchase if the goods are exported from Russia within three months after their purchase.
For more information, please contact the Tax Free operators in Russia:
DIGITAXFREE
Global Blue
SberTax Free
