Tax Free System

Information about the implementation of the TaxFree system in the Russian Federation

Dear guests of the Russian Federation!

The value added tax refund system (TaxFree system) on the territory of the Russian Federation began operating in the Russian Federation in April 2018. 

Citizens of foreign countries outside the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia) have the right to refund value added tax. 

To receive TaxFree, you need to purchase goods from one retailer during the day in the amount of at least 10 thousand rubles, including tax, at retail locations approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. Value added tax refund services are provided by many retailers located in the following regions:

•The Republic of Buryatia 

•Republic of Mordovia 

•The Republic of Tatarstan 

•The Trans-Baikal Territory 

•Krasnodar Region 

•Krasnoyarsk Region 

•Primorsky Krai 

•Khabarovsk Territory 

•Amur region •Volgograd region 

•Irkutsk region •Kaliningrad region 

•Leningrad Region •Moscow region 

•Nizhny Novgorod region 

•Novgorod region 

•Rostov region 

•Samara region •Sverdlovsk region 

•The city of Moscow 

•The city of Saint Petersburg

VAT refunds do not apply to excisable goods (for example, alcohol and tobacco products). To receive a refund, goods must be exported through checkpoints, the list of which is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation:

Automobile checkpoints 

•Lingonberry 

•Zabaikalsk 

•Ivangorod 

•Kraskino 

•Yacht 

•Mamonovo (Grzhekhotki) 

•Svetogorsk 

•Torfyanovka 

Air checkpoints

•Vladivostok (Knevichi) 

•Volgograd (Gumrak) 

•Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo) 

•Zhukovsky (Moscow region) 

•Irkutsk 

•Kazan Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo) 

•Krasnoyarsk (Yemelyanovo) 

•Moscow (Vnukovo)

 •Moscow (Domodedovo) 

•Moscow (Sheremetyevo) 

•Nizhny Novgorod (Strigino) 

•Rostov-on-Don (Platov) 

•Samara (Kurumoch) 

•Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo) 

•Saransk 

•Sochi 

•Ulan-Ude (Mukhino)

 •Khabarovsk (New) 

•Chita (Kadala) 

Sea checkpoints 

•The Grand Port of Saint Petersburg 

•Vladivostok 

•Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg 

Mixed checkpoints 

•Blagoveshchensk

Individuals will be able to apply for a tax refund within one year from the date of purchase of the goods, provided they are exported within three months from the date of purchase. For more information, please contact Tax Free operators operating in Russia:

·DIGITAXFREE (https://digitaxfree.ru/)

·Global Blue (http://www.globalblue.com/)

·SberTax Free (https://sbertaxfree.ru/)