Tourist tax 2025: which business will pay

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From January 1, 2025, Russia will begin to collect a tourist tax. This payment will replace the resort fee. Who will pay the new tax? How will it be calculated? And what issues still need to be resolved? Andrey Goloshchapov, CEO of the European Legal Service and Executive Director of Els Group, spoke about all the nuances.

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Who should pay the tourist tax?
Who is exempt from tourist tax?
Tourist tax rates
How to calculate tourist tax
How to pay and report on tourist tax
What's the bottom line?


Who should pay the tourist tax?
The tax will be paid by companies and individual belarus phone number lead entrepreneurs providing hotel services. The new mandatory payment will affect businessmen providing places in hotels, hostels, motels, sanatoriums, boarding houses included in the register of classified accommodation facilities. This means that people renting out housing on a daily basis will not pay the new tax, because such facilities are not included in the register.

The introduction of the tax will affect the entire country, but local authorities will decide whether to collect it in a specific municipality. In Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol, the decision on the tourist tax will be made by the authorities of the corresponding subject or territory.

Businesses should prepare for the innovation now, rather than waiting until January. Here's how to do it :

Find out about the introduction of a tourist tax in your region. This information can be found on the websites of local authorities.
Prepare your staff: explain the new rules to them, tell them about the new data. You can practice in advance and simulate possible situations with guests.
Give your accounting department time to prepare for new responsibilities and find out all the necessary information about paying the tourist tax.