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Real Estate Market Review 2011 | Belarus Tax Summary Belarus Tax Summary PROFIT TAX Profit tax is imposed on: ◊ ◊ gross profit; and dividends and other similar income paid by Belarusian companies. Gross profit is profit from the sale of goods (including fixed assets), services, and property rights, plus non-operating income. Non-operating income includes income from leasing property (including real estate); interest on loans and deposits; dividends received from abroad; and other income not related to production and sale of goods, services and property rights. Profit tax on dividends paid by Belarusian companies is withheld by those companies. The general profit tax rate is 24 per cent. Dividends and income from sale of shares in Belarusian companies are taxed at the rate of 12 per cent. VAT VAT is imposed on the supply of most goods (including fixed assets), services, property rights in Belarus as well as on most imports to Belarus. The standard VAT rate is 20 per cent. Thus, sale and lease of real estate is subject to VAT at the 20 per cent rate. REAL ESTATE TAX Corporate real estate tax is imposed on the depreciated value of buildings and constructions owned or leased by companies. With regard to leased real estate objects, the taxpayer is the company which has the real estate on its balance sheet according to the lease agreement; however, if the landlord is an individual or a foreign company not carrying out activities in Belarus through permanent establishment, the taxpayer is always the tenant. The annual tax rate is 1 per cent. A 2 per cent rate applies to incomplete real estate objects where the terms of construction are exceeded and the company is engaged in construction of other objects. Individual real estate tax is paid by owners of buildings. The annual tax rate is 0.1 per cent. The tax is assessed by tax authorities who send taxpayers a written notice by 1 August of the relevant year. LAND TAX Companies and individuals who own or use land in Belarus pay land tax. Except for a limited number of cases, the tax base is the cadastral value of the land, which can be found at the official website of the National Cadastre Agency http://nca.by/. Tax rates vary significantly depending on the cadastral value and functional use of land. Local government authorities may increase (not by more than 100 per cent) or decrease (not by more than half) the tax rates for certain categories of taxpayers. SIMPLIFIED TAXATION SYSTEM (STS) As an alternative to the general system of taxation, businesses may use the STS. Businesses subject to the STS pay a unified tax imposed on gross revenues and do not pay profit tax (except for profit tax on dividends and on income from sale of securities), real estate tax, land tax, VAT (if the STS without payment of VAT is used), and some other taxes. Gross revenues are considered to be revenues received during the taxation period from the sale of goods, services, and property rights, plus non-operating income. The STS can be used by companies that meet the criteria on maximum amount of gross revenues within one calendar year and number of personnel. The following main tax rates apply under the STS: 8 per cent as to companies that do not pay VAT; 6 per cent as to companies that pay VAT; and 3 per cent with regard to revenues from export of goods and services. WITHHOLDING TAX ON INCOME OF NON-RESIDENTS Foreign companies that do not carry out activities through Belarusian permanent establishment pay withholding tax on certain types of income derived from sources in Belarus. Unless otherwise provided by double taxation treaties, withholding tax is imposed on the following types of income at the following rates: ◊ ◊ dividends and income from sale of shares in authorised capital of Belarusian companies - 12 per cent; royalties (payments for use of property in Belarus or the right to use such property; fees for use of property rights to copyright objects, objects of related rights; payments for KIRYL APANASEVICH Partner, Head of the Tax & Customs Team in Belarus SORAINEN Belarus ul Nemiga 40, 220004 Minsk, Belarus Phone +375 17 306 2102 Kiryl.Apanasevich@sorainen.com BALTIC LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Awarded by: Financial Times & Mergermarket International Financial Law Review PLC Which lawyer? International Tax Review p. 100
Real Estate Market Review 2011 | Belarus Tax Summary ◊ ◊ ◊ industrial property objects, including know-how) - 15 per cent; interest - 10 per cent; freight and other charges connected with international shipping transactions and forwarding services - 6 per cent; other income (in particular, income from sale of real estate located in Belarus; income from real estate transferred in trust; income from supply of various types of services) - 15 per cent. Currently, Belarus has 62 double taxation treaties. According to most of them, withholding tax can be imposed only on dividends, interest, royalties, and income from disposal of real estate. Moreover, most establish lower than default withholding rates applied to dividends, interest and royalties. KIRYL APANASEVICH Partner, Head of the Tax & Customs Team in Belarus SORAINEN Belarus ul Nemiga 40, 220004 Minsk, Belarus Phone +375 17 306 2102 Kiryl.Apanasevich@sorainen.com BALTIC LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Awarded by: Financial Times & Mergermarket International Financial Law Review PLC Which lawyer? International Tax Review p. 101
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