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Starting 1 July 2022, foreign entities must be registered in Belarus and pay VAT on the electronic distance sale of goods.
This requirement applies to the electronic distance sale of goods or mediating transactions involving buyers in Belarus: individuals and companies.
VAT Standard rate
The standard VAT rate in Belarus in 2025 is 20%.VAT Reduced rate
10% – for some types of food, children’s goods, and medicines.VAT Zero Rate
Selected transactions are zero-rated (0%), meaning no VAT is charged, but the supplier can reclaim input VAT. These include:
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Exports of goods outside Belarus
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Certain international transport and logistics services
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Electric cars (private use) imported under personal exemption rules
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VAT Increased rate
- A 25% VAT applies to telecommunications services, including phone calls, data transmission, and related services. This elevated rate is specific to telecoms
Effective since 1 January 2018.
According to the Tax Code of Belarus, digital services provided by foreign companies are subject to Belorussian VAT at the location of the customer.
VAT Standard rate
The standard VAT rate in Belarus is 20%.
This rate applies to all digital services supplied to individuals or businesses in Belarus, whether by domestic or foreign providers.
Foreign suppliers of digital services must register for VAT and charge 20% on B2C sales into Belarus.
Examples of digital services taxed at 20% include:
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Streaming services (music, video, games)
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Software downloads or SaaS platforms
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E-books and digital publications
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Online advertising
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Website hosting
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Mobile apps
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Cloud storage
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Online learning (automated)
VAT Standard rate
20%
VAT Reduced rate
10%,0%
Thresholds
€10,000
Thresholds
The distance selling threshold is €10,000.Who is obliged to register for VAT in Belarus
The foreign company is obligated to register for VAT upon the occurrence of two conditions jointly:- The company sells goods to individual buyers of Belarus;
- The annual revenue from the sale of goods to individual customers in Belarus exceeded €10,000 per year.
Registration procedure
The taxable person must register with the Ministry of Taxes and Dues of Belarus. The procedure is electronic and free. The owners will be required to complete and submit a VAT registration form, along with supporting documentation:- Trade register extract;
- If the company appoints a local tax agent or Fiscal Representative, then a Letter of Authority or Power of Attorney.
Marketplaces
Effective July 1, 2022, Marketplace facilitators located outside of Belarus must register for VAT in Belarus when they have revenue from Belarus of more than €10,000 yearly. In such a case, Marketplace is obliged to calculate and remit all sales tax for sales via this marketplace.Tax representative
There is no requirement to appoint a tax representative in Belarus.Deductible VAT
When remote sellers are registered for the simplified scheme for reporting VAT on sales to Individuals such sellers cannot credit incoming VAT.Keeping records
Currently, the Tax Code of Belarus has not set out a form of keeping records. Accounting is conducted in an arbitrary form, but it has to be provided with the following information:- Information used to determine the location of the entity or an individual: full name, address, network address, tax identification number, domain name, international phone code, postal code of residence, bank information, and more;
- Information to determine the taxation base: the cost of services provided, the currency of payment, the date of the provision of service, and the number of payments received (including advance payments). In case of return (offset) of funds – the amount and date of the return (set-off).
VAT payment date
The VAT payment must be submitted by the 22nd of the month following the reporting quarter.Filing VAT returns
- A taxpayer must transmit tax returns to the Ministry of Taxes and Dues of Belarus by electronic means.
- The LOVAT platform supports digital submission.
- The reporting periods are as follows: April (Q1), July (Q2), October (Q3), and January (Q4).
- The first fiscal period was Q3 2022.
- The date for filing tax returns is no later than the 20th of the month following the reporting quarter.
VAT Reduced rate
There is no reduced rate established.VAT calculation peculiarity
VAT = Total revenue * 20/120.Pieces of evidence
To identify customer location merchant has to collect at least 3 pieces of evidence. And if one of them is Belarus, the customer may be determined as Belarusian:- Customer’s address;
- Billing address (bank or electronic payment operator);
- IP address;
- Telephone number.
E-services list
- Granting the right to use software (including computer games) and databases including updates and additional functional options through the Internet as well as provision of remote access to them, also electronic books (publishing) and other electronic publications, information, educational materials, graphic images, music with or without text, audiovisual through the Internet, including by providing remote access to them for viewing and/or listening through the Internet;
- Advertising services provided through the Internet, including services provided with the use of software and databases that function on the Internet, as well as provision of advertising space on the Internet;
- Services for displaying offers for the acquisition (disposal) of goods (works and services) or proprietary rights on the Internet;
- Services provided automatically over the Internet upon the insertion of information by the user, automated services for on-demand data search, selection and sorting, and provision of data to the user through information and telecommunications networks (including real-time stock exchange data provision and real-time automated translation services);
- Services involving searching for and/or provision of information on, potential buyers for a client;
- Provision of technical, organizational, informational, and other possibilities with the use of information technologies and systems through the Internet for setting up contacts between sellers and buyers and conclusion of contracts (including real-time trading platforms on the Internet where potential buyers may offer prices using an automated procedure and the parties to the contract are informed of a sale by messages that are created and sent automatically);
- Provision and support of a commercial or personal presence on the Internet, support of users’ electronic resources (websites and (or) pages on the Internet), provision of access to them by other Internet users, and provision of options to modify them, provision of services for the administration of information systems;
- Storage and processing of information if the person who submitted the information has Internet access to it;
- Provision of computing capacity in real time for including information in information systems;
- Provision of domain names and hosting services;
- Provision of access to search systems on the Internet;
- Provision of statistical services on Internet websites.
Registration procedure
The application for registration has to be submitted before the last day of the quarter in which the object of VAT taxation has arisen. So a foreign organization that provides electronic services to customers in Belarus in the first quarter of 2018 is required to file an application for registration, no later than March 31, 2018. The application can be submitted in one of the following ways:- Hard copy;
- Electronic form.
VAT returns filling date
The VAT return must be submitted no later than the 20th of the month following a reporting quarter.VAT payment date
The VAT amount in BYN must be paid by the 22nd day of the month, following the reporting quarter.Keeping records
Currently, the Tax Code of Belarus has not set out a form of keeping records. Accounting is conducted in an arbitrary form, but it has to be provided with the following information:- Information used to determine the location of an individual: full name (if it was provided by an individual) network address, domain name, international phone code, postal code of residence, bank identification code used by the individual for receiving digital services, and more;
- Information to determine the taxation base: the cost of services provided, the currency of payment, the date of the provision of service, and the number of payments received (including advance payments). In case of return (offset) of funds – the amount and date of the return (set-off).
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