Salary taxes in 2019

The content of the article

• PIT in 2019
• Non-taxable income
• Social Security Payments
• Additional fees
• Privileges
• Payroll deductions for individual entrepreneurs

Russian citizens are accustomed to dividing salaries into “clean” and “dirty”, that is, before taxes. We get 13% less in our pocket than indicated on the payroll. This is income tax. The employer pays the state another 22% of our wages.

PIT in 2019

Personal income tax is 13 percent of the salary. This rate is valid in 2019 for Russian citizens. Foreigners who live in the country less than 183 days in the last year need to pay 30% of their earnings (non-residents except for EAEU citizens).

For highly qualified foreign specialists and for those who have received a patent, this does not apply.

The employer himself transfers this money to the state, and the employee receives the amount without tax. For example, if the salary is 50 thousand rubles, then the employee will receive 43,500 rubles. Earlier, deputies of the State Duma discussed the possibility of introducing a progressive taxation scale. The higher the person’s income for the year, the greater the deduction he was supposed to. This idea did not meet with understanding..

Non-taxable income

Benefits and compensation from which personal income tax is not paid:

• unemployment;
• maternity (maternity benefits);
• for unused vacation;
• paid upon dismissal;
• for moral and health damage.

Social Security Payments

Every month, the employer transfers pension contributions from the salary of each employee. Part of the money from the salary fund goes to other social needs..

The marginal deduction base is the amount of income after which payments either decrease or cease.

There are three directions of payments and restrictions for them:

• PFR: hold 22% until reaching the annual limit (1,129,000 rubles) and 10% on all subsequent income.
• General health insurance: 5.1% is charged on any salary.
• Social Insurance Fund: payments of 2.9% until the annual limit is reached (815 thousand rubles), no further insurance contributions are paid from the salary.

Additional fees

Some professions are at particular risk, and employees need to be insured against accidents. The amount of insurance also applies to payroll taxes, and its size depends on working conditions..

There are 32 classes of professional risk, and the same number of insurance rates..

The higher the class, the greater the risk that an employee may be injured – and the higher premiums in 2019.

For example, publishing is a risk class 1, and the coefficient is only 0.2%. Peat extraction is 18th grade, payment is 2.3%, and coal and anthracite mining is already 32nd grade, the most dangerous, 8.5% ratio. You can read more in the order of the Ministry of Labor “On approval of the Classification of types of economic activity by occupational risk classes” dated December 30, 2016.

Privileges

There are exemptions when paying taxes – the relevant cases are listed in Article 427 of the Tax Code. Who can count on preferential rates and is exempted from payments:

• Companies in special economic zones: 13% pension rate, social rate – 2.9% and medical rate – 5.1%.
• IP with a patent – do not pay anything.
• LLC in special economic zones – Vladivostok, Kaliningrad Region, Crimea and others.

The full list can be found in the specified article of the Tax Code.

Payroll deductions for individual entrepreneurs

Individual entrepreneurs are also required to pay income tax in Russia. Those who do not have a staff at the end of the year must pay the general tax (UTII): 5,840 rubles for medical insurance, and another 26,545 rubles to the Pension Fund (if the annual income is not more than 300 thousand rubles).

The changes occurred in 2018, before the tax was calculated from the minimum wage. For dividends, taxes from January 1, 2019 amount to 13% of the amount received.