Wind of Change confirmation of non resident status

Russian legislation provides for a simple procedure for determining tax residency: if a person spends more than 183 days during year outside the Russian Federation, such a person is recognized as a non-resident for tax purposes in the Russian Federation and acquires a special status in terms of currency control legislation.

For many years, verifying the actual tax/currency status of a Russian citizen has not been a very common practice for the Russian tax authorities. Even if the verification was occasionally carried out, it was limited to checking copies of a travelling passport and counting the days spent in/outside Russia according to the border crossing stamps in such passport.

Now the situation has changed. Read more.