The State Duma approved a 2% increase in VAT starting in 2026.

      In Russia, from January 1, 2026, the value-added tax (VAT) rate will increase from 20% to 22%. Today the State Duma of the Russian Federation approved the corresponding bill in the third, final reading, RIA Novosti reports. The document provides for the retention of a reduced VAT rate of 10% on all socially significant goods. The State Duma also approved a law on the gradual reduction of the revenue threshold at which small businesses will be required to pay VAT.

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      The State Duma has finally adopted the tax bill to raise VAT to 22%

      In addition, under the new rules the annual revenue threshold at which entrepreneurs are required to pay VAT will be gradually lowered

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      The State Duma passed the law in the third reading, 16:15 20.11.2025 Realnoe Vremya - Kazan

      The State Duma approved a 2% VAT increase starting in 2026

      In Russia, from January 1, 2026, the value-added tax (VAT) rate will increase from 20% to 22%. 15:29 20.11.2025 GTRK Tatarstan - Kazan

      The State Duma supported in the final reading the VAT increase to 22% from 2026

      The State Duma in the final, third reading approved the bill to raise the VAT rate from 20% to 22% from 2026. 15:27 20.11.2025 Business Online - Kazan

      The State Duma supported a 2% VAT increase from 2026

      From the beginning of next year, 2026, the value-added tax (VAT) in Russia will rise by 2%, from 20% to 22%. 15:22 20.11.2025 IA Tatar-inform - Kazan

      News from neighboring regions on the topic:

      In 2026 VAT in Russia will be raised to 22%

      The State Duma approved a law according to which a 22% VAT rate will be in effect in Russia from January 1, 2026. 17:55 20.11.2025 GlobalMSK.Ru - Moscow Region

      In Russia VAT was raised to 22%

      The State Duma adopted a law on the phased increase of VAT from 20% to 22% from January 2026. 19:42 20.11.2025 IA All News - Nizhny Tagil

      Oryol tax authorities identified the most frequent violations in submitted declarations

      During desk tax audits by specialists of the regional tax office, the largest additional assessments were related to value-added tax. 17:35 20.11.2025 InfoOrel.Ru - Oryol

      The State Duma approved VAT increases and new tax benefits from 2026

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      Deputies of the State Duma passed a law that introduces large-scale changes to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. 20:28 20.11.2025 Sib.fm - Novosibirsk

      Voronezh residents warned about an increase in one of the taxes

      The measure will take effect from January 1

      VAT was raised to 22% in Russia

      The State Duma approved a law to raise value-added tax from 20% to 22%. 17:22 20.11.2025 MOYO! Online - Voronezh

      The State Duma approved raising VAT to 22% from 2026

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      From January 1, 2026, the value-added tax (VAT) rate in Russia will increase from 20% to 22%. 18:18 20.11.2025 Vologda-Poisk - Vologda

      The State Duma approved in the second reading a bill on the phased lowering of the small business revenue threshold

      The State Duma approved in the second reading a bill on the phased reduction of the small business revenue threshold for VAT payment. 18:15 20.11.2025 Agency for Urban Development - Cherepovets

      A tax law from the budget package was adopted in the Russian Federation

      It provides for a phased reduction of the maximum income for transfer of payers under the simplified taxation system (STS) to the VAT-paying regime: 20 million rubles in 2026, 15 million rubles in 2027, 17:14 20.11.2025 Gorod48.ru - Lipetsk

      The State Duma raised VAT to 22% from 2026

      The State Duma adopted in the third reading a law on the federal budget for 2026 and for the planned period of 2027 and 2028 and on raising VAT from January 1, 2026 to 22%

      A deficit is foreseen for all three years. 17:13 20.11.2025 MSKNovosti.Ru - Moscow

      What will change in the lives of Penza residents after amendments to the Tax Code

      The third reading of the draft amendments to the Tax Code of Russia took place in the State Duma. 17:13 20.11.2025 Stolica58.Ru - Penza

      The State Duma passed a law on the phased reduction of the VAT payment threshold for small businesses

      The State Duma passed in the third reading a law from the budget package that introduces important changes to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation related to tax policy. 23:12 20.11.2025 SIA.RU - Irkutsk

      The State Duma approved a technological fee: manufacturers and importers will pay a tax

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      The State Duma adopted in the third reading comprehensive amendments to the Tax Code implementing certain provisions of the main directions of tax policy for 2026–2028. 16:57 20.11.2025 RuInformer.Com - Sevastopol

      The law on new tax rates has been adopted: Tula residents will feel the difference already in 2026

      The State Duma adopted in the final reading a law amending the Tax Code of Russia. 16:53 20.11.2025 Molodoy Kommunar - Tula

      Voronezh residents were told about the change in VAT from 2026

      RIA Voronezh Text — Elizaveta Bondareva, photo — Vitaly Grass (archive)

      The State Duma approved in the second reading a bill to amend the first and second parts of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. 16:44 20.11.2025 RIA Voronezh - Voronezh

      By early 2026 VAT will rise to 22%: the State Duma passed a new law

      On November 20 the State Duma approved amendments to the Tax Code. In the third reading the law raising VAT from 20% to 22% was adopted. 16:23 20.11.2025 TVK Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg

      The State Duma passed a law to raise VAT to 22% from 2026

      The State Duma approved the phased increase of VAT from 20% to 22% in 2026.

      The law amends the Tax Code. 16:23 20.11.2025 Moika78.Ru - Saint Petersburg

      The State Duma approved a law to raise VAT to 22% from 2026

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      At a meeting on November 20 the State Duma adopted a law on changes to tax legislation. 16:22 20.11.2025 My Rayon - Saint Petersburg

      The State Duma approved the federal budget for 2026–2028

      Photo: Vologda-Poisk

      Deputies adopted the law on the budget for 2026 and the planned period of 2027–2028 in the final reading. 17:17 20.11.2025 Vologda-Poisk - Vologda

      Everything will become more expensive: the State Duma raised VAT and lowered its threshold

      From 2026, Russia’s value-added tax (VAT) will increase and the VAT threshold will be lowered. 16:12 20.11.2025 Infokam - Kamyshin

      The right to drive a car in Tatarstan can be granted by almost anyone: a family member, a friend, or an acquaintance.

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      A zonal seminar for deputy directors for education and interaction with children’s public associations was held at the Fanis Yarullin Kzyl-Yar School.

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      A criminal case has been opened on a charge of negligence

      The Krasnodar Krai Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation after reports of schoolchildren being poisoned by an unknown gas.

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      A fatal accident occurred in Naberezhnye Chelny. According to the press service of the State Traffic Inspectorate of Tatarstan, a passenger of a VAZ-2114 died in the crash.

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      Deputy battalion commander Yuri Denisov from the Leninogorsk district of the Republic of Tatarstan admits that he no longer celebrates his birthday – on April 14, 2024 he was informed of the deaths of five of his soldiers.

      IA Tatar-inform

      The drone danger regime was lifted in Tatarstan. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported this via its app at 08:13 Moscow time.

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      Activists of the military-patriotic club “Guard” continue their important mission — providing assistance to the families of soldiers in the area of the special military operation.

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      From November 17 to 19 an international conference “One Ummah – Common Fate” and celebrations were held in Ufa on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the religious activity of the Grand Mufti,

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      Elvira Sibgatullina was dismissed due to loss of trust for hiring her mother

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