The State Duma told how much money Russians can return for treatment
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Russians can return up to 19,500 rubles per year for routine treatment and 13% of the amount for expensive treatment (surgeries, IVF, implantation, hemodialysis), but no more than the personal income tax paid, subject to tax residency and payment of tax in the year of treatment, State Duma deputy Alexei Kurinny said.
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Why It Matters
In Russia, a tax deduction for treatment allows you to return part of the money spent on medical services, subject to payment of personal income tax and tax residency.
Brief retelling from RIA II
Russians can get back up to 19,500 rubles a year as a tax deduction for paying for routine treatment.
For expensive treatment, you can return 13% of the total amount spent, but no more than the personal income tax paid for the year.
To receive a tax deduction, a person must be a tax resident of the Russian Federation and pay personal income tax in the same year when he paid for medical services.
MOSCOW, October 13 - RIA Novosti. Russians can return up to 19.5 thousand rubles a year as a tax deduction for paying for ordinary treatment, while for expensive treatment - 13% of the total amount spent, but not more than the personal income tax paid for the year, State Duma deputy Alexei Kurinny (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) told RIA Novosti.
“For conventional treatment, you can return up to 19.5 thousand rubles per year. For expensive treatment - complex operations, IVF, implantation or hemodialysis - 13% of the total amount spent on it, but no more than the personal income tax paid for the year,” Kurinny said.
According to the parliamentarian, in order to receive a tax deduction for treatment, including paid tests and dentistry, a person must be a tax resident of the Russian Federation and pay personal income tax in the same year when he paid for medical services. He clarified that the deduction can be issued every year or every three years.
“If you paid for the treatment of a parent, child, spouse, you will need a scan of a document confirming your relationship - a birth or marriage certificate,” he added.
The deputy emphasized that the classic way to receive a deduction is to fill out the 3-NDFL declaration after the end of the year, collect supporting documents, including certificates from clinics, and submit an application to the inspectorate in person or by letter.
“Another option is to receive a deduction through your employer by submitting a tax application confirming the right to a deduction with documents. In this case, compensation will come in the form of suspension of personal income tax withholding from your salary - within the entire amount of the deduction,” Kurinny explained.
According to the deputy, the most convenient way to receive a tax deduction is to declare your right to it in your personal account on the Federal Tax Service website, filling out a declaration and attaching scanned certificates from clinics. According to him, there is no need to explain to the clinic what kind of certificate is needed, since they already know it. He noted that clinics issue certificates in a format convenient for the patient - both offline and by e-mail.
“Some clinics themselves submit data to the Federal Tax Service - and then the information automatically appears in the taxpayer’s personal account, so you will only have to upload certificates from those clinics from which the certificates were collected on the application,” Kurinny noted.
Open Questions
- How often do Russians use this deduction in practice?
- Which clinics most actively submit data to the Federal Tax Service automatically?
