Does anyone have experience working for the Russian market while living in Italy on a digital nomad visa? I’m interested in how people resolve the issue of double taxation — it’s unclear what is paid in Italy, what is paid in Russia, and whether this can be optimized at all. Are there cases where someone in IT works for Russian clients and simultaneously registers as self-employed in Italy — how does that work in practice?
Under the convention between the Russian Federation and Italy — it was suspended by decree several years ago, so there’s no automatic tax credit. When I sorted this out with an Italian consultant, he explained: you declare your worldwide income, credit the tax paid in Russia (you need a certificate of payment — the equivalent of our 2-NDFL), and pay the difference up to the Italian rate. This only applies if you actually became a tax resident of Italy — 183+ days in the year. And a partita IVA in parallel is a different story; INPS is added on top separately.
Thanks — I didn’t know about the payment certificate; I’ll need to figure out how to obtain it in Russia. Could you tell me a bit more about the partita IVA (Italian VAT number)? You seemed to start explaining and then stopped — if I register it in parallel, will the Russian tax still be credited, or is it a completely different scheme?