This was reported by the press service of the cabinet.

“The state will refund self-employed tax paid by them in 2019. An order to allocate 1.6 billion rubles for these purposes was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, ”the statement said.

The government specified that for a tax refund, the self-employed would not need to send applications to the Federal Tax Service or submit supporting documents.

“The money will automatically go to a bank card, information about which the citizen indicated in the My Tax mobile application,” the cabinet said.

On May 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that the tax paid in 2019 be returned in full to self-employed citizens.