HOW TO BECOME A CRAFTISHER AND WHAT PAYMENTS ARE REQUIRED?

By becoming an artisan, you can earn income from practicing an authentic craft, traditional to Belarus. To obtain artisan status, you must complete certain steps. To become an artisan, you must: 1) select one or more types of craft activity from the list of craft activities approved by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 457 of June 28, 2024 (clause 2 of the Regulation on the Implementation of Craft Activities by Individuals, approved by Presidential Decree No. 328 of August 21, 2024). For example, cooperage, yarn making, and painting wood products. Local executive committees may supplement the list of craft activities established by the Government, taking into account the characteristics and unique features of a particular region. In other words, if an unusual craft has historically been practiced in a given area, the executive committee has the right to add it to the list for this area. 2) choose what you will pay: a tax on professional income (hereinafter referred to as the PIT) or a fee for carrying out craft activities (hereinafter referred to as the fee) The fee can be paid only if the local executive committee (district administration in the city, district executive committee) makes a decision to apply the fee in your regard. If you want to pay the fee, you must submit an application in the established form to the executive committee at your place of residence (i.e., at the place of registration indicated in your passport). If the executive committee, by its decision, refuses to apply the fee, you will be obliged to pay the PIT; A fee in the amount of 10 Belarusian rubles must be paid for each calendar month. It is paid: - before the end of the month in which the local executive and administrative body made a decision to apply the taxation procedure; - no later than the 1st of each calendar month - for subsequent tax periods. When applying the tax on professional income, you must enter information about your income from craft activities after installing the app. Based on this information, the tax authority will calculate the tax on professional income based on the results of the first month of craft activity and notify you of the amount payable via the app no ​​later than the 10th of the following month. You must pay the tax on professional income no later than the 22nd of the following month. Inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of the Republic of Belarus for the Stolin District