Double taxation of Ukrainians abroad: what is it and how to avoid it

Abstract

After the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, many Ukrainians were forced to seek their fortunes in other countries, escaping from the war. In total, after the start of the full-scale war, about 6.3 million people found themselves abroad, many of whom began to look for work and work. Others continued to work remotely with Ukrainian employers at previous jobs, while paying taxes to the budget of Ukraine. This especially applies to teachers who continue to teach children remotely. Therefore, the purpose of the paper is to highlight the problems of double taxation that currently exist, and to outline the methods of their avoidance. Various aspects of the study of methods for preventing double taxation are highlighted in the works of domestic and foreign legal scholars, in particular K. Blankart, K. Vogel, L.K. Voronova, A.T. Kovalchuk, A.N. Kozyrina, M.P. Kucheryavenka, L.L. Lazebnyk, I.A. Laryutina, S.G. Pepelyaeva, I.Yu. Petrasha, S.F. Sutyrina, A.A. Shakiryanova, V.O. Shamraya, et al. However, tax relations are constantly developing, and their legal regulation is being improved, and in connection with such a situation that has occurred in our country, there is a need to review many related issues. In most European countries, there is a rule according to which foreigners can be recognized as tax residents and begin to be taxed, according to the legislation of the country in which they are located, after 183 days of stay on the territory of this state. Very often a situation arises when working citizens of Ukraine have to pay taxes both in the country in which they work and in Ukraine. That is, double taxation occurs, because many of those who leave do not know that after a certain period they become a tax resident. Therefore, the question arises how to prevent this.