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Paying for the patent: how much and when

There is no single nationwide price for the permit, and that is not a trick — it is how the law works. The payment is called a fixed advance payment of personal income tax, and article 227.1 of the Tax Code builds it from three numbers: a base of 1,200 roubles a month, the deflator coefficient for the year, and a coefficient reflecting regional labour market conditions, which is set by the law of the region.

Pay BEFORE the period you are paying for begins — «before the day on which the term for which the patent is issued (extended) or reissued starts» (article 227.1(4)). Not afterwards, and not on the last day.

And pay where you work, not where you live: the payment is made «at the place where the activity under the issued patent is carried out». This is a common and expensive mistake — the money goes to another region and the permit is not extended.

What is known for certain

Monthly payment = 1200 ₽ × 2,842 (the deflator coefficient for 2026) × the regional coefficient. The first two numbers are the same across the country; the third is set by each region.

The deflator coefficient for 2026 is 2.842. It is the same across the country and is set by order No. 734 of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development of 6 November 2025, registered with the Ministry of Justice on 13 November 2025 under No. 84153.

If a region has not set a coefficient, it is taken to be one (article 227.1(3)). The payment is then 1,200 × 2.842, that is 3,410 roubles a month.

What follows from this

The payment is the extension. The law says: «The validity of the patent is deemed extended for the period for which the tax has been paid... no application to the territorial authorities is required» (article 13.3(5) of Law 115-FZ). Pay for three months and the permit runs for three months.

A missed payment ends the permit the next day. In the same place: «otherwise the validity of the patent terminates on the day following the last day of the period for which the tax was paid». Nobody warns you and nothing arrives in the post — from the next morning you simply cannot work on that permit.

So keep the receipt. The permit is handed over only against proof of payment (article 13.3(6)), and the same document proves the extension at any check.

Why neighbouring regions differ several times over. The regional coefficient is a tool of the region: it is how they regulate the inflow of workers. The gap between St Petersburg and Krasnodar Krai in the table above is not an arithmetic error — it is the decision of two regional parliaments.

Where to go next

What you need for the permit and by when — the work permit.

If the payment has already been missed — the patent has expired.

And the certificate without which no permit is issued comes after the exam — the trainer, with every task explained.

Frequently asked questions

Why is the price in our city different from the one next door?

Because the coefficient is set by the law of the constituent region, not by federal law. The base of 1,200 roubles and the deflator are the same everywhere; the regional coefficient is not.

Can I pay for a whole year at once?

Yes. You can pay from one month upwards and in advance, within the validity of the permit — no more than twelve months from the day of issue.

I paid one day late. What now?

The permit stopped being valid on the day after the period you had paid for. What to do about it is on the patent has expired.

I paid in the wrong region. Does it count?

The payment is made at the place where the work under the permit is carried out. A payment to another region does not discharge your obligation — it has to be sorted out through the tax office, and immediately.

Where do I get the payment details?

At the tax office covering your place of work, or at the migration unit that issued the permit. Each region has its own details and we do not publish them: a wrong account means money gone astray.

Why is my region not in the table?

Because we have not read your region's law in the official source. An invented amount here is worse than none: pay the wrong sum and you lose the permit the next day. Use the formula with the coefficient from your own region's law.

And why is Moscow missing?

For the same reason, and it is not an oversight: Moscow is the one region that does not publish its laws on the Official Internet Portal of Legal Information, and the open reference systems carry a version eight years old. We will give its figure once we have read the city's current law, and not before.

The formula and the deadlines were verified on 22 September 2026 against article 227.1 of the Tax Code and article 13.3 of Federal Law 115-FZ of 25 July 2002. The deflator comes from order No. 734 of the Ministry of Economic Development of 6 November 2025. The regional coefficients come from the laws of the regions, each linked in the table to the law itself on the Official Internet Portal of Legal Information. The amounts are computed by machine from the formula, not typed in by hand.

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