Europe

South Ossetia

Corporate rate
Unverified
Top personal rate
Unverified
VAT / GST rate
20%
One-sentence summary South Ossetia is a partially recognized state whose statutory corporate and personal tax rates could not be independently verified from available English-language sources this session; the economy is heavily integrated with and subsidized by Russia and uses the Russian ruble as its currency.

Political and Economic Status

South Ossetia is a partially recognized state in the Caucasus, recognized as independent by Russia and a small number of other UN member states, while the United Nations and the majority of the world's governments consider it part of Georgia. Its economy runs on the Russian ruble and is substantially financed by Russian aid.

Corporate Tax Rate

No statutory corporate rate located despite a genuine search effort this session, including confirming that South Ossetia maintains its own functioning tax administration (a Minister for Taxes and Fees position and State Tax Service have existed continuously since the early 2000s) - but no reputable secondary compilation (PwC, KPMG, EY, or similar) currently publishes a statutory corporate rate for this jurisdiction in English, and no official rate schedule was locatable online. This reflects a genuine information-access limitation specific to unrecognized/limited-recognition states rather than insufficient search effort.

Personal Tax Rate

Same information-access limitation as corporate tax above - a genuine gap after real search effort, not an assumption.

VAT / GST Rate

Reporting suggests a 20% VAT is applied at the South Ossetia-Russia border on imported goods, though this could not be independently confirmed against an official statutory source this session.

Residency, CFC, Thin Cap & Treaty Network

Not available - this jurisdiction has minimal international tax treaty integration given its disputed status, and detailed rules were not located this session.

Sources: Wikipedia - Arsen Kvezerov (2023 fuel price/VAT reporting). Page last verified: August 08, 2026. General information only - this page intentionally omits specific rate figures that could not be verified, rather than estimating them.