A reader contacted the editorial office of the newspaper and reported that he, who did not engage in any activity in 2026, had to pay a tax on professional income.

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What is the reason for these requirements, if as a self-employed individual he did not work at all? The reader's question was answered by Elena Leonova, Deputy Chief of the MNS Inspection for the Zheleznodorozhny District.

• A resident of Gomel registered as self-employed in 2025 through the mobile application "Profdoход" and regularly paid taxes on the income received. Nevertheless, he was charged 45 rubles in tax on professional income, despite the fact that in 2026 he did not engage in any activity and deleted the application from his smartphone.

As of July 1, 2026, important changes came into effect in the tax legislation regarding payers of the tax on professional income. Now, for them, a mandatory minimum tax amount of 45 Belarusian rubles per month has been established (for pension recipients, it is 18 rubles).

This amount is charged to self-employed citizens every month, even if there were no incomes in the reporting period, no activity was actually carried out, and no checks were generated in the application.

The mere deletion of the mobile application "Profdoход" from a smartphone does not mean the termination of self-employed activity. As long as a citizen is officially registered with the tax authorities as a payer of the tax on professional income, the minimum tax amount is charged automatically.

Thus, in a case where further activity as a self-employed individual is not planned, but deregistration has not been carried out and the mobile application has been deleted, the payer should reinstall it and go through the deregistration procedure according to the algorithm: "Settings" - "Account" - "Deregistration".

If you do not remember your login or password, you can restore access directly through the mobile application "Profdoход" or by contacting any inspection of the Ministry of Taxes and Levies.