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Legal overviews
22 December 2014
Overview of tax events for November 2014
On 4 November the Russian President signed the following federal laws:
No. 348-FZ "On amending part one of the Russian Tax Code". Russia will have a system of proactive tax control (so-called tax monitoring) for major organisations,...
Alerts
03 December 2014
Russian law on 'Tax repatriation'
Pepeliaev Group advises that the Russian law on “tax repatriation”1 has been signed and will come into force from 2015. This new law may have the following implications:
  1. control by Russian persons over foreign structures,...
Legal overviews
30 October 2014
Overview of tax events for October 2014

Federal Law No. 308-FZ "On amending the Russian Criminal Procedure Code" dated 22 October 2014 has been signed. Russian investigators have the right to initiate criminal cases with regard to tax crimes at their own discretion (without...

Articles and comments
06 October 2014
A Director's Property Liability. How to Mitigate Administrative Law Risks

Company directors who do not perform their duties or perform them improperly can be liable in civil law (i.e. may have to pay money to compensate losses) to the company. Moreover, in a case where directors have not performed their duties ...

Articles and comments
29 September 2014
Commercial (Arbitration) Court provides explanations concerning VAT

On May30, 2014 the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Commercial (Arbitration) Court adopted a Resolution concerning issues arising when VAT is charged. With the adoption of this legislation, significant changes will be made to the implementation...

Legal overviews
29 September 2014
Overview of tax events for September 2014

On 26 September the State Duma adopted Federal Law “On amending articles 12 and 85 of the first section and section two of the Russian Tax Code and invalidating the Law of the Russian Federation “Concerning Taxes on the Property...

Alerts
26 September 2014
Personal data: new localization requirements may be introduced as early as on 1 January 2015
Pepeliaev Group advises that new requirements for the Russian Federation citizens' personal data to be kept in electronic form in Russia may be introduced as early as on 1 January 2015.
Alerts
15 September 2014
Personal data: new data localization requirements and enhanced state control
Pepeliaev Group advises that from 1 September 2016 personal data of the Russian Federation citizens may be kept in electronic form only in Russia. It is probable that this deadline will be shifted to an earlier date, i.e. 1 January 2015. ...
Articles and comments
01 September 2014
EVOLUTION OF A PROJECT: Design and construction
In our previous article, using the example of the factory construction project we have devised, we went into detail about the main issues and legal nuances faced when the corporate structure is selected and put in place. We also discussed p...