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Pepeliaev Group highlights that the Russian Central Bank's Instruction No. 2557-U dated 25 December 2010 amended the Bank of Russia’s Regulation No. 117-I dated 15 June 2004 “On the procedure for residents and non-residents to p...

Pepeliaev Group advises that Federal Customs Service Order No. 2171 dated 18 November 2010 enacted the Instruction on the Specifics of Certain Procedures Performed by Customs Officers with respect to Goods Originating and Imported into the ...

On December 8, 2010, the Moscow State Commercial Court issued its decision in a case involving an analysis of whether the collection of information can constitute a permanent establishment (PE) under domestic law and the double tax treaty b...

Looking back on the year gone by, let me go through the most significant events affecting taxpayers, the business climate and the Russian tax system.

Since October 2010, the manufacturers and importers of copying equipment (computers, cell phones, etc) and media (CDs, memory sticks, etc) have been required to pay 1% of their sales (of the customs value of goods sold) for the purposes of ...

Pepeliaev Group advises that Federal Law No. 394-FZ dated 28 December 2010 introduces amendments to some Russian laws whereby the responsibility to perform certain types of state control is transferred to the Russian customs authorities.

Pepeliaev Group notes that it is intended to amend, in the near future, the Russian Civil Code’s provisions on intellectual property issues.

30 December 2010 saw the publication of Federal Law No. 395-FZ dated 28 December 2010 “On amending the second part of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and specific laws of the Russian Federation”. These amendments touch on...

Federal Law No. 409-FZ dated 28 December 2010 has brought in a new ground for exemption from profits tax in an amicable increase of net assets. This law mainly deals with the regulation of relations between companies and their shareholders ...