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21 May 2018
Roman Bevzenko: 'How I Defeated the Robot Lawyer'
The majority of my colleagues agree that the most spectacular event of the VIII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum was the one where the Russian telecommunication company Megafon presented its legal robot. Not only did the robot appear...
Legal overviews
07 May 2018
Overview of Tax events for April 2018

Russia has approved a Draft Protocol to amend the Convention between the governments of Russia and Sweden on the avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income. 

Alerts
18 April 2018
ESCROW: new opportunities

Pepeliaev Group advises that, starting from 1 June 2018, the Law on Financial Transactions[ has come into force, which considerably has expanded the opportunities of using the escrow mechanism.


Legal overviews
10 April 2018
Overview of Tax events for March 2018
The Chairman of the Russian Government (the “Government”) has signed a resolution assigning the status of ‘priority development territories’ to 19 single-industry towns (known in Russia as 'monotowns') in Russia. Now, out of 319 monotowns...
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06 April 2018
The first regional law providing for an investment tax deduction for profit tax

Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 22 March 2018, the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia adopted a law introducing an investment deduction for profit tax.


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29 March 2018
Salaries in foreign currency to employees working abroad

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 18 March 2018 a Federal Law (“Law No. 44”) came into effect allowing more options to employers for making payroll payments in foreign currency.


Alerts
23 March 2018
If a company is entered into a sanctions list, it is no longer obliged to disclose information
Pepeliaev Group advises of the exceptions that the Russian Government has introduced with respect to the rules governing companies disclosing information regarding their business activity.
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16 March 2018
The supreme court has clarified the application of a reduced tax rate under a double taxation treaty to dividends in conditions of thin capitalisation

On 6 March 2018 the Judicial Board for Economic Disputes of the Russian Supreme Court issued its Ruling in the case of SUEK-Kuzbass JSC. In this Ruling the Judicial Board has clarified the rules for applying a reduced tax rate under...