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Pepeliaev Group advises that the law to amend the Russian Tax Code provides for a number of measures to develop tax monitoring, such as lowering the thresholds to enter monitoring and extending the deadlines for applying to switch to monitoring; changing the procedure for information exchange between a monitored company and a tax inspectorate; a new procedure for suspending transactions in accounts and for conducting desk, field and cross-audits of a monitored company; changes in the procedure when a grounded opinion is drawn up at the initiative of the tax authority, and early termination of monitoring; and granting the participants in monitoring the right to have VAT and excise tax refunded under a declarative procedure.

The Russian Ministry of Finance has prepared amendments to the Tax Code the adoption of which may result in a significant increase of the volume of information transferred to the tax authorities concerning the transactions of bank clients.

The Russian Federal Tax Service together with the Ministry of Economic Development has for the first time made available to the general public the Register of small and medium-sized enterprises which have received state support measures both during the spread of the coronavirus infection and during earlier periods. 

Pepeliaev Group advises of the actions suggested by the state that are aimed at improving the mechanism of determining the starting (maximum) price of a contract (SMPC) in procurement by state-owned companies.

Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 1 January 2021, the new registration procedure for declarations of conformity comes into force. 

Pepeliaev Group advises of the launch of a new service that enables remote interaction with the Federal Court Bailiff Service (“FCBS”) and its structural subdivisions.