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On 23 June the President addressed the public regarding new initiatives to amend tax legislation. Please find below the specified initiatives with our comments.

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 20 June 2020, by its Resolution No. 894, the Russian Government amended the rules that it had previously issued with respect to subsidies being granted to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the most affected sectors in the amount of one minimum monthly wage per employee.

We continue to monitor the news concerning the adoption of benefits in Russian regions with respect to property taxes for owners of real estate who are landlords. For the period starting from 5 June, our list has grown by six more regions.

Pepeliaev Group advises that amendments have been passed to the Federal Law “On information, information technologies and data protection”. These amendments establish new rules for restricting access to information disseminated in violation of copyright and/or related rights or legal requirements, and specify the procedure for restricting access to the information resource of a person organising the dissemination of information.

On 8 June 2020, the Russian President signed Federal Law No. 171-FZ “On amending the Russian Commercial Procedure Code in order to protect the rights of individuals and legal entities in connection with restrictive measures introduced by a foreign state, an association and/or union of states, and/or governmental (transnational) institution of a foreign state or association and/or union of states”.

The Government has developed amendments to the Tax Code relating to the application of the patent taxation system (the “PTS”) and has submitted them to the State Duma.