Legal Monitoring

Restrictions and measures of state support for business: the digest for 15-28 April 2024

Fines can be increased for non-compliance with the notification procedure relating to entrepreneurial activity; the rules will be updated for issuing permissions to export individual types of industrial products from Russia.

Restrictions and measures of state support for business: the digest for 4-17 March 2024

The requirements have been updated for how residents make contributions to the issued capital of foreign companies; amendments have been proposed to the specifics of conducting state control; the use has been postponed of the State Information System of Electronic Shipping Documents for making a reservation during international haulage.

Restrictions and measures of state support for business: the digest for 19 February - 3 March 2024 Advertising will be banned on a foreign agent’s information resources; rules have been adjusted for entering into special investment contracts (SPICs); conditions will be updated for making investments under an IPPA.

Restrictions and measures of state support for business: the digest for 5-18 February 2024 The Government will form a sub-commission for the use of IP items; the procedure has been simplified for Russian companies to be authorised to carry out international road haulage; the procurement procedure for Russian products will be made more efficient.

Restrictions and measures of state support for business: the digest for 15 January – 4 February 2024 The Government Commission will determine the procedure for frozen assets to be exchanged; economically significant companies may opt not to disclose information; and cases of public procurement from a single supplier will be extended. 

Overview of tax events for August 2022 In the issue: the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and the Mass Media has published the results of online meetings with representatives of the IT industry regarding the law on amendments to the Russian Tax Code.

Overview of tax events for July 2022 The Russian President has signed a law allowing, from 1 January 2023, all taxes to be paid in a single payment; they will be reflected on a single account.

Overview of tax events for May 2022 The State Duma has adopted a law according to which the profit tax benefit will be extended in respect of income in the form of intellectual property rights; The Russian Government has extended the deadline for financial market institutions to submit to the Russian Federal Tax Service the information required for international automatic exchange.

Overview of tax events for April 2022 The Russian President has signed the law granting an exemption from VAT with regard to transactions to dispose of exclusive rights under a franchise agreement; a protocol has been ratified regarding the deferral for VAT with regard to imports of goods from the EAEU; The Russian Finance Ministry has developed amendments to the federal standard relating to accounting for capital investments.

Overview of tax events for March 2022 The Federal Tax Service has put into operation on its website an updated version of the service Register of Disqualified Entities; The Russian Federal Tax Service has summed up the results of pre-judicial dispute settlements in 2021; The Russian Federal Tax Service and the Belarusian Ministry for Taxes and Levies have launched an exchange of information about the traceability of goods.

Overview of tax events for February 2022 The Russian President has signed a law on the specialised regime of the “Automated simplified taxation system”. The adopted law includes a satellite new development whereby Russian companies will be granted an opportunity to become residents of Russian offshore zones.

Overview of legislative developments for January 2022 In the issue: The Russian Government has extended the rules for the submission of reports specifying whether producers and importers of goods comply with the waste disposal standards (Resolution No. 2529 dated 29 December 2021 № 2529).