ArticleMain Changes To Company Taxation In 2020Over the past year, Parliament has adopted several laws amending the Tax Code regarding the taxation of legal entities. RussiaTaxGorodissky & Partners
ArticleNew VAT Payment Procedure For Electronic Services Within The EAEUFrom March 2024, the procedure for the VAT payment on electronic services when such services are provided by a taxpayer from one Eurasian Economic Union...RussiaTaxGorodissky & Partners
ArticleRF Supreme Court Consolidates Court Practice On The Application Of Transfer Pricing And Thin Capitalization RulesOn February 16, 2017, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation approved the Review of Court Practice in the Consideration of Cases Involving the Application...RussiaTaxDentons
ArticleRussia Revises Double Tax Avoidance Agreements With Numerous CountriesIn 2020 Russia launched an intensive process of revising its bilateral tax agreements with numerous jurisdictions, including Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and the Netherlands. RussiaTaxGorodissky & Partners
ArticleTax Office v Yukos/Prom Line v Tax OfficeThe biggest tax case in Russian history, Tax Office v Yukos, is receiving significant attention. The Yukos decision raises several important points of Russian tax law. <P>The profits made by companies related to Yukos and registered in Russian internal offshore zones were 'allocated' to Yukos. RussiaTaxHaarmann Hemmelrath
ArticleNew Approach To Differentiation Of Intragroup Service And Shareholder Activity ExpensesIn recent years, intragroup services provided by foreign parent companies to their Russian subsidiaries have come under the scrutiny of the tax authorities.RussiaCorporate/Commercial LawGorodissky & Partners
ArticleNon-Electronic Services By E-Services Providers: VAT Payment ProcedureThis is directly prescribed by article 174.2 of the RTC. RussiaTaxDentons
ArticleСlarifications On Intra-group Services: Key TakeawaysOn 6 August 2020, the Russian Federal Tax Service published Letter No. SHU-4-13/12599@ "On certain issues regarding taxation of intra-group services" (the "Letter") ...RussiaTaxNoerr
ArticleSupreme Court Clarifies Issues Of How The Courts Apply Customs LawThe priority of supranational customs regulation cannot serve as a basis to infringe the rights and freedoms of citizens (organizations), which are guaranteed by the Russian Constitution.RussiaInternational LawDentons
ArticleChanges In Taxation For Controlled Foreign CompaniesOn 21of October, the Draft Law "On Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of Russian Federation", was adopted in the second reading. second reading in the State Duma.RussiaTaxGRATA International
ArticleCompliant Tax Structuring For The Russian Elite: Global Transparency And Domestic Law ChangesThe age of global tax transparency is upon us. Clients have to be prepared for the fact that their international private and corporate arrangements will not remain confidential, for one reason or another. This poses the question of what to do?RussiaTaxWithers LLP
ArticleDevelopment Of Court Practice In Tax Disputes Over Accounting Of Expenses To Pay For Intragroup ServicesThe Commercial Court of the North Caucasus Region delivered a ruling in the case of Bonduelle-Kuban, in which the court upheld the judgments of the lower courts and supported the position of the tax authority...RussiaTaxDentons
ArticleDevelopment Of Court Practice On Tax Disputes Over Compensation Payments To Employees Due To Company RelocationOn 17 June 2016 the Commercial Court of Moscow rendered a decision on the Gazprom Neft OJSC case, No. А40-2476/16-108-19 (the "Decision").RussiaTaxDentons
ArticleDevelopment Of The Tax Practice Of The "Beneficial Owner" ConceptOn March 3, 2016 the Commercial Court of Moscow rendered a decision on case No. А40-241361/15 (the "Decision") under the claim of BANK INTEZA joint stock company (the "Russian Company").RussiaTaxDentons
ArticleGuide To The Russian Deoffshorization LawFederal Law No 376-FZ introduces significant changes to the rules governing the reporting and taxation of participation interests by Russian tax residents in controlled foreign companies.RussiaTaxHarneys
ArticleMultilateral Convention On Implementation Of BEPS Plan SignedOn June 7 2017 Russia, alongside 68 other states and jurisdictions, signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty-Related Measures to Prevent BEPS, which was developed to implement Action 15 of the BEPS Plan.RussiaTaxGorodissky & Partners
ArticleNew Amendments To The "CFC Rules" AdoptedOn February 15, 2016 the President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 32-FZ on Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Russian Federation Tax Code.RussiaTaxDentons
ArticlePractice Of Applying The Beneficial Owner Concept Develops Rapidly.2016 was marked by a breakthrough in the practice of applying the concept of the person beneficially entitled to income (the beneficial owner concept)...RussiaTaxDentons
ArticleVAT On Electronic ServicesAccording to the Federal Law of 27 November 2017 No. 335-FZ, starting from 2019 foreign companies providing electronic services to Russian companies (i.e. B2B services) must register...RussiaTaxNoerr