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 19.10.07
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Review Of Recent Changes To Tax-Related Legislation In The Russian Federation This monthly Russian-language service from Alinga and regular feature of the Alinga Market Update is designed to bring your financial personnel a broad view of recent changes to the Russian Tax Code. Forward this link to them!
Secondment And Staff Leasing Of Foreign Staff This PowerPoint presentation was prepared by Alinga specialist Galina Karogodina and used by Alinga's Managing Partner Chet Bowling during his presentation at AmCham's Annual Tax Seminar. Questions about this issue may be directed to our experts.
The State Duma To Consider Draft Bill On Entrepreneur Income Tax New draft bill suggests amendments to Article 15 of Part One, and Part Two of the Tax Code of the RF, including an entrepreneur income tax added to the list of local taxes. The object of taxation would be income minus expenses. The tax rate will be established individually for each subject of the RF – from 12% to 15%.
What Taxes Apply If A Russian Company Pays Salary To A Foreigner Abroad? UST and pension insurance requirements seem logical and clear: pay UST, don’t pay pension insurance. As for personal income tax, if the employee is a tax resident (has lived in Russia for more than 183 days), 13% income tax must be paid. If the employee has spent less than 183 days in Russia for the year, no tax payment is necessary.
FTS Develops Internet-Based Information Service The Federal Tax Service is trying to keep up with the times: the agency's website now contains new interactive tools that allow individuals to check the trustworthiness of business partners. However, it seems that not all of the advertised services are currently functioning.
According to a detailed "treatise" recently published by the Russian Supreme Court, non-payment of taxes, failure to fulfill one's responsibilities as a tax agent, and concealment of assets will soon be treated as criminal offenses in Russia.
Russian Companies Incorporated Abroad Will Be Able To Sell Their Stocks In Russia The Federal Financial Markets Service has drafted a new bill in coordination with government departments. This bill will allow Russian companies registered abroad to place their shares on Russian trading floors. The law is supposed to come into effect by the middle of 2008.
The Ministry Of Justice Considers New Regulations For The Registration Of Enterprises According to new regulations being considered by the Ministry of Justice, company registration will soon require the notarized consent of the founding members and the owner of the property where company is to be located.
Process Of Marking Alcohol With Excise Duty Stamps Will Be Changed Currently excise duty stamps are placed not on the neck of a bottle, but on its side. As a result, empty glass bottles are very much in demand on illegal market, since such marking allows their re-using under the pretence of legal alcohol beverages with excise duty stamps.
Are Powers Of Attorney Valid After A General Director Is Dismissed? When a power of attorney is issued on behalf of legal entity, it is issued not by the general director personally, but by the organization, with the director acting only as an agent of the legal entity (Article 53 of the CC of the RF). Consequently, the period of validity of the power of attorney issued by the general director on behalf of the organization is unrelated to the director’s term of appointment.
Non-Profit Organizations Permitted To Perform Certain Commercial Activities On September 13, 2007 Michael Fradkov signed a regulation validating a list of commercial activities that a non-profit organization with targeted capital (excluding specialized organizations) may engage in.
Tax Amnesty Legalizes 3.22 Billion Rubles in Profits The Federal Treasury of Russia announced that, as of September 1, 2007, individual tax payers had declared 3.22 billion rubles in previous income under the new tax amnesty program. The total volume of tax payments on the declared as of September 1st came to 418.8 million rubles.
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Russia And The USA Will Develop An Agreement On Extradition Russia and the USA agreed to develop an official agreement on the mutual extradition of persons suspected in committing crimes. It was announced after negotiations concluded between Alexander Bastrykin, the Head of Investigating Committee at Russia’s Prosecutor’s Office, and the US Ambassador William Burns.
Outstaffing Again Ruled A Scheme To Minimize UST Court decision # N Ô09-4597/07-Ñ2 from June 19, 2007, unexpectedly sustained the claim of tax authorities, ruling that companies formed to provide one company with outstaffing services are not economically justifiable.
Discrimination In Job Advertisements To Be Banned The Antimonopoly Service and the Federal Labor Service (FLS) are in the process of developing a mechanism prohibiting publication of job advertisements with specific age, gender, location and citizenship requirements as “discriminatory.”
Federal Tax Service Cautions Employers Hiring Foreign Workers An employer or target company using outstaffing services must notify the local tax authority of hiring and employment of foreign workers within 10 days of submitting a request for issuing an invitation for the foreign employee for the purpose of working in Russia.
No longer will it be easy to work in Russia without a work visa.
Medical Certificates For Work Permits May Be Received From Any Licensed Clinic However, restrictions will continue to apply to HIV certificates. According to Federal law No. 38-F3 ("On Prevention of the Spread of the Disease Caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)") the authorities can insist that HIV certificates for work permits are issued only by state-run clinics.
2007 US Housing Exclusion Limitation The IRS has also identified several locations within Russia with especially high housing costs, relative to average costs in the US. For Americans living in these specific locations, a higher exclusion is available.
AmCham's Annual Tax Seminar Presentations PowerPoint files from AmCham's Annual Tax Seminar are now online. Alinga Consulting Group was a general sponsor of this important yearly event and was also featured among the presenters. Question on any subject within these presentations may be directed to Alinga's experts.
The Central Bank Loans Banks 100 Billion Rubles For Three Months To Pull Through Crisis The last time the Bank of Russia cut the minimum reserve, from 7% to 3.5%, was during the height of banking crisis in 2004. Now the CB has lowered the rate by 1%, however the cut is effective for a limited term only.
Ministry of Finance Changes Its Position: No Further Reduction Of Taxes Is Currently Possible Because government expenditures have been steadily rising of late (in spite of the Ministry’s efforts to control spending), any further reduction of taxes right now is “impossible.”
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