Legal overviews
Another state cadastral valuation of real estate to take place in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2018
- Services: Commercial real estate, Real Estate and Construction
- Date: 09.04.2018
The valuation will cover all types of real estate in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Set of laws signed to enact another “capital amnesty”: what is this second chance for Russians with assets at home and abroad?
- Services: Wealth Management, Tax Law, Protection of information and trade secrets
- Date: 20.02.2018
A set of laws is enacted providing a second stage of the “capital amnesty,” allowing to declare assets and accounts while being released from liability for violations tied to such assets.
The moment has finally come! The Russian Ministry of Finance published the draft Federal Law “On Digital Financial Assets,” aimed at regulating various applications of Blockchain technology
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Information technology
- Date: 26.01.2018
A draft law to regulate the use of Blockchain has been published.
A new beginning from January 1. Clarification on the status of currency residents and other news in currency laws for Russian citizens
- Services: Construction, Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Commercial real estate, Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry, Wealth Management, Tax Law
- Date: 19.01.2018
Federal Law “On currency regulation and currency control” undergoes big changes: clarifications on status of currency resident and rights and obligations of currency operation participants.
News for holders of foreign assets. List of countries ready to exchange financial information with Russia is published
- Services: Construction, Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Commercial real estate, Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry, Wealth Management, Tax Law
- Date: 09.01.2018
On December 21, 2017, the OECD published the list of countries ready to exchange financial information with Russia.
Concept of an unjustified tax benefit: recommendations from the tax authority and trends in practice
- Services: Construction, Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Commercial real estate, Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry, Tax Law
- Date: 04.12.2017
The Federal Tax Service once again explained how to apply the concept of unjustified tax benefit established by Article 54.1 of the Russian Tax Code, and the courts have already started to apply the new article.
Never was a news piece of more woe than the news on unrestricted powers of the Russian Federal Tax Service
- Services: Protection of information and trade secrets, Construction, Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Commercial real estate, Tax Law
- Date: 13.11.2017
The Russian Supreme Court confirmed the right of the Federal Tax Service to cancel resolutions of subordinate tax authorities in the course of internal control.
Changes in migration registration law planned
- Services: Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions, Labor and Migration Law
- Date: 23.08.2017
After analyzing provisions of Federal Law “On migration registration of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation”, the Constitutional Court decided that the Law is unclear as to a number of concepts, including the concept of “place of stay.”
Recognition of company data contained in State Register as unreliable leads to adverse consequences for company, management and owners
- Services: Construction, Natural resources / Energy, Food industry, Commercial real estate, Health Care and Pharmaceutical Industry, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 21.08.2017
From September 1, 2017, unreliability of company data may result in removal from the State Register.
Rules approved for submission of data on beneficiaries
- Services: Wealth Management, Tax Law, Corporate Law / Mergers and Acquisitions
- Date: 17.08.2017
Russian Government approves rules for submitting data on beneficiaries of legal entities.