A draft law to regulate the use of Blockchain has been published.

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.

On December 21, 2017, the OECD published the list of countries ready to exchange financial information with Russia.

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.

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.

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.” 

From September 1, 2017, unreliability of company data may result in removal from the State Register.

Russian Government approves rules for submitting data on beneficiaries of legal entities.

On July 14, 2017, the State Duma adopted in the third reading a Federal Law making amendments to the Russian Civil Code.

Amendments to the Tax Code are aimed at combatting tax evasion.