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NIKOLAY MILOGOLOV AND AZAMAT BERBEROV: TURBULENCE IN THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL TAXATION: PRESENT AND FUTURE
05 july 2019
ALEXANDER DERYUGIN: ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS OF “UNCOMPLETED PROJECTS” IS HIGH LEVEL OF BUREAUCRACY
03 july 2019
NIKOLAY MILOGOLOV AND VLADIMIR GROMOV: TAX EVASION IN RUSSIA: WAYS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
02 july 2019
SERGEY TSUKHLO: INDUSTRY DEMOSTRATE MORE DESIRE TO OVERCOME STAGNATION
01 july 2019
Role of SME in the Russian economy is not that small compared to other countries
05 february 2019
Commentary on the RBC article “For the first time Rosstat disclosed share of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Russian economy”:
Taxation of Cross-Border Trade: Challenges and Solutions
15 january 2019
The aggregate volume of the main segments of the Russian e-business market estimated at Rb 1,357.3bn, Rb 2,031.2bn and Rb 2,347.0bn in 2013, 2015 and 2016, respectively, keeps growing. It is to be noted that in Russia growth rates of various sectors of e-business are much higher than those of the economy as a whole.
Revenues from Privatization and State Property Management in Draft Federal Budget for 2019-2021
30 october 2018
The draft federal budget for 2019 and the 2020-2021 planned period submitted by the Russian Government to the Parliament suggests utilization of funds received from the privatization of federal property as a separate source of the federal budget deficit funding.
Freelancers will have their own tax regulations
24 september 2018
Special tax regulations for freelancers, i.e. individuals making their living on their own without engaging labor could be introduced in Russia already in 2019.
Evaluation of tax breaks and exemption may become a part of the budgetary process in the Russian Federation
19 september 2018
In September 2018, the Government of Russia submitted a draft of the federal law envisaging evaluation of the shortfall in budget revenues from tax breaks and exemption as well as their control in the budgetary process along with direct budgetary expenditures, to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. These amounts will be accounted as tax expenditures.
Macroeconomic benefits from the VAT increase from 18 to 20%
21 june 2018
The Government suggested to raise the value added tax (VAT) from 18 to 20% as from January 2019.
Starting 2019, VAT will be added to the Single Agricultural Tax
19 june 2018
Starting 2019, agricultural taxpayers will become VAT payers as well, required amendments to the chapters 21 and 26.1 of the RF Tax Code have been drafted and are about to come into effect.
The Quality of Competition in the Banking Sector is Seriously Deteriorating
20 april 2018
A license-withdrawing process and procedures for rehabilitation of large Russian banks, such as FK Otkrytie, the Binbank and the Promsvyazbank resulted in worsening of the competition in the banking sector in 2017.
The Ban will Make the Russian Economy Even More Primitive
17 april 2018
The draft law on anti-US sanctions will be considered by the State Duma before the end of the spring session. The document will permit the government to introduce a ban or limitations on imports to Russia of agricultural products, food, raw products, medicine (except for preparations which have no Russian analogs), alcohol, tobacco and other US-made goods. Also, the initiative calls for introduction of limitations on cooperation in the nuclear industry, rocket and engine building industry, as well as the aircraft industry.
The Potential Robotization and the Economy of Ignorance in Russia’s Regions
16 april 2018
Numerous researchers declare that a new industrial revolution has begun. Development of modern technologies and introduction of robots may cause sporadic growth in technological unemployment.
The factor supporting the ruble is oil prices
12 april 2018
The beginning of this week was marked by a sharp fall in the ruble rate, which continued in the following days, as a result of which the ruble rate fell to the level of November 2016. Thus, for April 9, the ruble depreciated against the US dollar by 4.3% to 60.66 rub. for dollars, for April 10 - by 3.5% to 62.79 rubles. for dollars, and for April 11 - by 3% to 64.68 rubles. for USD
It is possible to expect deterioration of macroeconomic indicators
12 april 2018
Last week, the US Treasury introduced new sanctions against Russian companies and businessmen. In total, the list includes 14 companies and 38 businessmen. The Russian financial market sharply reacted negatively to the new US sanctions: the Mosbirdzhi and RTS indexes fell by 8-11%, the dollar rate exceeded 65 rubles, and the euro - 79 rubles.