Contents tagged with taxes

  • Putin signs law on visitor's tax for the Crimea

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that would impose a fee for the use of resort infrastructure in three regions of Russia and the annexed Crimea.

    The corresponding document is published on the Russian Federation's portal for legal information.

    It says that an "experiment on the development of resort infrastructure" will be carried out in these regions through December 31, 2022.

    Payers of the fee will be physical persons who have reached the age of majority and who are living …

  • Putin exempts Russians who fell under sanctions from paying taxes

    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law exempting Russians who fell under sanctions from reporting income and paying taxes in Russia in certain cases. The law is retroactive, and is effective as of January 1, 2014.

    Earlier, an amendment to the Tax Code, prepared by a United Russia Deputy, Andrei Makarov, was adopted in the third reading by the State Duma of Russia. The law allows Russians who have business or property abroad and who have been sanctioned, to not be considered tax …