The Supreme court of the
Russian Federation did not
cancel the Statute of limitations
on tax crimes
In June this year, the plenum of the Supreme court of the Russian Federation discussed the draft resolution on tax crimes. It was proposed to count the statute of limitations from the moment of full payment of taxes. Therefore, as long as there is a tax debt, the crime does not end and the statute of limitations does not begin. The existence of this provision de facto abolishes the statute of limitations for such crimes.
On The Practice Of Application
By The Courts Of The Legislation
On Responsibility For Tax Crimes
The Resolution includes issues of the effect of acts of legislation on taxes and fees over time, the subject composition of tax crimes, the procedure for calculating large or especially large amounts of tax evasion, fees, insurance premiums, duties and responsibilities of tax agents, which evidence confirms the presence or absence of evidence of elements of tax crimes, etc.
Review of Precedents in
Appealing against Decisions
of Customs Authorities
Disputes between importers and customs authorities are complex cases. The implementation of electronic declaring and a risk management control system, as well as a change in the approach of customs control led to an increase in customs audits of participants of foreign economic activity, and, consequently, to an increase in the number of customs disputes.
Organizational Confidentiality
in Mongolia
Legal environment of Mongolia on Organizational confidentiality: Where the legal confidentiality environment is well established in a fairly competitive marketplace, business organizations are crucial in helping to build their own strengths, characteristics and colors.
There is a right, but how to use it?
About how a gap in tax law can
stand in the way of shipowners
Everyone knows the rights and freedoms declared by the Constitution of the Russian Federation , including the rule that “everyone has the right to own property, to possess, use and dispose of it both individually and jointly with other persons” (Clause 2, Article 35).
Changes on VAT
for E-services
The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (‘Kazakhstan’) is considering the draft law on the introduction of amendments to the tax laws.
Legal alert: Law of Mongolia on
Corporate income tax
The Parliament of Mongolia adopted tax reform package including the General Tax Law, Law on Corporate income tax, Law on Value added tax and Law on Personal income tax which shall take effect on 1 January 2020.
Legal Alert: Tax laws reform of
Mongolia
The Government of Mongolia submitted a tax reform to the Parliament in 2018 including revisions to the General Taxation Law (GTL), the Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Law, the Value Added Tax (VAT) Law and Personal Income Tax (PIT) Laws. During the irregular session held on 22 March 2019, the Parliament passed the package of the revised tax laws which will be effective from 01 January, 2020.
Amendments to the Tax Code of
Azerbaijan
Significant changes have been made to the Tax Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan by adopting Law “on Amendments to the Tax Code” dated 30 November 2018, effective as of January 1st, 2019 (“Amendment Law”).
Cancellation of duties for state
registration of legal entities and
individual entrepreneurs
Federal Law No. 234-FZ of July 29, 2013 amended the Tax Code of the Russian Federation providing for the cancellation of the state duties for state registration of:
Multilateral convention to
implement tax treaty related
measures to prevent base erosion
and profit shifting
By the end of June of this year Kazakhstan signed the Multilateral convention to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting (MLI).
Kazakhstan has ratified the
Convention on avoidance of
double
taxation with Ireland
On 29 December 2017 the Republic of Kazakhstan has ratified the Convention on avoidance of double taxation with Ireland[1] and the Protocol thereto (hereinafter – the ‘Convention’).