On March 19, 2025, the SPIBA Legal Committee held a webinar on “Instruments of saving and investing capital: Personal Funds and Closed-End Investment Funds (CEIFs)”. It was organized and moderated by Julia Talagaeva, Senior Associate at Forte Tax & Law.

On March 11, 2025, the BEPS Academy hosted a round table discussion ‘MNO Belarus-Russia’, at which Anton Kabakov, Partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke about the approaches that the Russian Federal Tax Service takes to transfer pricing (TP) audits.

The participants discussed key regulatory trends and some practical issues facing companies, including the increased risks and responsibilities associated with related party transactions and the need for companies to self-adjust the tax base to avoid fines and secondary adjustments. The discussion also covered the fact that the Russian Federal Tax Service is shifting its control activities to the stage of a pre-audit analysis.

Anton Kabakov plans to conduct a 4-lecture course on the regulation of transfer pricing (TP) in the near future.

The BEPS Academy is a recognized platform for the exchange of experience and training of specialists in international taxation, and we will be pleased to see you among the audience to discuss TP issues. The course is to take place in April – early May.

If you would like to discuss your case and receive answers to your questions about topical issues, please send an email to Anton Kabakov.

On April 18, 2024, the Kommersant Publishing House, jointly with Forte Tax & Law and several other experts, held Tax Conference 2024 that brought together leading Russian lawyers, consultants, and officials.

Recent decrees of the Russian President are imposing more and more restrictions on payments, settlements, and transactions involving foreign persons. Leading Forte Tax & Law lawyers will host a free webinar to talk about the key restrictions imposed on transactions with a foreign element and share their current experience.

On March 6, 2024, the Saint Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) hosted its annual conference ‘Taxes 2024’. Anton Kabakov, Partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke on changes in transfer pricing taking effect in 2024.

Commerce (AHK Russland) held its annual CFO conference in Saint Petersburg. The event saw over 150 attendees offline and was streamed online.Nadezhda Danilenko made a presentation on one of today’s most topical tax-related subjects—the suspension of double tax treaties (DTTs).

On September 19, 2023, the Taxes and Finance Committee of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI France Russie) held a meeting in Moscow. Julia Talagaeva, Senior Associate at Forte Tax & Law, presented an overview of the new Federal Law No. 470-FZ of August 4, 2023.

On July 11, 2023, the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce (AHK Russland) held a seminar ‘Entering New Markets: Experience of Thailand, Kazakhstan, and countries of the Persian Gulf’ at which Mikhail Borodin, Counsel at Forte Tax & Law, talked about doing business in Thailand.

On June 21, 2023, the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce held its annual CFO conference in Moscow. Julia Talagaeva talked about “Payments to foreign shareholders from unfriendly countries — Current Practice of Obtaining Authorizations”.

On June 21–23, 2023, the Chamber of Tax Consultants held a hands-on workshop ‘International Tax Planning—A Turn to the East’. Anton Kabakov spoke at this event on one of the days devoted to the tax aspects of changes in the format of international cooperation.