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.

On June 15, SPIBA hosted a webinar “Course for the East—Business in China, Hong Kong, and Thailand” initiated by Forte Tax & Law. Anton Kabakov moderated the event, and Mikhail Borodin talked about entering the Thai market and doing business in Thailand.

On June 14, the Taxes and Financial Reporting Committee of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce held a regular meeting. Alina Aleksandrova talked about the de-registration of digital service providers with Russian tax authorities