The annual meeting of the expert group of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives was held on June 08, 2019 as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Anton Kabakov, Partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke at this event about the particularities of interacting with foreign investors.

A meeting of the public council for St. Petersburg transport prosecutor’s office was held recently. Julia Talagaeva, Senior Associate at Forte Tax & Law, attended this meeting and spoke, among other things, about the recycling charge imposed by customs authorities.

A conference on Development Trends in International Taxation in Russia was held on April 04, 2019 at St. Petersburg State University. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, moderated one session and also made a presentation on transfer pricing trends.

The second meeting of the debating club #SPIBATaxTalks was held on April 02, 2019 to discuss at a round table organized by SPIBA a specific tax topic brought up at the initiative of Forte Tax & Law.

The now well-established annual tax conference organized by SPIBA Finance Committee was held on March 05, 2019, and a whole host of business representatives (lawyers, CFOs, accountants and tax specialists) attended this event.

The beginning of spring was marked by the traditional Friday business breakfast of the Leaders Club which took place on March 01, 2019. Anton Kabakov, Partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke at this event, providing the club members with key tax takeaways for 2018 and current trends in tax practice.

Forte Tax & Law held last week its last seminar of the year on changes in Russian and international tax legislation which will come into force in 2019.

SPIBA held on Wednesday December 12, 2018 a Q&A session with St. Petersburg Finance Committee Chairman Alexey Alexeevich Korabelnikov which was moderated by Anton Kabakov, Partner at Forte Tax & Law.

The second online tax marathon was held on December 5-7, 2018 on the portal CFO Café. This event turned out to be massive with over 500 CFOs, chief accountants and corporate tax lawyers in attendance.

A meeting of the Financial Club was held last Friday November 23, 2018 at the Moscow office of the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce.