Numerous legislative changes usually enter into force at the beginning of the year, and 2022 was no exception. We have outlined in this review the main changes in the regulations that will become effective in 2022.

Pravo.ru-300 rating awarding ceremony was held in Moscow on December 02, 2021. The expertise of Forte Tax & Law was highly praised in several areas of law.

A business meeting was held on October 26 to discuss customs regulation at SPIBA.

An article on the perennial topic of business splitting and its validity was published last week on RBK Pro portal. The authors presented 6 real recent court cases brought on to examine the validity of business splitting. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, shared his opinion on these cases.

Federal Law No. 236-FZ was signed, published, and entered into force immediately on July 1, 2021. This Law provides for mandatory requirements, prohibitions, and restrictions on foreign entities operating on the internet in Russia.

Pravo.ru published an article on business splitting on June 22 after having invited Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, to comment on this topic.

The latest #SPIBATaxTalks meeting was held on April 27 to discuss the current practice in the application of Article 54.1 of the Russian Tax Code. As usual, the moderator of this meeting was Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law.

The results of The Legal 500, one of the world’s leading law firm ratings, were published on April 14. We are delighted to announce that our tax practice has been ranked among the best in Russia for the second year in a row.

The first #SPIBATaxTalks meeting was held this year on April 8 and addressed the topic of Intragroup Services and Intragroup Financing.

As in previous years, the World Bank invited Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, to contribute to the new edition of Doing Business. Anton was involved to contribute to the tax part of the report by giving his assessment of the Russian tax system.