We are delighted to announce that Anton Kabakov, Partner at Forte Tax & Law, has been nominated in the individual rating of lawyers in the category Tax Consulting and Disputes (Group I).

The President of the Russian Federation announced this year an increase in income tax up to 15% on earnings over 5 million rubles per year. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, shared his opinion on what really motivated this decision on the online channel Vot-tak.tv run by the independent Belarusian TV channel Belsat.

The results of Pravo.ru-300 rating, the main Russian rating of law firms, were announced on December 4 in an official ceremony held online this year. Highly rated in four areas of law, Forte Tax & Law has been commended for its expertise.

A regular meeting of the accounting working group of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce was held online on October 30. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke at this meeting.

A major tax workshop organized by the Chamber of Tax Consultants was held in Moscow for three days from October 27 to October 29. Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, made an in-depth presentation on transfer pricing at the event.

An event was held by SPIBA on October 15, 2020 to discuss the issues related to electronic document management. Two members of the Forte Tax & Law team took part in this event: Anton Kabakov acted as a moderator, while Robert Gurdyumov, Senior Associate, made a presentation on the legal aspects of electronic documents.

The World Transfer Pricing 2021 international study conducted by the renowned International Tax Review was published on September 30. We are pleased to announce that it is the second consecutive year that the study rates Forte Tax & Law among the best firms for transfer pricing practice in Russia.

The annual CFO conference organized by the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce took place on September 16. At this event, Anton Kabakov, partner at Forte Tax & Law, spoke about transfer pricing.

Mika Kokkonen commented on the upcoming changes in the taxation of IT companies to the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce.

On July 31, 2020, the President of Russia signed a law that introduces significant changes to how taxation of the IT industry is regulated . The President gave an outline of these changes already on June 23, 2020 in yet another address to the nation, proposing to reduce the total social insurance contribution rate for the IT industry down to 7.6% and the profit tax rate down to 3% (instead of 20%).