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.

The Russian government continues easing the restrictions on entry to Russia.

Forte Tax & Law is seeking a mid-level associate whose main specialization is in the practice of corporate, commercial, and labor law.

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.

Kommersant published today its annual rating of the best Russian law firms.

The latest conference Taxes 2021 organized by St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) was held on February 9, 2021.

Before you set off for your New Year holidays, we would like to remind you that new forms to notify migration authorities of conclusion and termination of employment contracts with foreign nationals as well as of payment of salaries will be introduced starting from January 01, 2021.

Technical specialists can enter Russia for maintenance and installation of equipment purchased abroad.

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%).