Russia News

OECD Releases Eight New Action 14 Peer Reviews

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 6, 2019

The OECD recently released the seventh round of stage one peer review reports, assessing eight jurisdictions' efforts to implement the BEPS Action 14 minimum standard on tax dispute resolution. Read Full Story

Tax Agencies Meet To Discuss Use Of Big Data Analysis

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 18, 2019

Tax agencies from 31 countries discussed the ways they are using data analysis tools to improve tax enforcement and administration, at the first meeting of the IOTA Forum on Tax Debt Management, held in Prague, Czech Republic, On October 1-3, 2019. Read Full Story

Russia Clarifies Tax Treaty Access Rules For Non-Res Holding Companies

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Friday, September 27, 2019

In a letter dated August 8, 2019, the Russian Federal Tax Service amended the rules for non-resident holding companies to be considered as the beneficial owner of Russia-sourced income. Read Full Story

Russia Eyeing New Tourist Accommodation Tax

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Monday, April 29, 2019

The Russian Government is reportedly considering the introduction of a number of new taxes, including a tax on hotel stays. Read Full Story

Swiss Tax Agency Exchanges Information On Advance Tax Rulings

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, May 11, 2018

The Swiss Federal Tax Administration has confirmed that it has transmitted its first spontaneous information reports on advance tax rulings to exchange of information partner states. Read Full Story

OECD Releases More Transfer Pricing Country Guides

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, April 12, 2018

The OECD has published new transfer pricing country profiles for Australia, China, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, India, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and Uruguay, bringing the number of such overviews published by the OECD to 44. Read Full Story

Denmark Tops Tax Burden League Table

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Denmark was found to have the heaviest burden of taxation as a percentage of the economy in a new study by accountancy firm UHY. Read Full Story

Russia Proposes To Ditch Flat Individual Tax Regime

by Tatyana Smolenskaya, Tax-News.com, Moscow

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Legislation has been tabled in Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, to introduce a two-rate personal income tax regime, in place of the current flat tax regime. Read Full Story

Fraud At Record Levels, New BDO Report Says

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

BDO, the accountancy and business advisory firm, has released a report into the rapidly growing issue businesses and governments face with fraud, including tax fraud. Read Full Story