Valeria Gulyakina has commented on Novy Prospect draft law on extrajudicial collection of tax debts from individuals
From 1 November 2025, the tax inspectorate may be able to collect tax arrears from citizens out of a court. In this case, the bill provides for informing debtors through the taxpayer's personal account, an account on Gosusugi, or, in their absence, by registered letter. However, as Valeria Gulyakina, Junior Associate of Tax & Administrative…
12.12.2024
Pravo-300 rating once again has confirmed Maxima Legal’s leading position in the Russian legal services market
On 5 December, the results of Pravo-300, the key Russian rating of law firms, were announced. Maxima Legal once again confirmed the highest level of expertise of all practices of the firm, have received professional recognition in 15 areas of research. At the same time, more than half of the company's awards were ‘gold’.On 5 December, the results…
06.12.2024
Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper recommended 12 Maxima Legal lawyers in 12 areas of legal support
For the second time, Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper conducted a large-scale survey of the Russian legal market and compiled its own ‘Rating of Lawyers and Their Companies’. According to the newspaper, ‘getting into the rating is the result of recognition of the quality of work and reputation of a particular specialist’: more than 2,000 applications…
05.12.2024
Sergey Tarasevich explained to Cbonds Weekly News how the bond taxation changes under consideration will affect the debt market and bondholders
In early October, media reported on two tax initiatives related to bonds at once. Firstly, the Ministry of Finance proposed to charge personal income tax on gifts of all types of securities and derivative financial instruments to non-close relatives. Secondly, the State Duma may consider introducing a tax deduction for holders of people's bonds…
10.10.2024
Valeria Gulyakina assessed for NP the efficiency of the Bank of Russia's platform for checking counterparties
Russian companies now have an opportunity to find out what their own reputation looks like from the Bank of Russia's point of view. The regulator's platform ‘Know Your Client’, unofficially called ‘traffic light’, was launched two years ago. But until now, the accumulated information on corporate clients was available only to the Bank of Russia…
09.10.2024
Nikita Deynega discussed with DP what legal services will be most in demand by businesses in the near future
A research conducted by Delovoy Peterburg newspaper showed that, local lawyers expect that in the second half of the year business will most often turn to them on issues related to the application of sanctions and anti-sanctions legislation. Sanctions imposed by foreign countries, as well as countermeasures to support domestic businesses, not only…
13.08.2024
Nikita Deynega analysed for Mashnews the applicability of the scheme of post facto VAT payment by state defence contractors
The State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes has recognised that it is inexpedient to change the mechanism for the payment of VAT by enterprises engaged in the fulfilment of state defence orders. At present, it is paid at the moment when products are shipped from the contractor to the customer. At the same time, postpayment is common in the state…
04.06.2024
78.ru has quoted Maxima Legal's experience in relation to payments under Presidential Decree No. 665
In September 2023, Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 665 approving the procedure for payments on Eurobonds of the Ministry of Finance depending on the infrastructure through which investors hold them. If through Russian infrastructure, payments are made in roubles through the National Settlement Depository (NSD). Investors holding securities…
22.05.2024
Forbes Russia quoted Sergey Tarasevich's opinion on how to extend the effect of Decree No. 665 to the assets blocked on the SPB Exchange
SPB Exchange said it is discussing with Russian regulators the payment of dividends on foreign securities frozen due to sanctions against the trading floor. The idea is to extend to these assets the mechanism under Decree No. 655, which provides for the payment of income from funds intended for payments to foreigners on sovereign Eurobonds. The…
21.05.2024
Frank Media quoted Sergey Tarasevich's saying amendments to Decree No. 655, necessary to extend it to the frozen assets on the SPB Exchange
SPB Exchange hopes to extend the effect of Presidential Decree No. 665 to the assets of its clients. As a reminder, the directive provides for the payment of dividends and coupons on blocked foreign securities to Russian investors in roubles at the expense of the Ministry of Finance funds intended for payments to foreigners on sovereign Eurobonds.…
21.05.2024