CONTENTS Russia Is Switching to Electronic Labor Books There Will Be More Self-employed Workers The list of goods subject to mandatory marking will be expanded Personal income tax for non-residents will be decreased Russia Is Switching to Electronic Labor Books From January 1, 2020, any employee can write an application for the conversion of their […]

Every year the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation publishes a list of companies that are subject for scheduled state inspections. You can find the inspection plan for 2020 here. Please also note that apart from the official plan, a number of unscheduled spot checks (e.g. a tax inspection) may be initiated by the state […]

The Plan of the Ministry of Economic Development for the Transformation of the Business Climate Was Supplemented with New Measures Vladimir Putin set an ambitious goal for the Ministry of Economic Development: by 2024, Russia should rise to 20th in the World Bank’s Doing Business rating (now our country occupies 31st place out of 190). […]

In order to properly understand the importance of the PPP method, we start by republishing here an article we earlier wrote on the topic under the heading Why the PPP method is more accurate for GDP comparisons.[1] According to figures from the IMF, Russia’s GDP exceeded $4.2 trillion in 2018. By this measure, Russia is […]