Russia's Federal Tax Service demands $50 million from BrowderRussia's Federal Tax Service filed a lawsuit seeking to collect 3 billion rubles ($50 million) from Hermitage Capital Management CEO William Browder and his partner Ivan Cherkasov as part of an alleged tax evasion scheme.18:00 20.07.2017
Russian authorities drop charges against ex-official from Magnitsky list - reportThe Russian Investigative Committee dropped charges against Olga Tsymai, a former employee of the Federal Tax Service, who had been put on the so-called Magnitsky list, Kommersant newspaper reported on Friday, citing Tsymai’s lawyer Alexander Perezhogin.12:38 24.07.2015
Crimean tax official charged with briberyNikolai Kochanov, the head of the Crimean department of the Federal Tax Service, has been charged with bribing a federal security official.12:15 02.07.2015
McDonald's Charity could be closed in Russia - reportRonald McDonald House Charities, fast-food giant's charity division, could be closed in Russia for providing false information in a registration form.10:48 05.11.2014
Kellogg subsidiary turns to Russian court over $2.4 million in taxesKellogg Rus, a subsidiary of the US cereals manufacturer, has filed a complaint with the Voronezh Region Commercial Court against the Federal Tax Service’s decision to collect over 90 million rubles ($2.3 million) in tax arrears from the company, the court told RAPSI on Monday.13:45 29.09.2014
Billions of rubles in tax crime damages repaid over two yearsRussia’s Investigative Committee and the Federal Tax Service have secured the repayment of billions of rubles in tax crime damages since they signed an interdepartmental agreement two years ago, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told RIA Novosti on Thursday.17:15 11.09.2014
Putin signs law on providing information by Russian banks under FATCA statuteRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to allow Russian financial institutions to provide information about US taxpayers and to oblige foreign financial institutions to report Russian taxpayers to Russia’s Federal Tax Service. The document has been posted on the government website of legal information.12:47 30.06.2014
Tax and investigative agencies coordinate amendments on tax crimesRussia’s Federal Tax Service and the Investigative Committee have worked together on amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code that would allow investigators to open cases without Federal Tax Service authorization, Vedomosti newspaper writes on Friday.11:47 20.06.2014
Tax officials could be fined for damages and losses they cause to taxpayersTax officials could be fined for damages and losses they have caused to innocent individuals, read the amendments to the Administrative Offenses Code that were submitted to the State Duma on Monday, the lower house has written on its website.14:57 09.06.2014
Russian banks will be able to provide information under FATCA statuteThe Russian government has approved a bill to allow Russian financial institutions to provide information about US taxpayers and to oblige foreign financial institutions to report Russian taxpayers to Russia’s Federal Tax Service, reads a statement on the government’s website.12:40 14.05.2014
Part of taxes on foreign investment in Golos NGO cancelledThe Moscow Commercial Court has invalidated part of the decision adopted by Federal Tax Service’s Inspectorate No. 9 to collect an additional 1.2 million rubles ($34,188, or €24,938) in taxes on foreign investment from Golos, RAPSI reports from the court.14:36 18.02.2014
Google suspected of tax evasion in RussiaUS-based Internet giant Google is suspected of tax evasion in Russia, a senator in Russia’s upper house of parliament said Thursday. Ruslan Gattarov, head of the Information Society Committee, sent a letter on Thursday to the Federal Tax Service with a request to check the financial operations of Google AdSense advertising service.17:11 18.07.2013
Tax authorities given limited access to individual bank account updatesGovernment officials have reconciled a proposal at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last week to give the tax authorities access to individual bank account numbers but not to all transaction details.14:19 22.03.2013
Prosecutors, tax inspectors, TV target Russian rights groupRussian prosecutors and tax inspectors showed up Thursday at the offices of the respected human rights group Memorial to launch a “ comprehensive check,” the organization’s press secretary said, adding that they were accompanied by reporters from pro-government NTV television.15:32 21.03.2013
Law enforcement authorities should focus on tax crimes - Finance MinisterFinance Minister Anton Siluanov believes the Interior Ministry and Investigative Committee are not paying enough attention to financial crimes and tax evasion.15:16 27.02.2013
Tax authorities overcharge major retailer by $16 mlnThe Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has upheld the verdict in the tax case concerning the Auchan retailer. The court has thus rejected the Federal Tax Service's appeal, ruling that the service overcharged the major company by roughly 500 million rubles ($16 mln).15:50 14.02.2013
Supreme Commercial Court to consider Citibank tax issueThe Supreme Commercial Court will consider the Federal Tax Service's claim that Citibank's premium clients must pay taxes on the services that they received for free from the bank's partners.14:39 04.02.2013
Russian tax authorities challenge court's revocation of $93 mln fineThe Federal Tax Service appealed the Moscow Commercial Court's dismissal of its resolution fining top Russian IT company Lanit $92,861.13:00 26.11.2012
Моеt Hennessy subsidiary relieved of $1 mln supplementary tax chargeThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court judgment invalidating the order issued to Моеt Hennessy Whitehall Rus to pay $1 million in supplementary taxes and penalties.12:49 19.10.2012
Illegality of charging Renault Samara $7.54mln in additional taxes confirmedThe Eleventh Commercial Court of Appeals has confirmed that it is illegal to recover $7.54 million in additional taxes from Renault Samara's branch.15:16 11.09.2012