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"What will result in the abolition of the statute of limitations for tax crimes?" Alliance Legal CG for E-XECUTIVE.RU
1 июля 2019 г.

What are the consequences for legal entities if this innovation will be accepted? Nikita Rozhentsov, Senior Consultant, Alliance Legal CG Legal Department, for business journal E-XECUTIVE.RU.

Experts believe that this innovation can be a disaster for business. In Russia, they may be able to imprison even twenty years ago for tax evasion. New interpretation of the law proposed by the Supreme Court. The main innovation is from what moment the statute of limitations on tax crimes is counted. Now it comes from the moment of the non-payment of taxes and amounts to 2 years for citizens and business leaders. If we are talking about an official and non-payment on a large scale from organizations, then 10 years.

What are the consequences for legal entities if this innovation will be accepted? Nikita Rozhentsov, Senior Consultant, Alliance Legal CG Legal Department, for business journal E-XECUTIVE.RU.

"The consequences could be catastrophic. 

The proposed wording of the clarifications of the Decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russian Federation, June 6, 2019 “On the practice of applying criminal legislation on liability for tax crimes by the courts” reasonably caused an uproar from the business community".

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