Russian Parliament Adopts Tax Rules for Digital Assets
Russian lawmakers have approved amendments regulating the taxation of transactions with digital assets. The legislation concerns business operations with cryptocurrencies and tokens. In some cases, the burden for Russian companies will be reduced as compared to foreign entities. Russian Duma Passes Law to Tax Crypto Transactions A bill amending the Tax Code of the Russian Federation to allow the authorities in Moscow to tax operations with digital financial assets (DFAs) has been approved on second, third, and final reading in the State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament. The....
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