Svetlana Sviridenkova

As we all know, from 2017 tax authorities have resumed the administration of insurance premiums, for which reason budget classification codes and the form of insurance premiums calculation have been changed. There are many questions indeed, because any changes create a misunderstanding between the administrative authority and the payer.

Until last December there had been a threat of monopolization of the audit market by creating a single self-regulatory organization controlled by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. Fortunately, it did not happen. Two self-regulatory organizations retain control over the activities of auditors.

New 2016 gave us quiet a lot of changes in the tax law and, unfortunately, mainly to the disfavor of taxpayers. Thus, the Tax Code underwent serious alterations in the part of income tax. Introduction of a new quarterly statement form is one of such alterations.

This article covers the most significant changes related to those economic areas that are not recognized as particularly affected, as well as some measures to support small and medium-sized businesses operating in the affected economic areas.