Russia: First hard-line draft law on CFC rules and corporate tax residency is out

April 08 2014

On March 18, a few months after Putin’s address on the ’de-offshorisation’ of the Russian economy, the Finance Ministry published the first draft law on anti-avoidance rules. Artem Toropov of Goltsblat BLP explains how the draft law has already sent ripples through the Russian business community.

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