On 31 May 2019, the Federal Tax Service of Russia officially released a letter confirming that payments for e-services to a tax-registered foreign intermediary qualify for input VAT recovery. This article provides an explanation of this technical clarification and recommends several actions for businesses to consider in light of this.
Source Baker & McKenzie
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