- A bill has been introduced in the State Duma to exempt food products with expired shelf life from VAT.
- The bill aims to exclude the free transfer of food products in their natural or processed form, as well as bottled drinking water, from taxation.
- The government of Russia will establish the procedure for the free transfer of food products with expired shelf life.
- The authors of the bill believe that this will solve the problems of excessive accumulation of waste and food shortages among certain social groups.
Source: glavkniga.ru
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