On December 18, at the meeting of the Working Group on Taxes and Budget under the Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights in Moscow Tatiana Mineeva, the participants discussed topical tax issues. Tax Compliance was represented at the event by Ivan Tsvetkov, Head of Tax Practice.

The key topic of discussion was the problems of entrepreneurs in connection with the large-scale tax reform and the need to improve tax legislation. 

The event discussed:

• initiatives related to the introduction of VAT under the simplified taxation system;
• the possibility of using progressive taxation scale approaches in calculating value added tax;
• introduction of a possibility for taxpayers exempted from VAT to waive such exemption;
• a proposal to shorten tax periods when choosing a certain VAT rate when using the simplified taxation system.

As a result of the discussion, the Working Group participants defined a plan for further elaboration of these initiatives, as well as other proposals that would help businesses to adapt to the new realities.