In the new issue of the Tax Podcast, Alexey Stanchin, Head of Tax Compliance Practice, and Maxim Gusev, Tax manager at Positive Technologies, discussed the key tax risks faced by IT companies in 2026. 

Benefits for the IT sector remain one of the main tools of tax incentives, but their application is associated with growing attention from the Federal Tax Service. How to keep the right to preferences and avoid additional charges is in the new issue. 

In this issue, experts: 

• Assess the sustainability of existing tax incentives for IT companies in the context of stricter controls
• They are examining whether IT is possible to simultaneously apply IT benefits and the Skolkovo regime and what risks this creates. 
• They explain how the participation of employees in educational activities affects the company's right to apply IT benefits. 
• They answer other relevant tax issues that the technology business is facing today. 

This and other useful Tax Compliance podcasts are available on VK, Rutube and YouTube platforms.