{"id":21029,"date":"2021-08-20T01:23:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T23:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pfser.com\/?page_id=21029"},"modified":"2021-12-15T22:22:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:22:03","slug":"company-formation-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pfser.com\/en\/company-formation-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Formation in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Specificity of Company Formation in Russia<\/h2>\n

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All the Russian companies need to appoint at least one Russian resident (or to get work-permit) as a member of the board of directors whether an individual or a corporate body. Registration is also mandatory in tax authority<\/a>, the state committee for statistics<\/a>, the pension fund, social insurance fund for both the LLC and the JSC. The tax authorities will always collect quarterly reports. It must, therefore, be submitted to the authorities.
\nFor the foreign investors seeking to appoint the resident director, nominee service can be provided.
\nThere is a limitation for the number of the participants or the shareholders in the LLC and should really not exceed 50 whereas the JSC does not really limit the number of participants. Shareholders \u2013 at least one.
\nA local address is mandatory and should appear in the business registry records for all Russian companies. We can help those seeking the local address with virtual office service.<\/p>\n

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The Process of Company Formation in Russia<\/h2>\n

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Company Formation in Russia and Legal System<\/h2>\n

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Any commercial activity that is legalized by the Russia law may be exercised by both the LLC and JSC but the licenses need to be obtained depending on the type of the business they are involved in.<\/p>\n

Foreign companies, foreign individuals are in liberty to be the founders of the LLC and the JSC, also the companies have a responsibility to hold annual general meetings on annual basis under the view of general director.<\/p>\n

Rights and obligations of the shareholders are obtained from the divided capital that is actually grouped in form of shares according to the shareholding structure.<\/p>\n

A unit of the foreign company consists of a representative office and a branch of the foreign entity. They are actually treated as one entity, therefore, a representative office is not entitled to rights to engage in the commercial activities in Russia since it\u2019s a division of a foreign entity whereas a branch has such rights despite being a foreign entity still.<\/p>\n

Registration is mandatory for both the branches and the representative offices. They must register with the Tax authorities, the state statistics committee, the insurance, pension and the social insurance fund, as well as formation of branches follows a legislation rule that needs some certain amount of capital to be ingested though it\u2019s not specified whereas the representative offices do not require certain minimum amount you put in place before they are established.<\/p>\n

Appointment of the executive authority as a foreign entity must be done for both representative office and the branch. Representative office must to report the activities together with the income earned to the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n

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Company Formation in Russia and Taxation<\/h2>\n

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Standard corporation tax \u2013 20%<\/span>; VAT \u2013 20%<\/span>. Notably, Russia does have numerous forms of incentives such as:<\/p>\n

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Taxation does vary between the Russian legal entity and the branch. Rates established for the corporate profit tax:<\/p>\n

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Documentation package<\/h2>\n

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Original or notarized copies of the passports and IDs. Articles of association. Company\u2019s director appointment decisions and his\/her personal information. The company\u2019s legal address confirmation. Share capital deposit bank statement obtained from the bank in Russia. For the companies who appoint someone to follow the process, notarized power of attorney is required.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to good practices, experience gained, qualified theoretical knowledge, the experts employed by the Private Financial Services will quickly and qualitatively help with company formation in Russia.
\nWe have english speaking offices in Moscow and in Saint Petersburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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