Three options for income tax deductions, reduction of tax returns for SMEs: the main thing on July 11

World

• Following the introduction of blocking sanctions by the United States against NSD, the Kazakhstan depositary asked its clients to withdraw Russian securities from its circuit, writes RBC. Lawyers admit that in the future assets that have not been withdrawn may be frozen.

Russia

• The State Duma on Wednesday approved in the last third of the reading a law on a new procedure for collecting statistical data on small and medium-sized businesses, Kommersant writes. The changes are expected to reduce the reporting burden for SMEs.
• The Ministry of Energy has revised the concept of the Federal Investment Tax (FINV) deduction, a mechanism that allows balancing the increase in corporate income tax from 20 to 25%. The Ministry of Economy offers three types of scenarios, depending on the industry and the size of the financial institution, Vedomosti has learned.

Business

• The Ministry of Digital Development has lost the case against Rostelecom and must pay the company 231 million rubles for work on the passport and migration control system, Kommersant writes.
• The total revenue of the top 50 Russian game developers by the end of 2023 grew by 18% and reached 45.4 billion rubles, RBC writes with reference to Smart Ranking. The same figure for 2022 amounted to 38.55 billion rubles.
• Delimobil is opening a new filling station (gas station) with an area of ​​4 thousand square meters. m on Yeniseiskaya Street in the north-east of Moscow, Kommersant reported. It will become the largest in the operator’s portfolio, with a capacity of 150 cars per day. Car-sharing operators are encouraged to open filling stations by rising vehicle maintenance costs, difficulties with the supply of spare parts and the increasing age of the fleet.
• Since the beginning of May, more than 10 metropolitan Internet providers have filed lawsuits against the Rosseti Moscow Region power grid company (part of the FSK-Rosseti holding) demanding that prices for laying fiber optic cables on power grid poles be returned to the 2023 level, writes Vedomosti. The reason for the conflict is the operators’ disagreement on paying for the Rosseti infrastructure they use at rates calculated for each cable laid.

• Wildberries has ordered to determine the market value of a large warehouse in Khimki. The object, the area of ​​which exceeds 40 thousand square meters, is estimated by realtors at 4 billion rubles.

Services and media

• Social media continues to gain popularity among domestic users. Telegram’s Russian audience increased by almost 10 million people over the year, from 52 million in June 2023 to 61 million in June 2024, and VKontakte’s audience increased from 52 million to 55 million people, according to Mediascope data cited by Vedomosti.