The Federal Fiscal Service has strengthened control over the foreign exchange operations of the Russians with foreigners

According to the interlocutors of the newspaper, the strengthening control of the calculations in foreign currency is associated with the termination of the moratorium on administrative responsibility for violation of the currency legislation at the end of 2023. It prohibits any cash payment that is not in rubles with Non -residents, foreign currency operations must be carried out through accounts in authorized banks, explains the newspaper.

The Fiscal Consultant for the Marina Kurlova people in a conversation with Vdomosti confirmed a notable strengthening of foreign currency control by the Federal Tax Service. Last year, in their practice there were four administrative cases related to cash payments in foreign currency. In one case, the Federal Fiscal Service fined a Russian for selling an apartment to an Armenian citizen, the fine amounted to 4 million rubles or 30% of the cost of the house. Three other issues referred to the sale of apartments and cars.

The senior cases faced the senior fiscal consultant of fiscal compliance Sergei Ivanov. In particular, he made the case of buying a car from a foreign citizen. The tax indicated that in the transaction, 90% of the value was paid from the seller to the buyer at the expense of the debt to a third in Russia and 10% in cash. Ivanov explained that such “structuring” transactions is a private practice in the conditions of sanctions and care of foreign business.

The tax can learn about the violation of the currency legislation of information on the purchase and sale of real estate or transport, which are entered into the Unified Real Estate States Registry or the Traffic Police Registry, since this information is Send the Federal Tax Service, explained the consultant Linda Kurtulit.