Russia
At a glance
| Corporate Income Tax Rate | 20% |
| Tax rate applied on capital gains | 20% |
| Tax rate applied on branch profits | 20% |
| Other taxes (e.g. local or state tax) levied on corporate profits? | no |
| Withholding taxes (standard rates) | |
| on dividends | 15% |
| on branch profit remittance | no |
| on interest | 20% |
| on royalties | 20% |
| Loss carry back period | no |
| Loss carry forward period | 10 years |
Introduction
Russia, also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait). Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. It is also the ninth most populous nation in the world with 142 million people. The country extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the world's largest energy superpower. The Russian Federation was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and has the world's 12th largest economy by nominal GDP or the seventh largest by purchasing power parity. It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of the G8, G20, the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Eurasian Economic Community, the OSCE, and is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. (Source: Wikipedia)
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