On 1 January 2020, the law establishing additional protection for the persons reporting corruption or corruption-related offenses (whistleblowers) came into force. Employers are now obligated to prevent retaliation (i.e., intimidation, discrimination, etc.) for disclosing information about corruption or corruption-related offenses, and if terminated, the whistleblower must be immediately reinstated. If such reinstatement is impossible, the employee will be entitled to compensation in the amount of two years' average salary. If the employee does not wish to be reinstated, he/she must be paid compensation amounting to six average monthly salaries. From now on, a person reporting corruption or a corruption-related offense where the estimated amount of the benefit or damage caused to the state exceeds 5,000 times the minimum living wage for able-bodied persons (i.e., more than UAH 10 million as of February 2020) has the right to receive monetary remuneration. The amount of the remuneration shall be 10% of the estimated amount of the benefit resulting from the offense or damage caused to the state. Concurrently, the amount of remuneration cannot exceed 3,000 times the minimum monthly salary (i.e., about UAH 14 million as of February 2020). In addition, the law expressly exempts a whistleblower from legal liability for good faith reporting of corruption or corruption-related offenses. Whistleblowers are also entitled to free-of-charge legal and psychological assistance. #Ukraine #Legal

From January 1st, 2020, the limitation period for tax liabilities and claims will be three years. This change is provided for by the new version of Article 48 of the Tax Code. The three-year limitation period will apply to tax liabilities and claims that arise from January 1, 2020. A limitation period of five years will apply to tax liabilities and claims that originate from periods before January 1st, 2020. According to the general rules, the limitation period begins after the end of the tax period in question, with some exemptions provided for by the tax code. #Kasachstan #Tax

Our member MGMT represents RSP International in Romania. We know the partners of MGMT very well and have worked with them in various setups since 2002. They have a dedicated multilingual team and serve mainly international clients with a focus on Audit, tax Compliance and BPO. #Romania #RSP

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THE RULES OF MIGRATION REGISTRATION HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY WHAT’S NEW? Federal law No. 163-FZ has made changes to the Federal law No. 109-FZ of 18 July 2006 "On migration registration of foreign citizens and individuals without citizenship in the Russian Federation" ("Law on migration registration") IN BRIEF New version of the law on migration registration clarifies at which address the foreigner should be registered, as well as who is recognized as responsible for the registration procedure. REGISTRATION ADDRESS The law requires that, the premises in while migration registration the placement where the foreign citizen lives in fact (the placement that are regularly used for sleep and rest, as the law calls it) should be indicated. The law allows to register a foreigner at the address of the organization where he is employed, but provided that the foreign employee really lives at this address. RESPONSIBILITY The receiving party is responsible for migration registration. The host party is now recognized as the one who directly provides the foreign citizen with the placement for actual living. That is, the employer will act as a host only when the foreign employee lives in the territory of the organization will live. In case of violation of the law officials will be fined up to RUB 50 000, and the organization - up to RUB 500 000 for each foreign employee. 25/05/18-25/07/18 World Football Championship FIFA 2018 In the period of holding the World Football Championship FIFA 2018 in such cities as Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Volgograd, Rostov-on-don, Saint Petersburg, Saransk, Sochi and Samara registration of a foreign citizen at the place of stay, temporary stay or work must be carried out no later than 3 calendar days from the moment of foreigner’s arrival in the place of residence. Documents specified in the law must be submitted to the relevant territorial authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation or Multifunctional Center for Рrovision of State and Municipal Services. Sending the documents by postal mail is not allowed. #Russia #Legal