January 1st, 2015 new law on accreditation of representative offices and branches of foreign companies came in to effect.
The accreditation/registration function was taken from the Ministry of Justice (State Regidtration Chamber (GRP)) to the Tax Ministry. Before April 1st, 2015 all branches and repoffices must provide information to the Russian Tax Office for the State Registry data entry.
The information is required in hard copies. All repoffices&branches must submit the new portion of documents before April 1st 2015 If your office accreditation will expire between Jan 1st and April 1st - you have to go through the accreditation process again according to the new accreditation rules. The re-accreditation process may start 30 days prior to accreditation expiry. Some of the needed documents have to be provided by head offices.
In the new procedure repoffices&branches, in their accreditation process, must go via Russian Chamber of Commerce in order to 'verify the number of foreign employees'. Starting April 01st 2015 accreditation of offices that failed to comply with the new law will be terminated.
New law prescribes a number of items that must be included in the rep office&branch regulations. According to the new law, in case of changes of any information reflected in the state registry, a repoffice or branch must notify the Tax Office in max 15 calendar days.
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
RepOffice registration jobs are among of our core specialities. We aim to protect our Clients against regulatory vagaries. Registrarion of a RepOffice is different from registration of an LTD/LLC type company and takes specific knowledge, communications and interactions with specialized state offices. Representative Offices once accredited (registered), used to require regular re-accreditation. From Jan 1st 2015 changes in any of the items of information that is registered in the state registry must be filed to the Tax Office in max 15 calendar days. Registration of changing of address, legal changes in parent company, registering vehicles to the office, etc – all are subject to specific procedures.