MOSCOW. – Russian Federation (RF) President Vladimir Putin signed the agreement on preventing double taxation of income and property between RF and Russia, the Kremlin press service reports.

To note, the RF State Duma ratified this law on January 18 and the Federal Council passed it on January 23. 

This law ratifies the protocol that proposes amendments to the Armenian and RF governmental agreement on preventing double taxation of income and property. These amendments refer to taxation of income in the form of interests and dividends.  

The aforesaid protocol aims to raise the effectiveness of tax oversight and to fight misuse during tax payments.