Business programme

The Russian tax system has undergone systemic changes in various areas in recent years. In 2021, for the first time in a long period, the country introduced an element of progressive taxation, specifically a 15% rate of personal income tax on income exceeding 5 million rubles per year. Efforts have been consistently made to reduce the tax burden on labour, as evidenced by the reduction in the insurance contribution rate for the SME sector and the implementation of tax reforms in the IT and radio-electronic industries. In 2022, a pilot project was launched to exempt catering services from VAT in order to legitimize businesses in this sector. The simplification of tax administration has remained a strategic trend, with the full-scale implementation of the Unified Taxation System and the ongoing experiment of the Automated Simplified Taxation System. What are the results of the implemented tax innovations and what does the analysis by the Russian Ministry of Finance indicate? How do businesses, regions and sectoral agencies assess the results of the implemented tax reforms? What accomplishments have been made, and what aspects have not worked as intended? What measures can be taken to improve the existing tax system?

Moderator
Vladimir Gerasimov, First Deputy General Director - Executive Director, Interfax Information Services Group

Vladimir Gerasimov

First Deputy General Director - Executive Director, Interfax Information Services Group

Responsible at Interfax for financial and business information and services for business, and for the operations of the Group's international partnerships. Graduated from Moscow State University's Faculty of Journalism and worked in Foreign Broadcasting before joining Interfax in 1991, where he created the news agency's first business and finance products. Head of business and finance information at Interfax, and, from 1998, became the agency's deputy head, then first deputy head. His projects include SPARK, Russia's leading risk assessment system, and the disclosure site, www.e-disclosure.ru. Oversaw the creation of SPARK Marketing procurement analysis system, and of X-Compliance, Russia's first system for ensuring fulfillment of legislation on the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Helped set up the United Credit Bureau, a Russian market leader in credit information, and oversees the operations of the joint venture that Interfax set up with Dun & Bradstreet, a market leader for information on foreign companies. Plays an active role in the Open Government, and is a member of the Open Data Council and has served on the public councils of the Federal Tax Service and Federal State Statistics Service in recent years. He is one of the leading media industry managers, according to the Russian Managers Association TOP 1000 ranking.

Panellists
Daniil Egorov, Head, Federal Tax Service of Russia
Tatyana Ilyushnikova, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Valentin Makarov, President, RUSSOFT Association
Sergey Mironov,
Maxim Parshin, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Boris Titov, Presidential Commissioner of the Russian Federation for the Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights
Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov, Senator of the Russian Federation, member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets
Tadzio Schilling, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses (АЕВ)

Daniil Egorov

Head, Federal Tax Service of Russia

Daniil Egorov was born on September 7, 1975 in Moscow

Education:
1998: Peoples' Friendship University
Degree: Jurisprudence

Career:
2000-2001: member of the commission of the Inter-regional Board of Defense Lawyers for Businesses and Individuals
2001: Legal Adviser, Head of Legal Department at Eneko.
2001-2003: first-category specialist and consultant, Management Support Department, Moscow Department of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties
2003-2005: head of the department of information support, electronic data entry and desk audit; later head of the office inspections department at the Interdistrict Inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Russia No. 44 in Moscow
2005-2009: head of the department of desk audit, head of the department of field audits No. 2 of Interdistrict Inspectorate No. 50 of the Federal Taxation Service of Russia in Moscow
2009-2010: deputy head of the control department of the administration of the Federal Taxation Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow
2010-2011: deputy head of the department for disputes with individuals, head of the department for disputes with major taxpayers, deputy head of the department, and head of the pre-trial audit department at the Federal Taxation Service
2011-January 2020: Deputy Head of the Federal Taxation Service

Daniil Egorov was appointed Head of the Federal Taxation Service by Directive No. 21-r of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 17, 2020.

Tatyana Ilyushnikova

Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Born on June 2, 1976.

1998 — graduated from Polzunov Altai State Technical University .

PhD in Economics.

1998 - 2002 — worked in operating companies.

2002 - 2012 — holding various positions in the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

2012 - 2020 — Administrative Assistant, Deputy Head of Expert Administration of the Russian Presidential Executive Office.

February 11, 2020 — appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Awarded Second Class Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland and Certificate of Appreciation of the President of Russia.

Valentin Makarov

President, RUSSOFT Association

Makarov Valentin was born 16.04.1955 in Leningrad, Russia. Graduated from the Leningrad Aircraft Instrumentation Institute in 1978, in 1978-1985 he had been working in the Defense Industry. In 1985 entered the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute. Since “perestroika” time he has got good experience of organizing international cooperation (1988-1992 – secretary in the Russian Delegation to UNESCO, in 1996-2000 as deputy Chairman of International relations’ Committee of Administration of St Petersburg). He has also got extended managerial experience in private business (1992-1996 – in Interprivatization Foundation and in the EuroConseil Rusian-French JV consulting company).
President of RUSSOFT Association (earlier Fort Ross) since its foundation on 9.9.99, he has been organizer of lobbying campaigns in the Government and Chairman of numerous IT-events in Russia and abroad (RUSSOFT Forum, Software Outsourcing Summit, Mobile Software Forum, Russian IT-seasons). Chief-editor of the annual Russian export software industry survey since its beginning in 2003. Representative of Russian IT Association (APKIT) in WITSA in 2004-2006, 2012. Invited speaker at numerous international conferences and author of dozens of articles on IT in Russia.

Sergey Mironov

Biographical information.

Sergei Mironov was born on March 18, 1975 in Baku. In 2002, he graduated from the Academy of Labor and Social Relations with a degree in jurisprudence.
He has been in the restaurant business since 1996.
Originally worked as a barman, then as a manager in well-known clubs and restaurants in Moscow.
From 1999 to 2001, he served as director of the club Gentleman Jack.
In 2002 worked as General Director of the restaurant chain of cinemas "Five Stars".
In 2004 he became one of the founders of the chain.
In 2006, he founded RestConsult Agency which specializes in consulting services and crisis management in the restaurant business.
2009 - he started to develop Lizarran and Cantina Mariachi franchise concepts in Moscow.
Sergey Mironov and his partners opened their first restaurant under the brand "Meat&Fish" in 2011. A few years later, he went out of business. During this time, the once thriving restaurant began to experience difficulties.
In August 2016, Sergey Mironov returned to the Meat&Fish project as a brand owner (to further develop the franchise). A month later, he opened a second franchise restaurant in Kuntsevo Plaza. Since it was decided to base the menu exclusively on healthy domestic products: grain-fed marbled meat, fish, and seafood from Russian northern seas, the second franchise restaurant was opened under the more appropriate name "Meat&Fish".
In December 2017, the third franchise restaurant opened in the Riviera shopping mall. At the time, it was the restaurateur's largest "brainchild." It was 1700 square meters, with a separate children's room, essentially combining two full restaurants in one.
Then within a year several more restaurants appeared in Moscow and one in Volgograd. Among the restaurants that appeared in the capital were the all-day restaurant at Tverskaya Street 23/12; the restaurant in the Rumyantsevo business park; Mega Teply Stan; Vegas Kuntsevo; Kashirskaya Plaza shopping mall; and the Meat & Fish restaurant at Kuntsevo Plaza with its own game zone, animators, and a "live corner". At the moment there are 9 restaurants "Meat & Fish" (including the regional one in Volgograd).

What makes Sergei Mironov's project different?
Firstly, the commitment to the so-called "gastronomic patriotism" (Russian natural products).
The second is a combination of steak and fish-house "under one roof" (when it is equally comfortable for "meat-eaters" and adherents of seafood).
Thirdly, in "emotional service" (a guest in Sergey Mironov's restaurants is treated like a close friend).
Fourthly, in democratic prices for premium class product.

And one more distinguishing feature. In just one year, restaurants "Meat & Fish" experienced a series of spontaneous openings. Partly in spite of business rules. On such a step the owner of the brand went consciously: an ambitious project needed "vaccination by difficulties. Understanding of how to work and develop "at high speed. Including in the region of Russia not the most convenient for the adaptation of the capital project (we are talking about Volgograd).
According to Sergei Mironov, the project was originally designed for the further "march" to Russian cities.
The ultimate goal of Sergey Mironov is to create the largest franchise network of Russian restaurants "Meat & Fish" (at least 500) not only in Russia and Europe, but also in the US.

Maxim Parshin

Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

Born on July 23, 1976 in Mytishchi, Moscow Region. In 1998, Mr. Parhin graduated from Moscow State University and, in 2001, he completed a post-graduate course. In 2008, he graduated from the International Institute of International Business under the Russian Foreign Trade Academy (MBA).2002–2013: deputy division director, division director and then deputy department director at the Russian Ministry for Economic Development.2013: He was appointed Deputy General Director of FSUE Mail of Russia.2014–2015: Deputy Director, Federal Service for Labour and Employment. 2016–2018 — Head of the Department for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Competition of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Maxim Parshin was awarded the Certificate of Honour of the Government of the Russian Federation. On August 16, 2018 was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.

Boris Titov

Presidential Commissioner of the Russian Federation for the Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights

Boris Titov was born on December, 24, 1960 in Moscow. He is a graduate of the Moscow state institute for international relations in 1983.
In 1983-1989 worked for the foreign trade association “Soyuznefteexport”.
1989-1991 – chemistry department chief at the soviet-dutch joint enterprise “Urals”.
1991-2012 - executive director of Solvalub group of companies.
2001-2002 – the president of the JSC “Agrochemical corporation “Azot”.
2006-2012 – chairman of board of directors, general director of “Abrau-Durso” wine producing company.
2000-2005 – member of the bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
2004-2012 – chairman of the All-Russia public organization “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”).
2006-2009 – member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
In June 2012 was appointed the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneur’s rights.
Member of the Presidential Economic Council since July 2012.
In April 2014 was appointed the Chairman of the Russian part of the Russia-China Committee for Friendship, Peace and Development
Elected as the chairman of board of directors of the Association of Managers of Russia (AMR) in September 2014
In February 2016 became the official leader of the political party “The party for growth”
Awarded the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, I degree and the Stolypin Medal, II degree, Order of Honor of the Russian Federation, Chevalier of the Legion of honor

Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov

Senator of the Russian Federation, member of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets

Tadzio Schilling

Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses (АЕВ)

On May 1, 2020, Tadzio Schilling took office as the CEO of the Association of European Businesses (AEB).


Mr. Schilling was elected by representatives of the AEB’s member companies at the Annual General Meeting on March 17, 2020. He replaces Dr. Frank Schauff, who had headed the AEB since 2007 and was re-elected to a fourth term in 2016.

Tadzio Schilling holds an MA in International Relations and an advanced MA in International History and Politics from the Graduate Institute Geneva, as well as an Executive MPA from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.

In his professional career, he has worked in various finance, HR, and sales functions for companies such as Zurich Cantonal Bank, Dell Inc., Wesser & Partner, and FirstClimate. He has also worked as a researcher and lecturer in Russian Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Before joining the AEB, he served as Deputy Head of Economic Affairs, Finance, and Science at the Swiss Embassy, then as Inbound Business Development Leader and Head of the German Business Center at EY.

He has also served as Chairman of the AEB SME Committee and a Board Member of the Joint Chambers of Commerce Switzerland-CIS.

Tadzio speaks German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, and some Chinese.

Front row participants
Ivan Kutsevlyak, Deputy Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region
Alexey Sazanov, State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Ivan Kutsevlyak

Deputy Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region

Alexey Sazanov

State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Higher education, mathematician, systems programmer. In 2005, graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, with a degree in Applied Mathematics & Computer Science.

Speaks English.

2013 – CFA charter, CFA Institute

2019 – Degree Executive MBA Oxford Said

07.2004 – 07.2005 – Economist, Senior Economist, Commercial Bank Sudostroitelny Bank

07.2005 – 05.2006 – Expert, Ernst & Young

05.2006 – 07.2006 – Expert, International Moscow Bank ZAO

07.2006 – 06.2010 – Financial Analyst, Multinational Logistics Partnership OOO

12.2010 – 07.2012 – Deputy Director, Oil & Gas Processing Department, Ministry of Energy, Russian Federation

09.2012 – 02.2015 – Deputy Director, Tax and Customs Tariff Policy Department, Ministry of Finance, Russian Federation

02.2015 – 03.2016 – Advisor, Administration of the President of the Russian Federation

03.2016 – 05.2016 – Director, Tax and Customs Tariff Policy Department, RF Ministry of Finance

05.2016 – 01.2020 – Director, Tax and Customs Policy Department, Ministry of Finance, Russian Federation

01.2020 – present time – State Secretary - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

In 2015 received a citation of the Ministry of Energy of Russian Federation

In 2015 received a citation of the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

In 2018 received a citation of the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

In 2018 received a citation of the President of the Russian Federation.