MOSCOW, March 2 Vladimir Putin signed a decree designed to accelerate the development of the information technology industry, reports Kremlin press service.» Russian President Putin signed a decree «On measures to ensure the accelerated development of the information technology industry in the Russian Federation,» they noted. In accordance with the document, the government undertakes to take the following measures:
- < li class="article__list-item">—to provide grants for promising developments annually;
- —to provide for the possibility of improving the living conditions of employees of IT companies;
- —ensure the provision of soft loans for organizations in the field of information technology;
- —until December 31, 2024, reduce the tax rate on profits in this industry to zero percent;
- to forgive the procedure for the employment of foreigners;
- —to ensure the establishment of tax benefits and preferences for IT companies,
- —to exempt them from tax control, currency control and other types of state control (supervision) and municipal control for up to three years;
- —consolidate and stimulate the purchase of critically important domestic developments in the field of information technology.< /li>
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