On 11 August 2016 the second draft of the Belarusian law introducing amendments and changes to the Tax Code (Draft) was published. We set out below for your attention a brief overview of the main novelties that could become a reality from 1 January 2017. Note, however, that the proposed changes may be subject to […]
Sorainen assisted Virtualių paslaugų operatorius in a tax dispute related to the application of a VAT exemption for payment services. Sorainen advised the client in the last stage of a tax dispute in which all the earlier stages were unsuccessful for the client. The Supreme Administrative Court upheld the position expressed in the appeal claim […]
Sorainen Belarus advised a Chinese consortium that included online game developer and operator Shanghai Giant Network Technology Co, on Belarusian aspects of acquisition of Playtika, the social and mobile games company based in Herzliya, Israel, owned by Caesars Interactive Entertainment, with a strong development team located in Minsk, Belarus. Sorainen team, which included partner Maksim Salahub, […]
Sorainen assisted Vinted, the largest and most successful Lithuanian start-up in recent years, to successfully obtain a ruling from the State Social Insurance Fund Board on the preferential treatment of employee stock options for tax purposes. Strong argumentation in the inquiry to the State Social Insurance Fund Board led to the authority approving Vinted’s position […]
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On 7 September, SORAINEN Lithuania associate Artûras Asakavièius will be representing Lithuania at a European Commission Workshop on “Crowdfunding Opportunities and Best Practices in the EU”, where his role will be to inform the other participants about recent developments and likely trends. The Directorate-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) strongly supports crowdfunding […]
