Client Alert

| April 7, 2011

Bloomberg Loses a Precedent Tax Dispute in Russia

In December 2010, the Russian office of the US press agency, Bloomberg, lost a dispute with the Russian tax authorities as to whether the agency had created a taxable presence in Russia. Bloomberg has not appealed the court decision and it is now final.

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