Tax Mechanisms to Reduce the Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Russian Federation and the European Union

In 2020, the world has faced with a global challenge – the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic, which has had a huge impact on the policies and economies of all states. In the face of severe economic slowdown, most countries have implemented stimulus packages. The paper describes the measures of tax support introduced in the Russian Federation and the EU and highlights the stages of the introduction of these measures. At the first stage, support measures were introduced for citizens and enterprises through both cash payments and a deferral of tax collection, the introduction of temporary benefits and mitigation of the rules for the transfer of losses. The next step was to stimulate the economy, including through tax policy measures.
The paper is a continuation of the study, the results of which – an analysis of the measures of the first stage in the OECD and the EU – were published by the author in No. 10, 2020, Journal “Actual Problems of Russian Law.” This paper examines the follow-up measures introduced by national governments, as well as the measures planned to be introduced in the EU. In addition, the analysis of tax support measures developed and introduced in the Russian Federation was carried out.

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