Exemption from Indirect Taxes as a Tool to Reduce the Negative Effect of International Sanctions on the Russian Precious Metals Market

The paper is devoted to the study of legal mechanisms of the impact of international organizations and foreign states on the economies of unfriendly states, including sanctions, their nature and consequences of application. In addition, the paper analyzes legal instruments for countering restrictions, such as tax exemptions, the norms of Russian tax legislation and legislation on precious metals, the norms of foreign legislation, in particular the Constitutional Act of Canada, the Act on Excise Taxes, the judicial practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. The paper examines, among other things, the consequences of VAT exemption for the purchase of precious metals by individuals and their impact on the precious metals market. The author conducted a comparative study of the legal regulation of taxation of transactions with precious metals in Canada and its provinces. The paper also analyzes the doctrinal definition of the regulatory function of the tax.

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